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Firehawk
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| Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:34 pm Progress on my Jimmy |
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I am posting pictures of my GMC Jimmy so you can see the progress. The link is to the lvfbody website, were the pics are posted.
http://www.lvfbody.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23199
Let me know what you think. |
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Tucker
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| Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:30 pm |
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highplainsdrifter
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| Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:15 pm |
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| I take it your not planning on doing much off roading with it? :( |
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Firehawk
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| Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:23 am |
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blackhawk wrote: I take it your not planning on doing much off roading with it? :(
I have no idea if I will offroad this truck or not. I told them not to make it too nice or I won't offroad it. Right now, I am thinking that I can use the truck for minor trails and camping, but nothing like Rocky Gap Road. I am torn. Before the roll. I wasn't planning on trails that hard. We will see........ |
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highplainsdrifter
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| Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:04 am |
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| Yeah, I just say that b/c nice paintjobs and desert brush do not mix well together... youll end up with pinstripes on your new paint for sure around here. You would be fine on easier trails though, no need not to wheel it. |
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mandataco
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| Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:12 pm |
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I thought you already had a sports car man? :lol:
Looks good man, but that deff wasnt what I figured you would do with it! I guess your probably not even going to mess with the carb and stuff then are you? Man, you sure suprised me! I can't belive thats the same truck we rolled off of potato ridge!
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highplainsdrifter
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| Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:31 pm |
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| Drop it to the ground and throw on some 22's and NOS :D |
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Firehawk
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| Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:59 pm |
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mandataco wrote: I thought you already had a sports car man? :lol:
Looks good man, but that deff wasnt what I figured you would do with it! I guess your probably not even going to mess with the carb and stuff then are you? Man, you sure suprised me! I can't belive thats the same truck we rolled off of potato ridge!
Mike
Actually, that was not what I originally planned. I am still planning on converting to FI but that won't happen till the cooler months. I didn't tell them to paint it that way, they just did. The painter was being "artistic" on the truck and wanted it to look different than other Blazer/Jimmys out there. Currently, I am planning the truck will be limited to camping trips (like overton) and very minor trials. Maybe I will be more likely to offroad after daily driving has taken its toll on the paint job.
Now I can take y'alls ridicule, since Nate will be getting a 4X4. |
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mandataco
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| Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:16 pm |
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No man, don't take it as ridicule, you just suprised me, but I guess it wasn't even you, the painter did a heck of a job for just being artistic! Holy Cow! I'm impressed. Did he get the cage done yet?
Did Nate dog finally find a 4x4 Taco?
Mike |
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Mgyver1
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| Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:01 am |
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| Well I'm glad Nate is passing the torch on to you Ken. It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it. :) |
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Firehawk
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| Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:10 pm |
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mandataco wrote: No man, don't take it as ridicule, you just suprised me, but I guess it wasn't even you, the painter did a heck of a job for just being artistic! Holy Cow! I'm impressed. Did he get the cage done yet?
Did Nate dog finally find a 4x4 Taco?
Mike
Nate hasn't found one yet but he is actively searching. I have not had an update on the truck this week. Nate and I have been in Reno/Lake Tahoe area and just back today. As soon as I find out I will let you know. I do like the paint job; I just need to decide what extent that I want to offroad. However, this is still an improvement from before the truck. I need a little experience first before tackling another trail like Potato Ridge. |
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Mgyver1
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| Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:55 am |
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Yep, all you need to do is log a couple hundred hours in Black Mountain and you'll be ready for anything. Right Aaron?
And I hope Nate finds himself a truck. I'd really like to see him out driving on the trails with us. |
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mandataco
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| Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:24 am |
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HEy Keith, this brings up good point that Haase and I were talking about last night. We need to have a CORE basic training class were people can get some "real world" off road experince in a "non threatning" enviornment. Different obsticals and such so people can get a better idea of how their veh works.
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Firehawk
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| Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:22 pm |
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| I finally saw my truck earlier this week. The truck looks really nice in the pictures but close up, it has flaws. Therefore, I will probably offroad it after all. |
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Mgyver1
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| Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:37 pm |
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| SWEEEEETT!! Thank goodness he didn't do a great job! No offense. You know what I mean. |
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