Project Crawlin68

[crawlin68]

Well....I rolled her out of the garage for the first time today. I feel like a proud daddy! I started this project back in November and I finally have the chassis ready for the body.

Here are the stats:

5.0 EFI
NP435 to NP203/205 doubler
Full Width Heavy Duty 3/4 ton HP D44, 30 spline 4340 Moser axles w/ Super Yukon u-joints, Warn hubs
Full Width FF D60, 35 spline Yukon axles
5:13 R & P
ARB's front & rear
Stone Crusher Steering on top of High Steer arms
Saginaw pump to F-150 4x4x2 steering box
Four wheel disc brakes w/Hydroboost
5.5 Wild Horse Rock Crawler Spings and 5.5 11 leaf pack
CAGE extended Radius Arms
BC 24 gal rear tank w/skid plate
Rear axle is stretched back 4 inches
38.5 x 15 Swampers on 15 inch black steel rims
and a lot of custom fab work on the t-case crossmembers and rear frame crossmember, lower trac bar mount

[bent70]

looks sweet...I wish mine was that clean.

[Daddy4zack]

OOHHH Myyyy.... Thats beautiful!! Can't wait to see the rest..

[Delta 4 Wheel]

[Mike]

I haven't driven mine in 3 months. Sometimes whem I 'm wrenching I wonder if it's worth it. This is clearly NOT the case here. You are going to have a sweet rig.
Is your right rear shackle almost maxed out on droop?

[Delta 4 Wheel]

His rear springs still need to settle and along with the added weight of the body, the shackles should end up almost vertical...

[crawlin68]

I haven't driven mine in 3 months. Sometimes whem I 'm wrenching I wonder if it's worth it. This is clearly NOT the case here. You are going to have a sweet rig.
Is your right rear shackle almost maxed out on droop?

Believe me......there has been plenty of nights where I have gone out into the garage and just stood there staring at the mess that I've made and thought, holy sh@t! What did I get myself into here.

Like Delta said, the new rear leaf springs are just very stiff when they are new. They will settle down once I get the body on it and start flexing the springs out. Thanks.

[crawlin68]

Well I brought the body home (from storage) so I could start on the body work. I haven't looked at the body sense I bought the EB back in November of last year. It has a lot more rust than I remember. This is what my cowl looked like after I dug all of the roofing tar out from the PO.

[crawlin68]

So I got to work yesterday cutting out the windshield support and cowl. Here it is all cut out.

[crawlin68]

And here is the new windshield support welded in.

[crawlin68]

And here is the new drivers side cowl welded in place. (that is a lot of holes to drill) I'll put the passenger side cowl in tonight and then post some more pics.

[Delta 4 Wheel]

that was some serious rust replacement. How's the rest of the body?

[crawlin68]

that was some serious rust replacement. How's the rest of the body?

Believe it or not, the rest of the body isn't really that bad. The truck sat for 10 years and by the looks of it, it was getting water under the hood (though the hood vents I would guess) and then the water just sat there.

The floor pans of course need to be replaced and some areas on the inner fender wells in the engine compartment are rusted through. These I will just cut out the bad spots and replace with home made patch panels made out of 18 ga. steel.

[earlybronco72]

I've got to say two things. Man new steel is pretty, and good job.

[Delta 4 Wheel]

As soon as I get the time...my eb will be torn down...and rebuilt...