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the exhaust down under the cab makes for a not so noisy going down the road on a long trip actually. I wont be doing away with it, but tee-ing off the exhuast into a straight pipe, a flange with a solid plate will be in the flange when I dont wanna hear the noise, and plug muffler off at pipe...

6 inch exhaust stack with no muffler IS in the near future. You ever heard a 2 stroke detroit with no muffler? last time I did that at full throttle you can hear it 1 mile away! It is also going to get anotehr air filter assy mounted to the other fender too.

the rear seat is actually 2 passenger bench seat narrowed just a slight bit and welded together. backs and all. the back does fold down. the base was filled in with plywood front and sides and the seat flips up to provide storage. there are actually 2 more batteries mounted back there to power...

lemme see what i can find. gotta pull some trees outta the ground tomorrow, maybe i can take a few shots then

The ELMO truck has got even more upgrades and changes. It has had a steel hard top fabricated, new fuel tanks with steps, complete new custom front sheetmetal based from an 800 series so the radiator is actually under the hood now instead of being mouthed in front of the original grill. the...

is going to be much easier to move the bed forwad and chop off exss frame. besides, that thing with its super long wheelbase is a nightmare to turn around anyhow. the turning radius is about the same as a space shuttle. and still all in all, off roading, i only once had to do a three point turn...

inner fender wells can certaily be modified if need be. That wold be a big project to swap my 12 cyl in, but is definaely not in the dont do list yet. the 6-71 is down on power a bit, but wil still out run a multi on the road. pull sthe same loaded with 11k being pulled and another 3k n the...

yeah, should fit no probelm, the 671 is in there now. is the engine yours?

Interior aint no where near done, gottabuild a back seat. put a/c in. poer windows, ll new dash guages (digital?). Make a new tp. Mrp front seats. radio racks in back sea for radios. Sero system to rock and roll on. gun racks. have complete interior rhino lined. etc.etc. this project will...

it has 24 inches between the front and rear dors

Thinking about taking the spare tire off elmo, moving the bed forward 3 feet to bring it more in proportin, chop off the excess rear frame, move hitch forward. moving that hitch forward is what is gonna be a chore, Lots of holes to drill in that thing! and i certaily have to have them all there...

ELMO has his own web page. look under the email address frankntruck@yahoo.com to fid him on facebook. as far as updates,,, starter is worn out, need new one. brakes are bad, master cl is leaking, need to locate rebuild kit.

i paid 100 for my used cab, bare cab with doors, you wont ned wiondshield or dash, but you will need top bows if you plan on doing a soft top. most people take the easy way out and make a hard top,,,,all military truck should have a soft top!

parts list,,,truck,,,extra cab,,,lots of scrap metal. tools,,welder, sander, paint gun,,,what else is there? hard to say what i did and didnt use,,it was kinda of a play it by ear thing.

recently moved, so project is on hold, truck has been being used to move all my stuff,,,kinda a pain to load stuff into a bed 5.5 feet off the ground though. will post some updated pics later when i get a chance

I need to find 2 sets of the window guides for a soft top. I pan on using those, cut up and custom fabbed to seal up the widows against the top, and attach the top to. For now I am just gonna use a tarp as a top and worry about making it right later. its gonna be gettin warm soon and I am gonna...

nope, no roll cage. and just a soft top as all military truck should have. That is going to be the bigget challenge is making a top that looks correct. but I gota get all the big stuff done first. I got the generator put in last night, mounted it between the frame raisl in the rear way up high...

here is a ROUGH rendering of what i envision what the truck should look like when i am done.

more pics, thanks to my boys for helping. they stripped the interior ou and cleaned up all my messes.