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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...od-bought.html

Thats the link to the build thread for my obs...thats tge truck we worked on last weekend
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 02:34 PM
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So Jim, the obs is "done".

Back to this build?
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 04:21 PM
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So Jim, the obs is "done".

Back to this build?
1. The Obs will never be done

2. No snow no project money!

3. We better get SNOW cause my project money running real low!
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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I'm convinced no project truck is ever "done". I should know.

Ya'll can have the snow though, I don't want it.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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I'm convinced no project truck is ever "done". I should know.

Ya'll can have the snow though, I don't want it.
Please sent it all south to me! Weekly storms!
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Please sent it all south to me! Weekly storms!
As long as it's in New Jersey and not in PA, I'm good with it.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by liftnw8z
As long as it's in New Jersey and not in PA, I'm good with it.
Jim will also need some up north too! I would like all I can get! Plowing is not a problem for me!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:10 AM
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The obs was content for about 4,000 miles but

Now it needs rear drive shaft u joints, a windshield and likely a engine swap before the first if the year
 
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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I put done in quotes because I know a project truck is never done.

Jim we got some snow! Did you? I got to plow for 6 hrs. Crazy NJ weather!

Hope you get the obs back on the road soon.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 05:32 AM
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U joint in the obs is done... i have a friend's e99 in the garage swapping engines out.
As soon as that is done ill be back to work on Dasher. .. I've got the itch
 
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what??? 43 pages to this thread and it still aint done...

and it was getting sooo close...
 
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Glad someone dug this up. Come on, Jimmy.... Put the Ho BS aside and get back to Swagger.
 
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Got back to work on swagger over the weekend

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Finished the 6 link for the last time... the bars were a bit short and made the axle pull forward in the wheel well



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Added some fish plates and painted the bare metal before moving it outside to make room for the mock up cab



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Mock up cab is inside and about 85 % stripped

Tomorrow it goes outside to get pressure washed and then time to figire out this front suspension
 
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RRE 2014!!
 
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Id love to have both trucks ready but only time will tell
 
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