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Cut apart 3 driveshafts to make one. Tried to bolt it up but the angle was just too rediculous so I had to cut apart the rear upper links and extend them 4.5". Now my whole rear is at a rediculous angle but the driveshaft angles are looking pretty good. Fabbed up a trans tunnel,punted the seat, finished the coolant lines, almost got the brake lines done, fabbed up the crossover steering bar and began mounting the hydro ram

 

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My buddy works at a forklift parts depot and hooked me up with a steering orbital. I fabbed up a steering column and threw it in yesterday. Still have to mount the Steering wheel. Gauges are in and being wired. It's going to be a photo finish but it could possibly move under its own power by Friday

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Sorry I haven't posted in a while. But she is driving!!!the orbital I had originally used was a 5 port which is no good for this application. I picked up a 4 port trail gear orbital from eBay for about $400 with shipping and now I can turn it with 1 finger!

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I drove it around town and it was terrifying. The franken-driveshaft I made was neither straight nor round. I tried to move it in my yard the next day and sheared the bolts for the straps on the t-case yoke. So it was time to lower her. I steered away from a mud truck/crawler crossover and I'm going full crawler. I picked up some brand spankin new 38 tsl's on hummer rims with new centers, beadlocks and pvc inserts from Massachusetts. Then I remounted the rear shocks top and bottom. Tomorrow I will remount the front. Gotta say I'm loving this new look and I can't wait until she's trail worthy and I can take her to Rausch creek

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I think it's awesome that you're building Hammerheads' truck from Playstation's Twisted Metal. When are you going to mount the flamethrowers on the hood?

 

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To follow the 'madness' theme of this build; I think a giant water cannon with a 100 gallon reservoir in the bed would be awesome for one of those mud bog resorts. Driving around shooting people with water, hilarious. 

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I do love this build and enjoyed reading how you made so much progress so quickly. I was looking forward to see it drive over K-cars and the previously mentioned flame throwers. I struggle with the simplest of tasks compared to what you get done in a weekend. 

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