mckeddie???

[humpy]

greg i know you got a new buggy up there...lets see some pics :thumbup::thumbup: :beers::beers:

[94Dodge Truggy]

he must be embarassed to show us! :o

[carwash]

he must be embarassed to show us! :o
Not everyone builds like you Scott...

[94Dodge Truggy]

Not everyone builds like you Scott...

Lined myself right up for that one! My latest creation "blueberry" wasn't so bad. :(

[mckeddie]

it shows a little rough currently, and is about 10 different colors, as i'm trying to pick one. it showed up on teh trailer in pieces, i'm waiting on a steering knuckle (should be here tomorrow or saturday hopefully) and my kmc enduro's should be here in the next couple delivery days too.

its got a 22r with got propane kit
toy 5 speed
dual toy cases with marlin outputs
front toy axle 5.29's hardened and cryoed with longs
rear tacoma axle 5.29's hardened and cryoed
full psc steering with double ended ram
4 link rear, 3 link front
12'' airshocks all around
rear sway bar
aluminum kmc enduro beadlocks
39 red labels
corbeau's

here it is in all its glory as a pile of parts, it hadn't been touched since the p.o. broke the piss out of it at his last comp, other than to pull the wheels off.


http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/buggy2.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/buggy3.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/buggy4.jpg

gonna get it going again so i can get it out and figure out what all we are going to change. it is going to become a 3 seater for sure, all teh rear tube is gettting cut off and reworked, and thinking the front might end up a liberty before it is done (after 15 years of jeeps, its hard to break the habbit of what to call it). drivetrain and floor getting raised 3'' to get flat belly, whats left of the front of the frame is getting cut off and tubed.

here is the current color i think i'm going with its alot darker and better looking in person. its going to have my wife's bussiness's logo's on the sides. i'm going to race it in some of the TREC races at attica.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/plurplebuggy.jpg

someday it may be done

[gothodgie]

That is a sweet ride.... It just needs 3rd gen 4runner front sheet metal on it...:D

:beers:

[94Dodge Truggy]

That is a sweet ride.... It just needs 3rd gen 4runner front sheet metal on it...:D

:beers:

that might ruin it! ;)

[gothodgie]

that might ruin it! ;)

You will learn someday....:D

I think it would look good... Scott you need something like this...
http://forum.ih8mud.com/hardcore-corner/389717-o6-4runner-sac-3-link-f-r.html

:beers:

[mckeddie]

that's a bad ass toy, but i couldn't imagine wanting to ever wheel that thing. i really couldn't imagine scott wheeling that thing.

[twiztedzuki]

gonna be bad ride!!! dont mess it up wit jp!!:evilgrin:

[twiztedzuki]

:beers:u got me!!!!!!!!!! lmao

[mckeddie]

got some great news today, wheels that were supposed to have been shipped over 2 weeks ago, guy pm's me on pirate asking for my adress for the 3rd time (i also included a shipping label with the check i sent him 3 weeks ago), and lets me know he wants to get them out beginning of the week (he pm'ed me last weekend, said they would ship hopefully monday, but definitely by wednesday). needless to say, i'm pretty pissed. starting to feel like it will be a miracle if they ever show up.

[GPER]

It wasn't that 6x6 guy or whatever his name was that scammed a bunch of people was it????

[boomhauer]

a man who works for the post office sends a man a check instead of a postal money order? seems like you'd have better luck getting your funds back with the latter of the two but i may be wrong. hope you get your wheels!

[mckeddie]

they're coming, i got them from a very trust worthy vendor on pirate (they were off his personal jimmy's 4x4 race buggy), he had said it would possibly take him awhile, but then told me a couple of times he was going to have his guys pull them adn ship them, but never got around to it. i'm just having doubts as to when they will show up, i'll be shocked if they ever do, but for the price i paid for them, i'll wait.

[mckeddie]

still no wheels, going to order up some cone washers here in a little bit to finish getting the front end back together so i can get it on rollers to get it to joey's to weld up the knuckle gussets and shock tabs.

[mckeddie]

welp, she has seen the light of day. almost ready for its trial run before getting rebuilt. going to take it to attica the weekend of the 30th, might even run the trec race if i can get it up to specs in time. going to cut out the door bar, and raise it up so the belt line is straight, then add some gussets under it, also add a brace running from the belt line bar up to the roof bar at the a pillar if that makes sense to try and make the window net area smaller. need to finish putting the front passenger knuckle back together (back side of knuckle not done, no seals or wiper, and knuckle not full of grease yet), also need to fill transfer cases, and make some steering stops on the ram then she's ready to go. going to wait till after i redo the rear and make it a 3 seater before i redo all the skins.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/205137_1330745804510_1706954082_552541_5691141_n.j pg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/207509_1330782645431_1706954082_552637_8379996_n.j pg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/207660_1330781125393_1706954082_552630_7568268_n.j pg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/217021_1330778405325_1706954082_552619_6867645_n.j pg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/buggy1-1.jpg

[mckeddie]

its only 73'' outside of tire width wise right now. for reference, my tj was at 94'' when it had 15'' wheels with 40'' tsl's, then i skinnied it up to 82 when i went to the 17's with 39'' red labels. this narrow is going to be way different for me. i'm having doubts to its stability in comaprison, even with the sway bar.

[twiztedzuki]

zuk buggy looks damn good! boys did good job, so where u haul the beer!?

[mckeddie]

gotta swap out a rear ujoint, fill the tanks, and this thing is finally ready to go...

[yellowjacket]

Lookin good

[mckeddie]

haven't updated in a long time. buggy has been out 2 times only so far, but its been an eventful 2 times. it works awesome, alot better than any of the jeeps, but definitely lacks power. i'm thinking about swapping a newer toyota 4 cyl and auto into it for fuel injection, and i hate shifting gears (ive always wheeled autos, sticks are for the street imo).

sold the open trailer, and bought an enclosed to haul it in, so i have somewhere dry and secure to sleep in kentucky. its a tight fit, and still need to build ramps for it, but i only payed $1000 for it. has brakes on on 4 wheels, torsion axles, and is 22' inside, so room for the buggy and me to live with all my crap.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/058-1.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/088.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/063-1.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/056-1.jpg

[mckeddie]

took the buggy to haspin for a night, wheeled it problem free for a couple of hours, then they got 3 inches of rain, so we loaded up and headed home. no pics from then. got it home, shined her up, got the skins put back on, and took it to a local car show

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/118.jpg\

and since, many of you will ask, here is a couple of pics of tim's international pickup rat rod in the background, it's done now, about 1/2 way done in these pics
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/119.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/120.jpg

took it to a local spot a couple of times and played on some hills, and crawled around on some dirt piles while sorting stuff out, and figuring out what all i want to change, here is how she's been sitting most of the summer
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/085.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/086.jpg

took it up to bundy hill for a day in michigan and this was the result
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/149.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/150.jpg

[mckeddie]

let wyatt drive it around up there, he's 13.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/151.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/152.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/153.jpg

[mckeddie]

after rolling it up there, realized the door bars needed to go for something that filled in a little more. a little work with the saw zaw and grinder, and problem solved.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/193.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/194.jpg

spent some time with the tape trying to figure out how i wanted the new bars
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/196.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/199.jpg

me and butch hauled it down to sidney to joey's house and spent a morning with the bender, notcher and joey's expert welding skills, and voila, much better.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/206.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/211.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/215.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/213.jpg

[mckeddie]

oh, and why we were there we figured out what my clunking in the front end was.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/201.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/198.jpg
somehow managed to brake the mounting ears off teh caliper. better than the r&p i thought it was.

[mckeddie]

and that brings it up current. tommorrow my new caliper will be here. thinking i'm heading up to southbend and picking up a few more propane tanks next week and she'll be all set for harlan.

[gothodgie]

very nice.... :thumbup:

:beers:

[mckeddie]

got my junk out and ready to wheel, now just need to find some time.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/2012-02-19_17-15-33_489.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/2012-02-19_17-15-53_88.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/2012-02-19_17-16-06_852.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/2012-02-19_17-16-13_807.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/2012-02-19_17-16-23_814.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mckeddie/2012-02-19_17-16-35_916.jpg

:thumbup:

[Nuts]

You should black out the trailer so it will match that truck you wouldn't sell me smileypoke:beers:

[mckeddie]

You should black out the trailer so it will match that truck you wouldn't sell me smileypoke:beers:

Ill gladly sell it to you, it has now acquired a large smoking problem though. It goes from white, to a little black, and then alot more white. Didn't I tell you? I quit driving it completely till this weekend to go clean them.