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unlovedford
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Griffin, I'd have to hunt around for pictures of that truck. Basically, I bought the S-10 from a buddy and he said he had a Ranger Splash (stepside) bed he'd give me if I wanted. Paid $500 for the truck (nothing wrong except paint was bad), drove it for a couple of weeks, sold the bed off it with the tailgate for $300 and decided to see what I could do with the Ranger bed. Cut 8+/- inches out of the center of the bed, welded some new supports underneath to lower it a couple of inches and installed it on the S-10. Looked great, body lines were spot-on, correct width. Did the same thing to the tailgate, added side clasps and sprayed the whole truck. Added a custom dual exhaust another friend built for me to tune the V6 sound out and add a more V8 rumble. Looked very cool, sounded incredible. Drove it for 5+ years smiling the entire time and it gathered a crowd whenever I stopped. No one could figure it out until I would tell them - then the lightbulbs would come on. As an added bonus, the Ranger bed is fiberglass except the load floor, so it shaved a lot of weight off the truck. Added ZQ8 wheels, lowered it 3 inches and drove the snot out of it. Sold it with almost 300K on the odometer.
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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
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californiajohnny
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joe, i remember seeing a pic of that on here somewhere in an old thread.
update: tint arrived today so the replacement window is now tinted and installed and working other side to tint yet but probably tomorrow night don't want to push my luck |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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got the other window tinted and reinstalled
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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unlovedford
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Awesome. So, does that tint fit and resist abrasion well?
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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
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californiajohnny
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yes it's way better than that cheap purple stuff you get at o'reilly's i only used this precut stuff for the DD's the nice cars i had professionally done! the blazer windows were only $13! and the whole set for the sentra was $25
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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a couple of weeks ago, i ordered a custom woodgrain kit for my blazer...got it tonight so i had to install it! not cheap. but it looks good i was tired of looking at an all gray interior this adds a little color and class to it
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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BackInBlack
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Love that vette. Reminds me of the hood on the vette in Corvette Summer.
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TV 2M8O
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I scrolled thru all this looking for pics of your '68 Mustang conversion.... Lemesee!!!
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californiajohnny
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haven't got very far on it much it's posted in the basement section:
updated and moved to the projects section: http://forum.grantorinosport.org/johns-mustang-build_topic16716.html Edited by californiajohnny - 01-January-2019 at 2:56PM |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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TV 2M8O
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Thanks John... I'll have a peek.
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californiajohnny
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update on the sentra... needing to buy new front tires, hate the 14's that are on there, i contemplated using the 16" honda wheels i had on the celica but would need to buy lo pro tires for them to clear the struts and with the clear coat on them corroded it would be $$$ to have them refinished, it's cheaper to buy new wheels !! so in searching for wheels i like i found some but after checking several online suppliers they were back ordered well i had ordered new federal 205/40/17 tires already, found some similar 17" wheels i liked better but more $$ so i ordered them... then seeing they are available in 16" but all my measuring says the 17's will barely fit... fingers crossed!
well last saturday my buddy i used to work with delivered them to me late in the day... i check the fit with just the wheel, looks good but to late to get the tires mounted so tonight after work i had time to take them into town to get the mounted ...$28 ok stop at another tire store to grab new lug nuts $48!!! well i talked them down to $32 so now that it's dark out i decide to put them on the car to see if the wheels with tires will fit and clear... yes they do but oops i forgot to balance them, couple mins later they are all balanced these fill up the wheel wells nicely pics coming in the morning...stay tuned |
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JOHN
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californiajohnny
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between massive rain showers today, i removed the new wheels and replaced the brakes and had to trim the ends of the axle shafts a little so the center caps would fit
IDK i'm thinking it needs dropped another inch now |
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JOHN
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Rockatansky
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the car's perfect Harry
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72 GT Ute
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72FordGTS
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Looks great IMO, I wouldn't go lower. I didn't know you had a Sentra too John.
Harry Hogg? Rubbin' is racing...
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Vince
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californiajohnny
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it's just a daily driver but i can't have nothing "stock" it's on page 3 of this thread...
Edited by californiajohnny - 07-April-2019 at 9:22AM |
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JOHN
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72FordGTS
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I must have missed it or forgot about it. Either way, looks way better than stock. And the stance, even if you don't drop any further is a huge improvement over what it was.
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Vince
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unlovedford
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If it is a DD, I'd leave it at the current height. Better ride and no horror when you hit a dip or pothole. Plus, we are all getting older and it really sucks to have to climb up out of a car that is lowered, lol.
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Joe
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Big Bird
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At this point, it's getting "un-fun" climbing in and out of my Thunderbird.
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
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californiajohnny
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yeah i think i'll leave it as it is (debated all weekend about chopping some springs ) a while back i came out of the local grocery store... a guy parked next to me asked if it was my kid's car? i said no, i don't have any kids. he paused then asked if i bought it this way? i said no it was bone stock when i got it! he was taken aback a bit...i told him i did all this! he said oh i just didn't expect to see an old guy driving this, i said i'm a "car guy" i can't have anything stock
a few years ago when i was D D'ing my celica, one night driving home from work, saw 2 troopers on the other side of the freeway with a slammed honda "jacked up" then 2 more on my side proceeded to pull out and "light me up" then a few mins later the other 2 pulled up behind me! 1 trooper came up to my car looking surprised, and asked if this was my car? i said yes i'm just driving home from work, and 4 of you guys, what's up with the intimidation factor? let me guess you guys figured it was some punk kids in a lowered car, right??? he said um yeah... i told him last i checked "profiling" was illegal! he himmed and hawed, then asked how i knew that? i told him i was a former law enforcement officer for 10 years! i was back on my way shortly there after |
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JOHN
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californiajohnny
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well i debated for the last week+,... i couldn't stand it anymore, so i lowered it an inch all the way around
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JOHN
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californiajohnny
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JOHN
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TV 2M8O
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GOOD CALL
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BackInBlack
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Looks way better. |
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handsofstone
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Did you build the garages? Awesome setup.
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californiajohnny
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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handsofstone
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My neighbors would sh!t if I put one that size on my lot. Lol
I assume you can't see any houses where you are? |
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72FordGTS
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Looks good John! Did you just cut the springs to drop it, or replace them? Remember those little Sentra SE R's from that era? They were fun little cars. And I agree, I love the garage setup too. I need more garage space and would love to build a second one on our property someday. Already have the spot picked out, but I'd need to clear the land first.
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Vince
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californiajohnny
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no i cheated did it the "down and dirty" method with a torch i'll probably grab some more springs from pick a part later and cut them right
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JOHN
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californiajohnny
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got my new lowered springs today... you know what i'll be doing this weekend for $80 a set can't beat that compared to removing all four at pick a part
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JOHN
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californiajohnny
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got the new springs in tonight...took 2 hours to do all four
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JOHN
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