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I took a billion photos, here is what I saw while in Moab:

You earned it the hard way on Kane Creek :D

Priceless!!! You guys are a Riot!

True True! On the flip side now I can take a break from Max and clear my head, make it feel like a good fun hobby when I get back and give myself plenty of breathing room to make it perfect for the next haul :D Here is where I got her too: In the words of the Terminator, "I'll...

Well, here is where we are at. I bent a pushrod. Went to drive it, saw the neighbors next door. They liked it and I figured I'd rev it for them. Gave it a decent rev, nothing more than we'd been doing about every day to clear the smoke out of the tail pipes. Sounded freakin awesome...

See yall tomorrow! Unfortunately Mad Max won't make it, going to just have to drive the Bull Horns on down un-trailered.

Might be cruising in around that time as well, are you guys going through Salt Lake City?

Rock on guys! Sounds like you're in the home stretch!!! Hope it's a safe trip with no problems! Lookin forward to seeing yall!!!

True words Birdy! I wish that was the case with this guy, unfortunately it was producing the smoke instead of just burning crap out. Definitely a fair amount of stuff that is getting burned out of the tail pipes. I imagine I will have a faint amount of burning for a week or two with all the...

Well, here is how the Galaxie sits tonight Unfortunately after we got her timed and she started warming up it became very evident that a cloud of smoke was developing behind the car. One tailpipe (Driverside) would start blowing smoke after 1 or 2 minutes of running and then the Motor...

Well, got her running and started blowing smoke out one of the tail pipes!!! Think it is an bad intake manifold gasket/seal. I don't know if Mad Max will make it or not now, but I'm going to work like hell on it for the next couple days and see what happens! Worse case scenario I still have...

Hey Shucker, thanks for the response! As it turns out, the new distributor had a busted spring on the points! It had absolutely no tension and would just float as soon as the rotor started spinning! Replaced the points, and guess what we got???? :D :D :D Fire in the hole! Looking...

I'd totally be interested Birdy! I got Mad Max running tonight so it looks likely that I'll be there Sunday :D

Well, I was able to track down a C6 yoke and measure it. All the dimensions jive as being exactly the same, except for the length of the barrel (shank?). The splines are the same, and start at the same depth. I have the one from Minnesota still on its way if this doesn't end up working...

Click on the Explorer build thread in my signature, it will give you a good idea of what the Duff lift has. I think it is a totally bad ass lift if you are sticking with the TTB. My only suggestion would be to use 4" lift Bronco Graveyard coils and put the front axle in the lower lift bracket...

Sorry to hear that Daniel, was looking forward to seeing you as always man! Hope things turn out for the better back home. As far as the Galaxie project, holy smokes is it coming down to the wire! The original plan was to stay in Moab from the 14th to 22nd, but if I need to I may put off...

Thank you so much for the heads up BuckWild! Luckily (well, we'll see) I found a local transmission exchange place down here that has both a C6 and FMX we are going to try the yokes out of! It is out of an MX transmission, but from the looks of it a C6 may fit. Thank you so much for the...

Well I can check off the fuel line. I made that last post around midnight and decided I needed to check at least one more thing off tonight/this morning. What a pain in the neck trying to bend that large gauge steel line! I kinked it and had to start over twice! Here is a shot of one of the...

Quick update! Front end is on and aligned finally! Radiator out of a 428 1969 Galaxie is in Tried to get the motor started Sunday just to see what would happen. Went to prime the motor with oil before putting on the distributor, ended up dropping the dang oil pump drive shaft...

Thanks for the heads up BuckWild! If I end up getting the right shaft dimensions from a similar one I may just snag it and get a U-joint to fit! So here is what I've got/found so far. The MX transmission is a short lived transmission with a yoke that is close to hens teeth to track down. I...

That is the Canyonlands campground :)

Have more updates, but at the moment only one that matters: Broke the yoke that goes into the FMX transmission doing U-joints just now. !@#$ If anyone anywhere has any good intel on where to pick up another one help would be greatly appreciated! 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 390 ci - 6.4...

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You'd love Kane Creek man! It was definitely one of my top 3 after doing a marathon of off-roading with Adamsbro last year! There is one crappy section at the end that took me a while to climb up, but we made it! Here is a more dramatic photo of Bryan trucking up that section:

Thanks man! To be completely honest I have no idea, but boy do the pistons come close at top dead center! I think there is only .020 - .030 of clearance! Primary reason is expense, but the secondary reason is it has been impossible to find headers that don't need modification to fit...

Alright, so to finally update last night's action here is what went down - I started by snagging a shot of those piston's I promised :) From there we got started with the heads and timing chain Then we went ahead and put the timing chain cover, a few pulleys, and got the intake...

WOW! That is some serious telescopic action man!

I'm too dang tired to type and photo bucket isn't cooperating this evening, but just got done working on the motor for the evening. So so close! Can't wait to update yall tomorrow when I get a break :D

Quick update, the Main Bearings finally arrived! And they were the correct ones *whew* After work I headed over to Dave's and we went to town checking the clearances on the crank. After everything checked out we slapped the cam in, dropped the crank in, bolted the mains down, and the...

Wow, didn't know there was a 3rd edition! Thanks for the heads up! Here is a link I found with a little more info: https://www.funtreks.com/guide-to-moab-ut-backroads-4wd-trails-new-3rd-edition

Hahaha! You're the man 5spdman, I wouldn't miss Moab either!

Me too Birdy!!! It seems like every move I make something is stacked against me, but come hell or high water I'm going to do my best to make it happen! Here is how this weekend started: Loaded up the whole truck with motor parts! Probably the most weight I've had stacked in the back...

This thing is one mean build man! Keep it up!!!

Good to know BuckWild!! Thank you for the info!! Madbutcher and Rick, thanks for the support!!

Hey BuckWild, good questions! Here is what I've got: The rear crossmember is 5/8 C-channel that happens to have the same gap as the outer diameter of the hitch. My buddy not only welded the hitch around the outside, but also along all for edges inside the C-Channel. As for the rest of the...

Wow Birdy, that is a military grade build! Looks cool as hell to boot :D

Thanks Paul!!!! I've got things in high gear to make the dead line! I hope it all works out :thumbsup:

Mission Success! The body is back on! And for anyone interested in this demolition derby car project here is the link: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=428477

Congratulations Tim!!! :chug: