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[projecthoarder]

I guess I've been on here lurking for alittle to long, here is what I've been working on for a little over a month now. I bought the truck for 650 bucks off of craigslist and drove it home like this.




Please forgive the cell picks, I'll be taking good pictures later this week or so.I drove it like that for about 2 weeks when someone stole my gas and I sucked all the crude from the bottom of the tank into the carb, great. I couldnt afford a rebuild kit or a new fuel pump, so I wired up an old r1 fuel pump I had laying around (no pics) and put a new 30 dollar carb out of the junk yard. I also found a pair of eagle alloy rims in 15x8 0 offset (I think), I'm looking for a pair of 15x10 or 12's now for the rear . A picture of said motor, I plan on a new harness by the end of the year.




While it was on the cutting room floor my friend decides to put the e brake on (never tried to see if it worked) and it got stuck on, a few days later we take the drums apart and fix it, then I get the bright idea to mono leaf the rear end to lower it some in the back. I ended up doing all the work myself, some good friend right, lol.

Bull dog stance.



Then I got up off my ass and decided to cut the springs in the front, I ended up cutting 3 coils and 2/3rds off the stock bump stops and this is how it sat.







I had to grind over an inch of bondo out of the drivers side fender if your wondering about the fender, I'll be getting a new pair of fenders later on down the road so I'm not worried about ruining these ones. This is what the truck looks like right now, hopefully progress wont be to slow for you guys.





Future plans include slim bump stops, lowered shocks front and rear, flipped rear shackles (good for 2 more inches or so), and new tires for the front, as soon as I find the 15x10's or 12's, I'll be playing with tire sizes and moving the 8's up front.

[the dingo]

Cool truck.
Definitely going in the right direction.

[willis]

At first this did not please me but then it did.

This pleases me.

[FunfGang]

Originally Posted by willis

At first this did not please me but then it did.

This pleases me.

This.

Can't wait to see progress man, looks good so far.

[HooWybrow]

Getting excited.

[dropped.]

This is awesome!

[BigRuss]

Awesome.. Makes me miss my 90 Ranger

Seriously who farted

[ArmbrusterJo]

Getting excited.

[Minty_Fresh]

love the camber from the i beam front.

[FlatRocker]

Please buy some decent blocks and put your leaf pack on. I always run at least 2 leaves and some form of blocks. Mono leaf is just hacktastic. Fix your truck.

[hinrichs]

ill be watching this one

[sally pu]

i like the mismatched fenders...you just need moar better lowz and new wheels!

[P78]

new wheels?
fuck that

keep the white meshies

[projecthoarder]

Originally Posted by the dingo

Cool truck.
Definitely going in the right direction.

Originally Posted by willis

At first this did not please me but then it did.

This pleases me.

Originally Posted by FunfGang

This.

Can't wait to see progress man, looks good so far.

Originally Posted by HooWybrow

Getting excited.

Originally Posted by dropped.

This is awesome!

Originally Posted by ArmbrusterJo

Getting excited.

Originally Posted by Minty_Fresh

love the camber from the i beam front.

I'm surprised this is getting such a good response, I appreciate it.

Originally Posted by FlatRocker

Please buy some decent blocks and put your leaf pack on. I always run at least 2 leaves and some form of blocks. Mono leaf is just hacktastic. Fix your truck.

I left the support leaf so its not a true 'mono' leaf, blocks would only do me good after I flip the axle.

Originally Posted by hinrichs

ill be watching this one

Originally Posted by sally pu

i like the mismatched fenders...you just need moar better lowz and new wheels!

By the time its all said and done, I plan on having 3 inch drop beams and a bolt in 4 link.

Originally Posted by P78

new wheels?
fuck that

keep the white meshies

Probably going to get a shit ton of spacers and run them for awhile.

[Spatakula]

Totally diggin' this!

-spatakula

[coconutt]

Nice progress so far! Surprised another Ranger is in here.

[projecthoarder]

Originally Posted by BigRuss

Awesome.. Makes me miss my 90 Ranger

Seriously who farted

Originally Posted by coconutt

Nice progress so far! Surprised another Ranger is in here.

Thanks guys, I've always wanted to build a mini truck but never liked the idea of airride. I used to detest Rangers, it was the first stick shift car I learned to drive in, my parents had one that we used as a work horse when I was younger and we put just so much in money in motors that we ended up just giving it away. I ended up driving a 93 Ranger for about a year, after my brother totaled my beetle, and was going to buy it, but the guy didn't hold up his part of the bargain so long story short, I found this a week later and just jumped on it.

Here's a picture of my last slammed car, a 1970 standard beetle named Herman, I really miss this car . Cut and rewelded front beam, stock length, 125 temp tires up front, 4 outer splines to lower and 2 inner to raise (about 2 and a half outer in height but much stiffer) and 185 rear tires.



Well I got bored and decided to test fit the 8's on the front of the truck.
showing off some flex like the 4x4 guys


still jacked up and not set down on the blocks


down on the wood




and finally on the ground













I really didn't need the wood till I had the new wheels on but I was bored and felt like having fun. As soon as I find the wheels for the back I plan on going with a much skinnier tire on the 8's also found out their -30 not 0 offset. He over heated coming home from school, I need new radiator hoses cause their expanding before the thermostat is opening up. I should explain now I am a certified suzuki motorcycle tech, silver pending work experience, I've been through triumph dealer training, and currently going through ducati level one training, I just have a sick obsession for lowered cars .

[244Brick]

Defiantly excited about this build.. Have you thought about ditching the rear leaf springs all together and just do coilovers?h

[projecthoarder]

Yea, I'm going to use a bolt in 4 link and replace the bag system with a coilover, but money is the issue right now.

[stinkinrich]

Apart from the front wheels looking hella busted, im liking where this is going.

[projecthoarder]

I guess I should do some updateing on this, I've been working on making Jedd more reliable, I replaced the spark plug wires, distributor cap/rotor, thermostat housing, radiator hoses, and battery terminals. I still need to fix the exhaust leak, but he has more get up and go..... for a ranger .



I also replaced my cracked brake resiovour and lost the wing nut for the air cleaner cover, so I replaced it with a regular nut and beer cap.



Check the awesome battery tie down.



While I waited on parts from advance to come in I decided to paint behind the grill and headlight rings black.





I think it turned out ok, but gloss black on the headlight rings may look better then flat.





I was taking some friends to the beach when I looked back and all I could see was smoke rolling out from the rear wheels so I put the eagle alloys up front while I reworked the rear quarters, I ended up cutting the lip out and I'm going to take it to a body shop and have the inner lip welded back to the outer panel. Rode around like this for a few days enjoying it being lower in the front, but it just rode to high in the back to leave it. Hopefully I'll be lowering the back more this weekend.



But damn did it look good from the front.



In others news, I'll be ordering some new wheels by the end of month.

[justaneffer]

i like this. very excite

[soab]

I like this! lookin forward to progress!

[oprahhwinfreyy]

i really dig this. subbed

[projecthoarder]

Thanks guys.

Small update, I finally got around to flipping the rear shackles....... took me all afternoon! I proabably should have made sure I hadn't left my drill at my friends or started till I knew I had all the tools I needed, oh well live and learn. I'm sitting on bump stops in the back so tomorrow I'm going to cut the bump stops and flip the tires back around to the 8's up front again till I get my new rims at the end of the month. I also put my slim bump stops in the front. On to the only 2 pics I took.



I'll be putting the rear bumper back on tomorrow as well, just not enought time in the day or energy in my body, lol. (damn school makeing me get up at 5:30)



And my ACTUAL project, a 91 gs500 I'm building for bar hopping really, it has a gsxr front end swap that isn't pictured.



I'm now going to wash the filth from a 20 year old farm truck off of me and have a cold beer.