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Started 1 year, 9 months ago by dieselcruiserhead
Well guys,
Here is a little update and sorry for falling off and letting this sleep.
So as many of you know a couple things started happening last summer. 1) I got engaged in June. This should not and did not interfere with the truck. This is with my long time (6 years in March) girlfriend, Carrie. Soon to be Carrie Shoumatoff - scary!
But I also sort of lost the ...
It is still very much winter up here as you can tell but becoming very nice during the day
Here is a thread on the mini truck that I started over on YotaTech in efforts to get more info. I also had a thread here on Mud too. Steep learning curve but I picked it up quickly. I have a ball joint spacer ordered for the front. Will probably run Bilsteins up front. Then I have Old ...
congrats on the engagement dre !!! hadnt heard about that.
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Last edited by RHINO; 04-03-08 at 08:16 PM .
Congrats also dude, now back on the build........
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Cool Andre.
Thanks for the update/heads up.
I'm glad you got the bug back.
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Post a pic of Scottie's 80 and tell him I said hey!
Congrats on the engagement, now at least share more about your MTB...
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Thanks a ton guys.. Seriously I don't know a lot of you guys but some of you are seriously almost like a second family... I really appreciate the support!
Anyway here are some pics. Scotty when he was doing the rear bumper. Damon's BJ42 roll cage, and a couple bike pics
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One of the web site projects I just finished is White Brothers Forks - I did a little trade out for some of their product so the fork a 650b fork (27.5", another "new" tire size) and I ordered a sweet 5" full suspension bike from Ventana called the El Bastardo . Here is the fork, a 650b fluid 120mm (just over 5").
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The Fisher single speed, this is at Uinta Bicycles , the shop in my sig. (The website needs to be badly worked on, I'm working on this... It is a single speed rigid and is possibly my favorite bike of all time currently
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And I finally wanted to post these links which give a better understanding of our whole shop and now that there are four of us.. This is from a couple months ago on Expedition Portal... Here is a photo of Bill's diesel swap that he more or less finished earlier this year This is an Isuzu 4BD1T into a gorgeous rust free FJ62. Bill is now dude #4 in our shop...
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Quote: Originally Posted by PabloCruise That link is not this truck, it is Andre's prior diesel Pig. I tried to view pics but it wanted me to log in... Same for me.
Quote: Originally Posted by dieselcruiserhead Rob sorry to hear it man, that sucks.. At least you're on your bike. It's been a couple weeks here but I try to get out 2-3 times a week which has been awesome.... Thanks Andre, I am riding about 5 days a week right now to work and back and never felt better. Those barn doors are super pimp, did you get the frame for the hinges also? Rob
Quote: Originally Posted by dieselcruiserhead Wait, you have a 75 also? Yep It's my latest acquisition. It's a really crazy story, almost as crazy as Jeremiah's but not quite. It was sitting in a guy's yard literally down the street, about 3 miles away. I never drive down that road but for some reason I did one day on a Sunday afternoon on my way to the grocery store. I tracked down the guy who owned it and talked him into...
Quote: Originally Posted by ridgerunner You have something like eleven months, sir, before a return. No Pressure. Unless I go to Antartica for a while. Then you just have more time. Wait a minute. I thought Antarctica was already peaceful....
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