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From: The STL
I'm not in the shop anymore unless I'm working on the truck I'm assigned to.
When Midwest was still operating, I managed the FB page and provided the pics/updates, and assisted some in the initial phases of the build before I transitioned to a full-time road guy.
Once my duties changed and the MW4WD FB page was no longer my responsibility, it does seem like updates really dropped off, and I wish I could explain why but I don't know. I could speculate but that'd probably do me no good, if you catch my drift. Last I knew the bodywork was farmed-out because our body shop is constantly swamped, then once it came back one of our guys did some detail painting and we shipped her off to the owner in NY.
When Midwest was still operating, I managed the FB page and provided the pics/updates, and assisted some in the initial phases of the build before I transitioned to a full-time road guy.
Once my duties changed and the MW4WD FB page was no longer my responsibility, it does seem like updates really dropped off, and I wish I could explain why but I don't know. I could speculate but that'd probably do me no good, if you catch my drift. Last I knew the bodywork was farmed-out because our body shop is constantly swamped, then once it came back one of our guys did some detail painting and we shipped her off to the owner in NY.
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Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Near Yosemite CA
X3^ give us more! Of course Bigfoot is probably the reason I have too many trucks now,,,, yea, yea it's HIS fault, that's the ticket!
And I am partial, but the 73-79 IS one of Fords best looking trucks ever!
but then again, so are the Slicks,,, hmm what a dilemma, Slicks or Dents,,,
And I am partial, but the 73-79 IS one of Fords best looking trucks ever!
but then again, so are the Slicks,,, hmm what a dilemma, Slicks or Dents,,,
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From: The STL
The reason for the difference in lug patterns is due to the fact that in the first picture, the truck is using stock (or close to stock) axles, while in the 3rd pic it has 6-lug Rockwell 2.5-ton toploaders. Once they upgraded to 5-tons, I believe they had a 10-lug pattern, then with planetary ends it was 10-12 depending on the outters.
More Turbo
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From: Hobart, WA
I had the same wheels that are showing in the first picture. If memory serves right, they were called "Hurricane II" wheels; made by Western Wheel. They used shouldered lug nuts, and it was always a PITA to re-install a wheel after removing it. I had bias ply 35" mud tires that would develop flat spots overnight, so every morning the truck would bounce along until the tires rounded out. I bought my first '79 around 1982 or '83.
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From: Lost In a Pit of Despair
I had the same wheels that are showing in the first picture. If memory serves right, they were called "Hurricane II" wheels; made by Western Wheel. They used shouldered lug nuts, and it was always a PITA to re-install a wheel after removing it. I had bias ply 35" mud tires that would develop flat spots overnight, so every morning the truck would bounce along until the tires rounded out. I bought my first '79 around 1982 or '83.
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