haresfur wrote:
 
Well the original wheels and tires were rated for about 45 mph.
When it was being unloaded from the transport back in 2005, the original rear end locked up.
His process from the beginning was to build it with late model running gear. Not a spot on restoration. He wants to drive it... not trailer it.
Those tires were picked because they're pretty much the same diameter as the stock military issue ones.

 ptooey wrote:
 
It has my old stroker 440 I built in '91 in it that has over 140,000 miles on it.
His intentions are to use it for mock up. Drive it around a bit before building his own for it.

A busted up piano, in a ditch next to the road, on my way to work. 

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: 
 Very cool.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
 
How cool is that, Tater!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
 

Tires don't look original.

It's going to be a nice ride.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
 


That thing sounds AMAZING!

After real close to 15 years from the time he bought it from a farmer in Oklahoma... to today.

After fabbing, welding, bending, beating, flaring, priming, sweating,  burning, wiring, freezing most every thing.  My son got to drive his '41 Power Wagon out of his shop today.
Now there still is quite a bit more work to get it really street ready. 

 miamizsun wrote: 
Whoa!

this commercial for spidey sanitizer

 islander wrote: 
You would not have done well where I grew up on the Ashley river.  They were just river dogs to us except they ate a lot of our dogs.  This picture was taken recently in Moncks Corner a few miles up the road from where I grew up.  Gators did not used to be so polite, they just normally didn't want anything to do with you.  

 islander wrote:

I would check with the first mate about what drugs she's putting in your coffee. I'm available for consultation. Give her my number.

 miamizsun wrote:

 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

try lsd and the mind of islander 

 miamizsun wrote:
 

I googled "alligator barking like a seal" and the internet let me down.

 sunybuny wrote: 

he may be having a miami vice flashback...

 

 islander wrote:
 
Uh... that's Miami and my's territory.  But if you really, really want one we can send one up to you.

 islander wrote: 
And a weird looking one at that. Seals are a good substitute though...If need be they can eat your butt up as well.

 Coaxial wrote:
 
Apparently my pre-coffee brain thinks there is at least one.

 islander wrote: 
 Just how many gators do y'all have up there?