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1712 hits | 71.92 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
This is what we started with. It had a really rough homemade winch bumper that we sold. Nice tires...

a1.jpg
1589 hits | 71.59 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
I haven't removed much of the interior at this point, other than the diamond-plate Aluminum bedwalls...

a3.jpg
1390 hits | 63.49 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Disassembly is progressing...

a5.jpg
1546 hits | 66.64 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
How 'bout those tires?

b1.jpg
1568 hits | 85.68 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The neighbor kids who were foolish enough to come by & gawk are now being suckered into lifting the ...

b3.jpg
2304 hits | 72.19 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Frank (driver's door) & I (passenger door) are bearing most of the weight to lift it over the engine...

b6.jpg
1768 hits | 72.94 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
We made it without hernia. Frank has the driver's door, and I have the passenger's. The guys at th...

b8.jpg
1619 hits | 94.71 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The engine is getting sold - no carbs allowed. We don't even know what it came out of.

c3.jpg
1867 hits | 61.41 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Bye, now!

d3.jpg
1657 hits | 80.4 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
What a FIND!!! The bellhousing is shattered & the engine is ripped off its mounts, but after making...

d4.jpg
1632 hits | 84.35 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Yes, it ran like this. Just enough to warm up the oil (there's no coolant, obviously) and fill the ...

d9.jpg
2045 hits | 104.5 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
We're not QUITE finished... Both axles are going, as are the coil towers & that gas tank on the gro...

e0.jpg
1789 hits | 96.33 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
What a beauty!

e2.jpg
1847 hits | 82.36 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
How did we get so lucky?

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1930 hits | 88.11 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The frame has been washed inside & out, and cup-brushed all over to remove dirt, rust, & undercoatin...

h2.jpg
1641 hits | 77.71 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The trans has been rebuilt with the Advance Adapter & mated to the old Dana20; the exhaust manifolds...

h4.jpg
1822 hits | 89.5 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The trans has been rebuilt with the Advance Adapter & mated to the old Dana20, and it's all ready to...

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1545 hits | 81.02 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
It's looking good, except the height of the intake plenum.

h6.jpg
1978 hits | 78.9 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
It's looking good, except the height of the intake plenum. The transmission crossmember has to be r...

h7.jpg
1973 hits | 69.25 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Back to a rolling chassis.

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1592 hits | 60.91 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Meanwhile, in a remote location on the other side of the river... The tub has been soda-blasted, an...

j1.jpg
2259 hits | 61.83 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
After rebuilding the axle (except the 3rd member, which looked OK), we found a pinhole leak in the w...

j2.jpg
1665 hits | 52.67 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Fuel lines for the rear tank, wiring to the taillights & fuel pump, and the paint line on the spline...

j4.jpg
2762 hits | 69.24 KB | Posted: 7/11/03
Dual-function reservoir, Dana20 T-shift converted to twin-stick, Advance Adapter, Energy Poly. trans...

j3.jpg
1614 hits | 53.44 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
4WD trans pan & vent tube, hi-pressure fuel pump, extended brake line, painted oil pan with new gask...

k1.jpg
1404 hits | 60.89 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
New inner fender with undercoating. Nice tires, huh?

k4.jpg
1550 hits | 60.66 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Bushwackers, Crown Vic intake, & driver's vent blockoff plate. The connector hanging in the wheelwe...

k5.jpg
1631 hits | 67.98 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The rear section of the roll cage is going back in (unfortunately) to support the shoulder belts, an...

l3.jpg
2210 hits | 70.22 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The cluster didn't make the cut, but the tilt/cruise column works great. The cruise module is the o...

m1.jpg
2135 hits | 73.37 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Crown Vic intake with a fabricated intake tube. The original truck vacuum & wiring harnesses have b...

m5.jpg
1644 hits | 77.38 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
Emissions equipment is working, and the space on that wheelwell can be used for future components, i...

n1.jpg
1489 hits | 52.46 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The colors are 2000 Eddie Bauer Expedition Estate Green & Light Prarie Tan. The loose connector is ...

n2.jpg
1600 hits | 70.98 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
This was its first rollout with the body on. The neighbors were shocked.

n3.jpg
1575 hits | 48.9 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
This was its first rollout with the body on. The neighbors were shocked.

n5.jpg
3629 hits | 71.4 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The truck intake plenum was too tall, so we used this one from a Crown Vic. A few wires had to be r...

AirBox.JPG
2349 hits | 65.06 KB | Posted: 8/7/10
I removed the MAF and found some JY elbows to make the turns into the CV throttle body. The lower b...

o3.jpg
2322 hits | 51.94 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The colors are 2000 Eddie Bauer Expedition Estate Green & Light Prarie Tan. Note the aftermarket de...

p0.jpg
5023 hits | 49.65 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The shoulder belts look & work great, and the EB captain's chairs with armrests add to the EB theme....

p1p.jpg
3261 hits | 72.17 KB | Posted: 7/2/03
The upholstery was stripped off the chairs & run thru a regular household washing machine. It's VER...

SeatBeltReinf.JPG
1986 hits | 94.53 KB | Posted: 9/10/10
The angle iron with welded nuts is for the later shoulder belt buckles. The stock eB location was t...

Mounts.JPG
1826 hits | 69.27 KB | Posted: 12/29/07
The Energy polyurethane t-case mounts are shimmed with washers so the AOD adapter (from Advanced Ada...

D20VSSbt.JPG
2474 hits | 88.33 KB | Posted: 9/10/10
I put the original '75 speedo gear onto this VSS [url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IYK5JE/]Motorcraf...