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today was productive,set the ram up and took lots of measures. roughed out the top pivot mounts and finnish bored. measured up the underbraces for the tipper frame to stop it twisting during tipping. cut out lots of pieces of box section steel,linished edges,cleaned and marked it all up...

just typed a big old story on progress,tried to add another picture and lost the lot-i,ll stick to being short-:evil: got a load of parts arriving-nothing bar the wheels are bolt on -still months of fab work-:grin: got ram and made the bottom pivot mounts. line bored on lathe to accept...

my first military vehicle was a dodge M890-19 years later i still have it,it still runs,and i wont let it go-i,ve had it out in mud,but nothing serious-i t always got me there,i,d say go for it-offer scrap money,they can only say no. the amount of work to convert it to a 4wd would not in my...

well thank you-sometimes i look at the jobs i have done, and then look at the jobs i still have in front and think ' what the fark am i doing here? io could be in the pub or riding my bikes' but you can,t buy trucks how i want this one.:grin: AND-i got tired of not having room to swing and...

got my wider wheels sourced-hard work-over a year,collect these next few weeks. chopped the hand brake down to clear the gear shifter. got the bench seat in there so can finalise main control positions. been away for a while at the hot rod super nationals-saw this beautiful coronet-my all...

LOOKS GOOD AND WELL WORTH ANY EFFORT NEEDED- uh sorry shouting-get carried away with dodges.... very envious of anyone who has a parts truck.:shock:

i sent a SMS / text to your mobile stating what was going on.never heard back-gone-sorry.

well now, i got a few jobs kicked into touch and started on a few more- i have the pedal box [clutch brake] mounted temporary where it will live i have the bench seat back in place-some work needed there. i got annoyed with not being able to progress the tipper or the engine final mounting-so...

my M890 -been resting a while:oops:-up on axle stands and the bed is full of v8,s and transmissions-really looking forward to having this back on the road-it just needs fresh gas and a battery,and it,ll fire right up, always has-i got the stock bumpers to go on there from my M884- the motor has...

getting rid of a truck that old is usually a mistake.i run plenty of newer green stuff around,but it,s the older trucks that hit the grin button,every time. it is precisely that they don,t have power steering/aircon/electric seats etc that makes em so. sure ,after a few hundred miles the ' old...

superb-thankyew kindly-im amiss in cab my somewhere-i,ll go and check my measures-appreciate your time on this-:-P

GUYS-this is place for all the stuff you need to know but isn,t in the manuals - i need the stock distance between the edge of the drivers seat and the steering wheel-im mocking stuff on my hybrid dodge and with the stock bench seat in the stock posistion i have trouble getting my legs under...

you got it both manx norton frames-as they handle real solid- big bike has a 1135cc vincent series c rapide engine with lots of trickery inside. triton has 833cc and burns methanol-gas flowed and very punchy. paul dunstall=very clever man.

i cut up an old c02 bottle and made a restraint to stop the props climbing through the floor in case they ever let go- also made some chassis anchors to fit a 4.5 tonne steel hawser to stop the cummins donk climbing into the cab if i ever go wheels up or impact front or rear- also started to...

been away racing old brit bikes in france,and had my birthday in tenerife- as soon as i got home i layed right back into my truck-

NDT -i thank you sir,my winshield is broken badly,so it will need to come out anyway,i was leaving it in there to help keep the [****] rain off- this helps-thanks for you speedy reply.:-P steel soldiers-better than any manual.

'the long term investment' is always the one to run at wifey...... good luck.you can never have too many spares.

hey CJT -clean tidy looking build,i bet that rig rides sweet with the hummin cummins in there-really nice job.,was there a build thread on this ? i have been away a while- built in 9 days ! thats hauling.:D

great pictures guys,always good to see the green earning the corn.

can any of you guys advise me if i need to remove the windshield to remove the steel part of the dashboard ? ,i have been out of the game with an injured back recently and cannot get up into the truck [it,s higher than stock] to see exactly how this steel part of the dash comes away from the...