General Tech The Mango Bastard - A Rockwell Buggy story

[_Auzzy_]

Round 2!

Starting again now that I'm home. same thing as before specs wise minus the truggy frame.

2.5 Ton rockwells, both steering.
454 BBC
Turbo 400 HD
atlas 2 - 4.3
2.5x16 king coil overs
46" mickey thompson claws on H1 wheels
etc etc.

chassis is going to mad out of 1.75x.120/.250 tubing from Midnight 4x4
links will be 2" uppers, debating between dom or aluminum. Lowers will be 2.5x.500 DOM
all link heims are 1.25", steering are 3/4 in the rams, 7/8 on the steering links.

Part on hand so far:

2 shocks
all steering crud minus pump
axles and essentials, minus a diff and axle shafts
2 seats, need to order 1 more
motor, trans, atlas.
willwood cylinders, 2, 1" bores.
heims and mock up links.
winch
switches for interior
radiator plus fans
lights galore
bunch of rockwell cool guy stuff from DIY4x4
bunch of other misc stuff.
And coorah's skills plus plas table.

needed parts: (incase anyone has these)

Rear steer control valve and high flowpump (185-200CC range)
H1 rims with PVC insert - getting some this week from boyce but would rather fund a fellow wheeler.
2 more king shocks
1 corbeau baja ss seat, grey vinyl/cloth
shiny cool guy 454/turbo 400 parts, pan covers etc.
2- 4" bump stops
muffler- going with Black widow exhaust for that.
454 wiring harness cut down.
rockwell center section
a set of shafts, long and short side, ujoints, stubs. the whole assembly.
Pinion Shredder caps from oversoun.
or anything else that might peak my interest.

anywho, pics.



Cawler Crane services.


Souped up coffee table, dropped in a 454 into it.


Wheelbase set at 125"ish.


Mock up links to start ideaing it.

 

[AaronPaige]

I'm watching... Very close...

 

[I Lean]

Me too.

 

[ChestonScout]

I have a rockwell chunk sittin on the side of the house. It was fine when i pulled it but has been sitting outside awhile.


Its yours if you want to come get it

 

[_Auzzy_]

I have a rockwell chunk sittin on the side of the house. It was fine when i pulled it but has been sitting outside awhile.


Its yours if you want to come get it

Sold!!

 

[crosbike]

I have a rockwell chunk sittin on the side of the house. It was fine when i pulled it but has been sitting outside awhile.


Its yours if you want to come get it

I mentioned you to him the other day regarding this.

 

[_Auzzy_]

I mentioned you to him the other day regarding this.

Could'a sworn he had sold everything.

 

[spaggyroe]

<---- also watching.

I may know of someone with some H1's. I'll check and PM you if they're still available.

 

[rholbrook]

I have gone through Richfield 3 times over the last 45 days and will be going back through for the opener of the deer hunt if you need me to bring the CHUNK down. Is this a Goonies reference? What the hell is a CHUNK?

 

[Pile of parts]

I'm not sure either but now all I can think of, thanks to you, is.... rocky road.

 

[AaronPaige]

The chunk is the 2.5 ton gear set, but be prepared I'm thinking 200+ lbs

 

[crosbike]

Baby ruth???

 

[Ashcat]

Welcome home, (sanitarium). Sooooooo which way will the engine face when you are behind the wheel?

Skipped Link had some kings for sale, I'll look for the thread to see what and if he still has them.

Edit: never mind. He sold them but doesn't know how to delete a post.

 

[_Auzzy_]

So pick up some tubing from midnight 4x4, big thanks to randy for staying late!! Awesome guy!! Got some H1s from boyce, thanks to Brett and mark for just throwing in the run flats! Even if it was just cause they didn't want to break them down lol also picked up the chunk from cheston. Dude is so cool he let me have the recluses on it for free haha.

Anyone picers.

 

[Bart]

Subscribed

 

[rholbrook]

Cheston, cool? You must have met a neighbor.

 

[_Auzzy_]

Nothing major, started sub frame, cut out link brackets and other pieces on corys plas table. Cory got the suffrage started for now.

Heading to fallon Nevada in the a.m. to pick up some tires and check out some woop own.



Merica

 

[_Auzzy_]

Newish tires to replace bald ones

 

[_Auzzy_]

started the Linking process thanks to cory's sweet plas table making this process alot easier. weld washers and bolt head washers too thanks to the plazer dazer

 

[_Auzzy_]

Update:


Got the link mounts burned in along with the top plates



Then burned in the cross tube and made the transmission mount




The cory broke out his mad plas table skills and some extra bushings laying around to make a sweet tailhouse mount. still debating a front output mount.




Next I decided to dig into the motor for fun.

Found out every intake rod was bent and that it had smacked every intake valve on the pistons.



motor has been ran so hard i could only get 5 of the lifters out.


but sense im committed to the big block we went ahead and plased out these sweet brackets for the mounts.