IZwack
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- Joined
- February 5, 2003
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- City, State
- Germantown, MD
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Ford Explorer
So this dainty creature was picked up last weekend .. its an '88 Suzuki Samurai sporting the inline 1.3 liter 4 cylinder carburated engine:
Anyways, we've been at it for a few days now and this is where we're at:
The floor behind the seats have been cut out along with the rear cross member. We welded a new 2x4 with 1/4" wall as the new rear cross member and the rear shackles will hang from that.
Rock sliders were also tacked into place .. made out of 2x2 with 1/8" wall.
The rear doors are missing for now but will be bolted back on once the cage is in and everything is buttoned up.
This weekend, we hope to have the main tubes for the roll cage welded on. And hopefully at the beginning of next week, the body will be welded to the roll cage. Oh and the roll cage and the body will be removable as one unit from the chassis.
Anyways, we've been at it for a few days now and this is where we're at:
The floor behind the seats have been cut out along with the rear cross member. We welded a new 2x4 with 1/4" wall as the new rear cross member and the rear shackles will hang from that.
Rock sliders were also tacked into place .. made out of 2x2 with 1/8" wall.
The rear doors are missing for now but will be bolted back on once the cage is in and everything is buttoned up.
This weekend, we hope to have the main tubes for the roll cage welded on. And hopefully at the beginning of next week, the body will be welded to the roll cage. Oh and the roll cage and the body will be removable as one unit from the chassis.