Project F250

[squatch71]

A while ago I started a thread in the large scale forum, I decided to put 1.9's under it...and it really wasn't 1/6th scale....

heres the orginal thread
Squatch71's F250

I started with mounting the leaf springs...these have since changed..but only the brackets turned 90 degrees...to make the wheels clear when they turn.



Kind of mocked up..



Cut my own shackles..and mounted the front leaf springs to frame...


Gotta keep puttin the body on......love this thing..duct tape works for holding the body on the frame...pretty good.....


Will post more when I get it.

thanks for lookin and look forward to the comments

[squatch71]

updates.
Bent a transfercase bracket, and durafixed it to the frame...I like this stuff

Made rear links

Tranny mount in the front...

Attached the tranny and transfercase

made a upper link bracket...love this durafix stuff....

put on the upper links

all put together.....

another view, you can see the leaf spring mounts where I turned them 180 degrees. No it won't be this tall and have this much travel, in the rear anyway.


thanks for looking and look forward to the comments.

[big78ford]

It's looking good, that is going to be a beast. I really like the transfer case mount, very slick setup.

[skinner]

hmm whats this durafix stuff?
btw looking good.

[squatch71]

thanks Big78...this one, MetalHeads and your Bronco will look sweet next to each other come our anually "spring snow" crawl

skinner, thanks for the comment.

durafix, lots of vid on utube, heres a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWb09...eature=related

[squatch71]

Update....

Big78 and I had a build weekend, was pretty cool...he got lots done on two of his rigs and I worked on mine...

started with this



made this



stuck it here



for this



then put that there



for these



made this



for that



Now this is the cool part...all put as a "roller" had to put in some flex shots...I think it does pretty good for what it is...and it puts alot of doubts behind.




Yes its articulating and yes all three tires are touching the cow mat. the lift is about 3 1/2", can do the same to the front as well.....


and thats it...........................

[METALHEAD]

BITCHIN! Man, you're really Durafux...er....Durafixing the shit outta this bad boy! It makes for a really clean frame dude. I like the way this is coming together. Those front shock mounts are badass! I also like the way you mounted the rear shocks. It leaves you all the room you need to mount the body, even with a dropped bed box.

You guys got a shit-ton more fun stuff done last weekend than I did.

Looks like it was a good time. I gotta get over next time you guys are building.

[squatch71]

More than enough room here my friend..set up on a 4x8 plywood and on the other side are grinders, bandsaws and drill press....Wintertime, might have to move to Big78's...his is heated.

[big78ford]

Originally Posted by squatch71

More than enough room here my friend..set up on a 4x8 plywood and on the other side are grinders, bandsaws and drill press....Wintertime, might have to move to Big78's...his is heated.

If I ever get the dam thing cleaned out!!!!!!

[squatch71]

Originally Posted by big78ford

If I ever get the dam thing cleaned out!!!!!!

well, there is a mustang in our way....

[squatch71]

had another build weekend....worked on other rigs, but did touch this one a bit...

it is a roller..kinda, had to tweek some things, but works really well.




filled in the big hole in the back of the cab. Started sanding.



put it on the frame and tried on the 1.9 flatirons.



whatcha think???

[squatch71]

gotta vid of it....first run, just around the driveway...taped all the parts on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blLx6BXxJbs

[Devlinincanada]

lol i never buy links ,,homemade links ftw!!

[geekfreek95]

it looks really wide

[squatch71]

Originally Posted by Devlinincanada

lol i never buy links ,,homemade links ftw!!

yep, I like building my links..you can do what ever size you like.

Originally Posted by geekfreek95

it looks really wide

it is a little wider than I hoped, but it is the width of stock axial axles. Don't really want to cut them down, and I can live with the width.

[minisaba]

It's coming along good. Your setup looks good, how well does it work?

[squatch71]

Originally Posted by minisaba

It's coming along good. Your setup looks good, how well does it work?

So far so good...I like the travel and was worried about the steering but its full throw...kinda excited.

Originally Posted by kds740412

really good skill~~~great job~~~

thanks, Big78 and I built again a bit this weekend..soon as my computer is put back I will down load the pics I took..mounted some thing on the front!!!!!!

[squatch71]

Sooo, Big78 and I were building....moved my computer and just got it up and running so heres some pics of our build weekend.

I was thinking on how to mount the thing on the front...he cut this really quick...


and then made this and tweeked it a bit



clamped on for tweeking



still have some tweeking on it...but starting to look good, I raised the body with some body lifts so the tires clear.

[joshwat1]

Originally Posted by squatch71

Update....

Big78 and I had a build weekend, was pretty cool...he got lots done on two of his rigs and I worked on mine...

started with this



made this



stuck it here



for this



then put that there



for these



made this



for that



Now this is the cool part...all put as a "roller" had to put in some flex shots...I think it does pretty good for what it is...and it puts alot of doubts behind.




Yes its articulating and yes all three tires are touching the cow mat. the lift is about 3 1/2", can do the same to the front as well.....


and thats it...........................

dude that thing is awesome i wish i could get my hands on some dura fix but cant seem to find it out here

[squatch71]

Thanks man....means alot...

heres some on the bay, this is where I got mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALUMINUM-REPAIRS...item3f0626bb59