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Will do! Next items to buy are drag radials. Needs start doin a little tweaking on suspension once I finish these mounts

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Got pass. Side tacked on

These will be the flange pieces to unbolt the crossover piece

Petey bein a good boy

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he is keepin an eye on your parts for ya
looking really good! cant wait to see what kind of 1/4 times it will put down

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

not sure how much these springs are supposed to compress.. but i had to adjust it all the way up to here to get it to sit like i want.. and its at 11" for mounting points and its supposed to be 10.25, but there was no weight on the tires.. sidewall flexed 1/2" with the weight... feels soft.. those are 325 pound springs..

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speedway tech. reccomended 450 pound springs since theyre such a small stroke. So those will be here saturday. gonna try and have everything welded/cleaned up and painted by then so i can just swap out the coils and take her for a spin.

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Took off early yesterday to get some work done on the luv.. well i get a call from my dad sayin they just took my dog(I left him at my parents cause he did not want to leave!) to the vet.. Hes had this cancer growth on his leg for a couple years now, just recently getting bigger. and with the way it grew in, there was no way to cut it out, without him losing his leg. And i wasnt going to put him through that being so old and having a hard enough time getting around. Well yesterday it started to bleed, and he started messing with it himself.. So we had to go to vet and put him down That was so hard to do/see..

RIP Max 8/4/97-10/20/11 Miss Ya Buddy!



Back on topic..

rolled truck out after i got back home yesterday to put on a metal top to my work bench.. snapped a few pic tars






today i got everything welded/cleaned/painted





450 pound springs will be here tomorrow.

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Sorry for your loss . Tough loosing true friends like that .

Nice progress .

All my paint is dry. Going to be putting everything together today.

also, a spring compressor will not compress these springs to get them off. So my buddy told me about some ratchet straps that have a real long end on them that loop back into itself.. so i went to home depot..

"endless loop" ratchet straps. got the spring tightened up enough to where i could spin the adjuster nut all the way down, and got the spring right off..



then i didnt just want to undo the ratchet straps in fear of the spring ripping my face off. So i used a spring compressor, then popped the ratchet straps off.


then loosened up the compressor, and wala.. only took about 5 minutes


I think im going to flush the cooling system before putting front end back together. I forgot i never flushed the motor, and i put regular coolant in the truck, now the radiator cap has mud all over it from mixing dexcool..

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got it all back together.. 450 pound feels just about perfect.






got a new sticker.. guess it clothing or something(girlfriend gave it to me), but i like it cause it has a Popsicle on it. LOL

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Bummer man. Sorry for your loss. Max was a good lookin' dog. I can see a lot personality that I bet he had in his face. Looks like he posed for that pic.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

I know it's just personal preference, but I like the new wheels about 100 times better than the black ones.

The work that you've put into your truck is just amazing!

Fantastic job!

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1978 LUV Mikado - all stock with automatic/AC

Nice work .
I have a question for you, I tryed looking for the answer through the other post but didn't see it.
When you cut down the mustang2 clip, did you use the origenal length rack and pinon or what rack did you use.

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LUV is not just an emotion, its what you DRIVE.
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1975 luv daily driver.
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Project-soon to be revived

I narrowed the rack too.



1.5" sway bar..



Moar air!

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yes im gonna trim the bolts or get shorter ones..

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You did WHAT! I didn't know that's was posible. You did it on your own, that is narrowing the rack. Might I ask how this is done

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LUV is not just an emotion, its what you DRIVE.
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1975 luv daily driver.
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Project-soon to be revived

Where did those stainless brake lines come from?

found a bumper at a swap meet today... finally

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damn thats was a nice one to find..

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Epic Fabrication.
KAOS

In Conroe ? How'd i miss that one ?

no kidding that thing is in great shape!
good find, really ties the look together

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride