mckeddie???

humpy · 03-16-2011, 05:58 PM

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

94Dodge Truggy · 03-17-2011, 08:16 AM

he must be embarassed to show us! :o

carwash · 03-17-2011, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

he must be embarassed to show us! :o

Not everyone builds like you Scott...

94Dodge Truggy · 03-17-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by carwash

Not everyone builds like you Scott...

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

mckeddie · 03-17-2011, 10:38 PM

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.

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.

someday it may be done

gothodgie · 03-17-2011, 11:01 PM

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

94Dodge Truggy · 03-17-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by gothodgie

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

that might ruin it! ;)

gothodgie · 03-18-2011, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

that might ruin it! ;)

You will learn someday....

I think it would look good... Scott you need something like this...
http://forum.ih8mud.com/hardcore-cor...-link-f-r.html

mckeddie · 03-18-2011, 11:51 AM

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 · 03-18-2011, 12:26 PM

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

twiztedzuki · 03-18-2011, 12:44 PM

u got me!!!!!!!!!! lmao

mckeddie · 03-18-2011, 05:40 PM

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 · 03-18-2011, 09:16 PM

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

boomhauer · 03-18-2011, 10:01 PM

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 · 03-20-2011, 12:49 AM

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 · 03-28-2011, 11:39 AM

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 · 04-08-2011, 09:24 PM

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.

mckeddie · 04-08-2011, 09:29 PM

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 · 04-08-2011, 10:04 PM

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

mckeddie · 04-26-2011, 10:59 PM

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

yellowjacket · 04-27-2011, 11:22 AM

Lookin good

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:03 PM

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.

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:09 PM

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

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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

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

took it up to bundy hill for a day in michigan and this was the result

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:11 PM

let wyatt drive it around up there, he's 13.

mckeddie · 09-30-2011, 05:17 PM

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.

spent some time with the tape trying to figure out how i wanted the new bars

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.

03-16-2011, 05:58 PM	#1
humpy Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 573	mckeddie??? greg i know you got a new buggy up there...lets see some pics __________________ S10 with a few air shocks..

03-17-2011, 08:16 AM	#2
94Dodge Truggy EX-Vice President Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fairfield, Ohio Posts: 3,048	he must be embarassed to show us! :o __________________

03-17-2011, 10:38 PM	#5
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. 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. someday it may be done __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually. Last edited by mckeddie; 03-18-2011 at 12:24 AM.

03-17-2011, 11:01 PM	#6
gothodgie Join Date: May 2009 Location: loveland Posts: 843 Images: 49	That is a sweet ride.... It just needs 3rd gen 4runner front sheet metal on it... __________________ chris hodges 96 fzj80 3x locked, 4"lift, 37s, homebrew sliders and bumpers,a work in progress 71 fj55, SOA, locked...The jungle bus... retired

03-18-2011, 11:51 AM	#9
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

03-18-2011, 12:26 PM	#10
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	gonna be bad ride!!! dont mess it up wit jp!! __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD

03-18-2011, 12:44 PM	#11
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	u got me!!!!!!!!!! lmao __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD

03-18-2011, 05:40 PM	#12
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

03-18-2011, 09:16 PM	#13
GPER Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kettering, Ohio Posts: 811	It wasn't that 6x6 guy or whatever his name was that scammed a bunch of people was it????

03-18-2011, 10:01 PM	#14
boomhauer Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 188	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! __________________ 95 yj, fresh fuel injected 302, c-6, twin sticked 205, 3 linked high pinion d60 front, double trianulated 4 linked 14 bolt rear (all aluminum links) locked both ends, 4:56 gears, full hydro steering, high steer, 4 wheel discs, 16" 2.5 fox air shocks, 39.5" irok's. just finishing a full frame-up redo thanks to a great friend and one knowledgable(sp?) s.o.b casey cravens for without him this could not have been done in such a short time and done right! LOOK OUT "WHITEY" HERE I COME!!!

03-20-2011, 12:49 AM	#15
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

03-28-2011, 11:39 AM	#16
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

04-08-2011, 09:24 PM	#17
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

04-08-2011, 09:29 PM	#18
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

04-08-2011, 10:04 PM	#19
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	zuk buggy looks damn good! boys did good job, so where u haul the beer!? __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD

04-26-2011, 10:59 PM	#20
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	gotta swap out a rear ujoint, fill the tanks, and this thing is finally ready to go... __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

04-27-2011, 11:22 AM	#21
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	Lookin good __________________ my next rig will be on the trail before zuk 2.0 will

09-30-2011, 05:03 PM	#22
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:09 PM	#23
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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 \ 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 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 took it up to bundy hill for a day in michigan and this was the result __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:11 PM	#24
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	let wyatt drive it around up there, he's 13. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.

09-30-2011, 05:17 PM	#25
mckeddie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: van wert oh Posts: 583	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. spent some time with the tape trying to figure out how i wanted the new bars 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. __________________ zuk buggy.....it'll be a jeep eventually.