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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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Talking Dale's Boonie Basher Project

Dale sent me some truly amazing photos of his boonie basher project. He used some off-brand parts and they didn't fit so good, but he was still able to build something you could use in the woods.

Just not sure what it was he built!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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That thing got a Hemi in it?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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That thing got a Hemi in it?
He didn't say, but it is a S10 frame. The hemi V8 is likely too heavy for a 2wd off-road vehicle - the less weight you put on the front, the better.

When I was a kid the VW bugs would go anywhere the jeeps could.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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I'll bet the neighbors across the street just loved eyeing it daily

Kinda looks like a Mercury Bobcat body?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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. . . Kinda looks like a Mercury Bobcat body?
Yea it does, but I thought he said it was a Dodge Colt. Looks like fun to me, but I would cry if Dan and him did that to the project truck!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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I would cry if Dan and him did that to the project truck!
I agree. Now if was an old Lincoln Continental? That might work.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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How about a Bronco 11 with a Pinto wagon body?

But never happen in California - no way to smog it!
 
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Ya, that was in Oregon back in 95. If anyone has access to Fourwheeler mag's old issues, it was in October of 95's Rear View Photo of the month. A 76 Dodge Colt wagon sitting on a 2WD S-10 rolling chassis. It took a couple weeks to transform, but MAN that thing would knock down some trees! I used scrap metal to weld the 2 together. It overheated regularly, but I didnt care. I only drove it to town once on a cruise night to have a little fun. I got pulled over once after that, the cop asked, "Is this thing a joke?"
 
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Looks like a Dodge Colt wagon, and if so, that means it has a hemi in it, as the 2.0 liter, and 2.6 liter engines they used from Mitsubishi were hemi head motors. They even advertised them as "Mini Hemis" back then. (Well, Dodge did at least)
 
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Ya, it had a 2 liter in it when I bought it, but knocked real bad. But, it was $150. A friend suggested using his S10 that had a beat up body. Then the surgery began.
 
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Hey Dale, can't tell from the pics, but did ya run "skinnies" up front
 
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they were Mud Duelers, like a 225/75
 
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