Carly's 96

hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:05 pm

Well it's been a while but I decided to bore you all with another build. We've had this one for 5 years and decided it was time to do ball joints tie rods etc and figured why not give it some extra love since I finished the bug. Plan is coilovers radius arms cut and turn beams leafs and mount the shocks underneath the floor. Thought about a short course style 4 link but don't want to lose any interior space.

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hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:16 pm

Got the passenger beam done coilovers mocked up on one side. Looks like I'll be cutting off the existing shock mounts but the cage fits. Had my daughter (major Tom boy) help me for a bit. Got alot stripped down and headers installed so far.

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Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:32 pm

Great to have you back!

hobbyturnedobsession · Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:04 pm

Thank you Sir! I missed the bronco crowd. Hopefully this thing will be done in a decent amount timeframe and get together with some old friends.

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ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 5:05 pm

Glad to see you around again Randy, and good to see Carly's bronco getting some fun stuff. Also awesome to see your little helper. Is it just one of them that helps or do they both like helping you? My daughter doesn't have any interest in working on anything really. She's very much a "girly girl" it seems. My son on the other hand wants to help, but is young enough still it takes more time to wrangle him and keep an eye on him that I get to actually work. Hoping he keeps interest though so we can build stuff together when he's a couple years older.

hobbyturnedobsession · Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:00 pm

Hey Steve thank you. Yeah she's been dropping hints for a while I just wanted to do it all at once. The girls have been in the garage since they were three months old in jumpies so they both enjoy helping. I've been helping my in-laws race team and the girls help me scrape cars too. They are used to the noises and Sparks. They even have a welding helmet and stand back to watch. Its fun with them. They can't wait until it's done.

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hobbyturnedobsession · Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:15 am

Progress is progress. Trying my hand at cut and turn etc on my own with some advise from friends. I decided to keep it on bushings but I still reinforced passengers and drivers bungs. Drivers truss is almost done. Passengers side is completed.

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Bftank · Post by **Bftank** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:18 am

beam plating and reinforcement looks good!

LvSteve · Post by **LvSteve** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:38 am

Put a drain plug in the frt diff

hobbyturnedobsession · Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:57 am

Thank you bftank. I got the top plate done and some primer on it. Need the bash plate welded underneath the beam and it can be complete. Steve I already plan on it. It's a pain to drain and refill. I did it once with a sucker pump and it wasn't fun.

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hobbyturnedobsession · Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:33 pm

All painted and drying fast

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hobbyturnedobsession · Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:36 pm

All tucked back underneath. Shouldn't be noticable until someone really looks.

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motorbreath53 · Post by **motorbreath53** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:54 am

Im lurking around GFB prepping to do this exact project on my 96'. Strong work, and thanks for the motivation.

hobbyturnedobsession · Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:24 am

Thank you. It's not bad for having basic tooling and basic fab know how. Plus friends who have done it makes it possible. I've learned a ton just in building the beams. I had a 92 and loved it. Just take it one step at a time. It's a learning experience for sure. Just remember if your doing it yourself that you will quickly see why fab shops charge what the do.

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ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:02 am

Looks good Randy!

hobbyturnedobsession · Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:07 am

Lol thanks Steve it's all about camera angle

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Andy Jones · Post by **Andy Jones** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:59 pm

Hell yeah, Randy ! Looks good.

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hobbyturnedobsession · Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:31 pm

Andy Jones wrote:Hell yeah, Randy ! Looks good.

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Thank you Andy! I was watching your build on Instagram. The nuclear unicorn is badass!

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Andy Jones · Post by **Andy Jones** » Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:01 pm

hobbyturnedobsession wrote:
Andy Jones wrote:Hell yeah, Randy ! Looks good.

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Thank you Andy! I was watching your build on Instagram. The nuclear unicorn is badass!

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Thanks man ! I’ll have to take you for a ride !

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hobbyturnedobsession · Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:33 pm

Andy Jones wrote:
hobbyturnedobsession wrote:
Andy Jones wrote:Hell yeah, Randy ! Looks good.

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Thank you Andy! I was watching your build on Instagram. The nuclear unicorn is badass!

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Thanks man ! I’ll have to take you for a ride !

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Definitely! How do you like the spring under setup?

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