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brianr70
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by brianr70 » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:34 pm
I travelled the road less travelled now where the heck am I!!!
mroffroader
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by mroffroader » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:35 pm
I saw that before.....it's got bloody wide diffs!!! wonder what there out of?
80 series tow bus towing a redneck ass vitara
DaveM
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by DaveM » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:41 pm
That poptop looks like you can put it on its roof and start the outboard up
DaveM
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by DaveM » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:41 pm
How wide are rubber flares made these days
Bubba
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by Bubba » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:28 pm
I looked at that 60 but figured it might be pushing it to tow it behind my Vitara from Invagiggle to Wellytown.
Sooooo how much to recondition a 454???
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turoa
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by turoa » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:59 pm
Bubba wrote: I looked at that 60 but figured it might be pushing it to tow it behind my Vitara from Invagiggle to Wellytown. Sooooo how much to recondition a 454???
You'd also be pushing it to find somewhere to offroad it
You may be able to do it at aotea, but it would still be too big and would straddle the bogs rather tan go through it.
Its too big to do the trails around here
Bubba
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by Bubba » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:03 pm
I would use it as a pimp mobile, pimp me ho's from it.
Use me Zuk for real 4x4 in. I could fit it on the back seat!
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
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SupraLux
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by SupraLux » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:56 pm
Thats an awesome looking truck... I feel sorry for the guy tho cos I'd be surprised if its going to be worth much more than his start price, if that... the blown motor, no cert, etc...
Still... DAMN thats sexy
DaveM
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by DaveM » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:02 pm
It'd be too wide to even A frame it
Bubba
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by Bubba » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:50 am
He got another 60 to tow it, he selling that as well. How do you blow a 454? I would have thought it would be hard to blow one up unless you are dragging it or something?
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NJV6
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by NJV6 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:19 pm
It is quite the machine.
The 1st time I saw it it was tunnel rammed and I think it had a 400 in it at that stage. Broke a push rod on start up but soon fixed that. Then 1st hazard it caught one of the chrome exhausts on a tree. 2nd hazard one of the transfer cases went pop and so back to the trailer. Turned up at our local rally for the open round with the 454 end of last year and it was going ok but pretty marginal in the mud......
SWB V6 Paj with one or two mods
Bubba
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by Bubba » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:39 pm
Why was it marginal in the mud?
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MNC
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by MNC » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:26 pm
Bubba wrote: Why was it marginal in the mud?
I would guess because of all the weight. Looks real heavy. Doesn't say how much tread on those big tyres either.
NJV6
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by NJV6 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:49 pm
Yep, both + it broke stuff, was too big and was driven 'interestingly' ...
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