It's a little past time I put up one of these for my 'other' truck, seeing as to how I've had it since last November, don't you think?
'Fishtank' is a 1991 Explorer Sport that I purchased from Apalachin, Ny for a whopping $800 when I didn't think I'd ever see Blackjack again. Doug and Justin (explornj) met me halfway home out in Hazleton, PA to have a looksee at my bargain and give me their opinion... after the laughing subsided, we got to work fixing right away. Doug jokingly signed his name and the date on the inside with a sharpie and scribbled Blackjack's old nickname (it's a long story) where I wouldn't immediately find it, hence Tank's name. The sharpie gag has grown to unbelievable proportions- when I get the chance I'll take pictures of all the signatures and post them.
Aside from the phenominal amount of rust from living in a road salt climate all his life, he came with 3.73 Limited slip, pop up sunroof, manual locking hubs w/ the auto Tcase, power locks/windows/mirrors, but no rear wiper or deforester oddly enough. Oh, and he came with 200,000 miles on the odometer and some wicked lifter tap but by george, he wheels like nobody's business for such an old goat
Massive thanks to: Draper for installing the shocks, brakes, and finding me a new hatch to replace my rusty one; Dave and Justin for the alignment, rocker panels, putting on the new hatch, bleeding brakes, etc; Ben and Wolf for the local help and tons of bondo; and Doug for the silly trail fixes when I was ready to drive off a cliff (electrical tape! mwa ha ha!).. Y'all rock, I couldn't do it without you!
Don't make too much fun of my mods, the name of the game with this truck is "CHEAP!"
Tank:
2" lift coils
F150 spacers
7degree camber/caster adjusters
Rough country shocks
Advance Auto lift shackles (reinforced thanks to Dave)
2 sets Add-a-leafs
32" BFG mud terrains on 15x8 black steel rims
1 pair Hella 500
The obligatory Wal mart neon (red!)
Cobra 29 Nightface w/ Lil' Wil antenna
3 plug cigarette lighter
custom glass switch panel and relay box
400 watt inverter
Pioneer Cd Headunit
Pioneer 3 way front speakers
New hatch, brakes, calipers, headlights, fluids, and a mess of rustoleum, too!
I hope someday to have a total of at least 7 inches of lift.. the trick will be getting that much withOUT a body lift! IE: 6" skyjacker, cut and turned TTB and custom leaf springs Why no body lift? Well, one of the body supports is shot, plus I'm trying to keep the center of gravity as low as possible. Like any true 4wheeler, I plan to do this someday when I can afford it
Here's links to two of my more wild offroad moments...
Flying Fish
and
Raush Creek's Tank trap
Picture 1) Tank on the rocks at Raush Creek, June 2004
2) Tank and little brother Jack munching on an H2
3) What color is he again???
'Fishtank' is a 1991 Explorer Sport that I purchased from Apalachin, Ny for a whopping $800 when I didn't think I'd ever see Blackjack again. Doug and Justin (explornj) met me halfway home out in Hazleton, PA to have a looksee at my bargain and give me their opinion... after the laughing subsided, we got to work fixing right away. Doug jokingly signed his name and the date on the inside with a sharpie and scribbled Blackjack's old nickname (it's a long story) where I wouldn't immediately find it, hence Tank's name. The sharpie gag has grown to unbelievable proportions- when I get the chance I'll take pictures of all the signatures and post them.
Aside from the phenominal amount of rust from living in a road salt climate all his life, he came with 3.73 Limited slip, pop up sunroof, manual locking hubs w/ the auto Tcase, power locks/windows/mirrors, but no rear wiper or deforester oddly enough. Oh, and he came with 200,000 miles on the odometer and some wicked lifter tap but by george, he wheels like nobody's business for such an old goat
Massive thanks to: Draper for installing the shocks, brakes, and finding me a new hatch to replace my rusty one; Dave and Justin for the alignment, rocker panels, putting on the new hatch, bleeding brakes, etc; Ben and Wolf for the local help and tons of bondo; and Doug for the silly trail fixes when I was ready to drive off a cliff (electrical tape! mwa ha ha!).. Y'all rock, I couldn't do it without you!
Don't make too much fun of my mods, the name of the game with this truck is "CHEAP!"
Tank:
2" lift coils
F150 spacers
7degree camber/caster adjusters
Rough country shocks
Advance Auto lift shackles (reinforced thanks to Dave)
2 sets Add-a-leafs
32" BFG mud terrains on 15x8 black steel rims
1 pair Hella 500
The obligatory Wal mart neon (red!)
Cobra 29 Nightface w/ Lil' Wil antenna
3 plug cigarette lighter
custom glass switch panel and relay box
400 watt inverter
Pioneer Cd Headunit
Pioneer 3 way front speakers
New hatch, brakes, calipers, headlights, fluids, and a mess of rustoleum, too!
I hope someday to have a total of at least 7 inches of lift.. the trick will be getting that much withOUT a body lift! IE: 6" skyjacker, cut and turned TTB and custom leaf springs Why no body lift? Well, one of the body supports is shot, plus I'm trying to keep the center of gravity as low as possible. Like any true 4wheeler, I plan to do this someday when I can afford it
Here's links to two of my more wild offroad moments...
Flying Fish
and
Raush Creek's Tank trap
Picture 1) Tank on the rocks at Raush Creek, June 2004
2) Tank and little brother Jack munching on an H2
3) What color is he again???