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Ford Ranger XLT Custom + Rob Mitchel's Champ 9 years 7 months ago #31094

AndyAus Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 5068 Likes received: 3310	So with all of these SRB parts I've picked up in bulk buys and the ultimate purpose of all the media blasting, I have started building up an XLT using mainly vintage and a couple of new parts. I have made the roll bar and we'll see what else If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate Attachments: The following user(s) Liked this: Manotas, stingray-63
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AndyAus Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 5068 Likes received: 3310	Made some more progress with this in between paint work on the Marui, They are from the right era but NOS shocks I polished up and fitted. Cleaned and installed the last of the drive parts, then made a bumper which is more of a shelf piece than functional & finally I finished with the steering assembly . If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate Attachments:
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nodtec Offline Born to be Wild Posts: 129 Likes received: 27	Good stuff. What do they use for springs on rear, the twisty wire torsion bar ones?
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AndyAus Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 5068 Likes received: 3310	nodtec wrote: Good stuff. What do they use for springs on rear, the twisty wire torsion bar ones? Yes, however I have been clever and used an internal spring If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate
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larbut Offline Owner Posts: 4092 Likes received: 1423	That bumper is looking good. Is it a piece of extruded/polished aluminium ? Signature now gets correct formatting if you edit it in your Profile. Use normal BBcode if you want. www.tamiyabase.com was formatted automatically.
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larbut wrote:
That bumper is looking good. Is it a piece of extruded/polished aluminium ?

Yes I picked up a 2mtr used length from I don't remember where thinking I could use to make bumpers with

I cut this bit up to suit the SRB front and polished

I finished the fitment tonight

If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate

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AndyAus Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 5068 Likes received: 3310	Some more steps forward with this re-re steering arms with original cups, black ball cups for the link arms and we're in business If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate Attachments:
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Martin Bell Offline Formidable! Posts: 1094 Likes received: 151	Very nice, but I think you have the front springs on the wrong way round. The following user(s) Liked this: AndyAus
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Jonny Retro Offline Staff Writer Posts: 7880 Likes received: 4863	Martin wrote: Very nice, but I think you have the front springs on the wrong way round. Yep, spring is "supposed" to come from in front of the arm, not behind it ... I'm not sure what effect that would have on the spring rate ... The following user(s) Liked this: AndyAus
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AndyAus Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 5068 Likes received: 3310	So you are paying attention If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate
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