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Thank you. I can’t wait to see how it turns out too. Hahaha this thread is only a few months into the build but I’ll keep feeding the pictures here and there. I’m just doing 10,000ft view of the phases. The other thread was 13 pages.
Thank you. This all started as a cool multipurpose trail rig that would be quick enough in the desert to not get left behind in the desert. It quickly evolved/devolved as I realized the performance compromises I needed to make for what I wanted. So my buddy just said “quit fucking around and build a 4500 buggy and skin it!” So that’s how that went. I have always had a desire to race KOH I pitted for jason scherer, jason Blanton, Randy Slawson and a few others that needed help for a number of years and even Co-drove in 4800 2018 & 2019 with a DNF both years unfortunately. I do have a desire to race this Jeep but I might be able to afford 1-2 years. My goal is top 10 as I don’t have the car or budget to push for a podium. The plan is to finish the Jeep and wheel it for a season or 2 to shake all
Sounds like a plan all around.
Those Larry Minor Dune Jeeps look a lot better in person than they do in pictures. I think it'll look good enough to attract the classier lot lizards.Thank you I wish I could tell you it was my idea or I was the first but I stole the idea from Larry Minor. I was racking my brain trying to figure out what I was going to do and Mike shaffer showed me Larry Minor dune Jeep. I did not really like it at first but form follows function.
Hahahaha sluts are like Walmarts! You wouldn’t brag about shopping there but you are sure happy they are around when you’re in them at 3am. lolThose Larry Minor Dune Jeeps look a lot better in person than they do in pictures. I think it'll look good enough to attract the classier lot lizards.
Thanks Jimbo. We go wheeling one of these days.
Lol last time I think was you driving little country... man that was over a decade ago.
That’s where it all started. lol. Back door 3/ little country 0
Started may 2013 moved shops may 2015 so there was a 8month hiatus and that last picture of the B-Pillar W is may 2016. I pulled it out of the shop July 2016. I worked on this after hours and weekends. I had plenty of time to get it done but I second guessed myself and had executive disfunction where I could not make a decision and spend whole nights staring at it trying to game 20 steps ahead so I didn’t work myself into a hole. I was so afraid of doing the wrong thing and having to cut it apart I would have times with no progress and once I was confident I would slam out a ton of work. Lack of full builds and I wanted to do it on my own (very little. Help from Mike Shaffer) it was going to be a culmination of my years of experience and in a sense it was and proved I needed more experience! lol
Funny enough the avalanche engineering CJ6 that made me fall in love with the CJ6 in the late 90’s as a teen getting into off-roading. It was actually just a stretched CJ5. lol I used to have bone stock 1971 with 225 and Meyer hard top too. I just sold it last summer.I like it. Always loved CJ6's
Was it purple with orange tube work?
Cool to read through the history of the build/time table. Nothing like "Analysis Paralysis" getting in the way of productivity!
It was white. With 1/4 elliptical rear suspension!
That’s spot on man!!
Funny enough the avalanche engineering CJ6 that made me fall in love with the CJ6 in the late 90’s as a teen getting into off-roading. It was actually just a stretched CJ5. lol I used to have bone stock 1971 with 225 and Meyer hard top too. I just sold it last summer.
Yeah I’ll post the picture oh how it looked when it left Shaffer’s. At this point all I got done in that time frame was mount the seats and do the front axle truss steering and track bar. But we will get to that soon.
I want to give credit where credit is due!! After I do some hand sketches of my frame! TechTim and his kid drew it in Cad for me and I was able to send that cad file to R&I industries and they sent me a proper pallet of laser cut box tube!! I went ahead and made weld spacers to weld out link mounts with 0.030” bigger to account for shrinkage!!
