In article <_ijOb.250745$dl.13346396@twister.southeast.rr.com >, "Nathan
Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> writes:

>in the meantime i happened across a retired '76 m880 1 1/4 ton dodge 4x4
>with 41,000 original miles for $1000 and i couldnt walk away from it. the
>v8/tranny/full time 4x4 transfer case (also with low lock and even high
>lock)/dana 70 rear/dana 60 front @4.10 gears will work out perfectly under a
>cj7/8 project jeep.
>
>pics of the beast are at http://7slotgrille.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=967
>
>im not really sure if id rather shorten the frame of this truck and adapt a
>cj body to it or transplant the running gear over on the cj but either way
>there is much fun to come.

Do neither. Send me your address and I will take care of it for you. :-)

Still got the 'Vette??

matt
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In article <_ijOb.250745$dl.13346396@twister.southeast.rr.com >, "Nathan
Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> writes:

>in the meantime i happened across a retired '76 m880 1 1/4 ton dodge 4x4
>with 41,000 original miles for $1000 and i couldnt walk away from it. the
>v8/tranny/full time 4x4 transfer case (also with low lock and even high
>lock)/dana 70 rear/dana 60 front @4.10 gears will work out perfectly under a
>cj7/8 project jeep.
>
>pics of the beast are at http://7slotgrille.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=967
>
>im not really sure if id rather shorten the frame of this truck and adapt a
>cj body to it or transplant the running gear over on the cj but either way
>there is much fun to come.

Do neither. Send me your address and I will take care of it for you. :-)

Still got the 'Vette??

matt
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message
news:20040118171608.00545.00003687@mb-m02.aol.com...
> Do neither. Send me your address and I will take care of it for you. :-)

heh...if the wife keeps bitching about having a camo truck in her yard i
might just have to sell it before its said and done.

--
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http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message
news:20040118171608.00545.00003687@mb-m02.aol.com...
> Do neither. Send me your address and I will take care of it for you. :-)

heh...if the wife keeps bitching about having a camo truck in her yard i
might just have to sell it before its said and done.

--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com

 

"Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message
news:20040118171608.00545.00003687@mb-m02.aol.com...
> Do neither. Send me your address and I will take care of it for you. :-)

heh...if the wife keeps bitching about having a camo truck in her yard i
might just have to sell it before its said and done.

--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com

 

On 18 Jan 2004 11:22 AM, Nathan Collier posted the following:

> heh. i dont plan on actually working out of it since image is so
> important (show up looking like little abner and they dont take you
> seriously) but its definately going to make a good toy hauler and
> eventually the drivetrain should end up under a cj.

It would be a crime to gut a perfectly good old pickup truck like that.

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On 18 Jan 2004 11:22 AM, Nathan Collier posted the following:

> heh. i dont plan on actually working out of it since image is so
> important (show up looking like little abner and they dont take you
> seriously) but its definately going to make a good toy hauler and
> eventually the drivetrain should end up under a cj.

It would be a crime to gut a perfectly good old pickup truck like that.

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On 18 Jan 2004 11:22 AM, Nathan Collier posted the following:

> heh. i dont plan on actually working out of it since image is so
> important (show up looking like little abner and they dont take you
> seriously) but its definately going to make a good toy hauler and
> eventually the drivetrain should end up under a cj.

It would be a crime to gut a perfectly good old pickup truck like that.

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Roughly 1/18/04 14:26, Del Rawlins's monkeys randomly typed:

> On 18 Jan 2004 11:22 AM, Nathan Collier posted the following:
>
>> heh. i dont plan on actually working out of it since image is so
>> important (show up looking like little abner and they dont take you
>> seriously) but its definately going to make a good toy hauler and
>> eventually the drivetrain should end up under a cj.
>
> It would be a crime to gut a perfectly good old pickup truck like that.

True, but he does have that Corvette as a potential donor for
a powertrain swap.

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Roughly 1/18/04 14:26, Del Rawlins's monkeys randomly typed:

> On 18 Jan 2004 11:22 AM, Nathan Collier posted the following:
>
>> heh. i dont plan on actually working out of it since image is so
>> important (show up looking like little abner and they dont take you
>> seriously) but its definately going to make a good toy hauler and
>> eventually the drivetrain should end up under a cj.
>
> It would be a crime to gut a perfectly good old pickup truck like that.

True, but he does have that Corvette as a potential donor for
a powertrain swap.

--
Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of
mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade...