That wasn't quite a thousand words...:-)
-todd
>From: "Jean-Leon Morin" <offroaddesign@softhome.net>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
>Subject: LRO: Re: Pictures of JL's vehicle
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:49:35 -0400
>
>Jeeze, I really don't know when all this hype is about...
>
>Valdez is... a 66 109 plain - O regular, with series III wings, and the
>breakfast is moved forward one inch to accomodate the radiator, so the hood
>sits up too high. The tranny hump is a huge affair, the same height as the
>seatbox, same width as the bulkhead center section, and was cobble together
>in an hour using diamond plate aluminum and angle aluminum. It looks ugly,
>and you can see the ground through the panel gaps. I have to redo it with a
>couple of roadsigns. The frame is custom, so it has about 3" more ground
>clearance than a regular rover, and the frame rails are basically rock
>sliders. The underhood looks like I sprayed it in oil, as I was battling
>major oil leakage a while back, and am waiting for warmer weather to clean
>up the motor and paint it cat yellow, as well as tidy up all the wiring and
>basically make the Ford engine look like it came from the factory. I am
>actually going to wrap my wiring harnesses in hockey tape as it looks like
>the braided stuff the factory used.
>
>Most of the modifications are not apparent on the outside, unless you
>really
>really look and notice the bumpers, frame rails, etc. It's just a regular
>109 on the outside, with the paint peeling off of the roof. The interior is
>a mess, loaded with all kinds of dirt and crud. Not a nice place.
>
>If course, the new axles will make it look quite different on the outside,
>and I am still debating whether I will do a spring over or leave the
>springs
>as is. I might have to do a spring over, since the axles were destind to be
>run under the spring, on the donor vehicle. This gives me monstrous lift,
>which is NOT what I'm after. 2" higher would be about the limit, but I may
>have to go higher if I can't get the axles to fit where I want them.
>
>Many of the mods I have debated on the list, such as the axle swap, the
>larger tires, the spring over, are at the "I have the parts accumulated,
>but
>not the time" stage. But, hey, college exams are over in a week, and then I
>demanded that my job leave me alone for a period of two weeks, for me to
>get
>some work done to the beast. The axles will be first, as I need the higher
>gears and would like the wider track and improved turning radius, as well
>as
>the locking diffs, after that, I'll move on to beautification, and then to
>the gizmo stage, as in roll bar, onboard air, spare carrier, hilift
>mounting
>spot, roof rack...
>
>It never ends. Still want a picture? It'll be obsolete in two months, as
>I'll have a completely different animal. That goes Psssht.
>
>J-L
>
>______________________________________________________
>Jean-Leon Morin
>AKA "Dr. Detroit"
>
>Valdez - 1966 IIA 109 freak
>Slagmobile - 195? II parts bin
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