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Thats gold Robert! Well there you go all those cool, non stock parts you have been looking for. 
I have some shackles that will go with your setup 
Urban60 wrote:
Cool story!moore_rb wrote:Urban60 wrote:
but do you want the shackles? Hey I will pay for shipping just for entertainment value if you use the giraffe shackles with the Slinky suspension.moore_rb wrote:Hey, if you send them, I'll use them
Just as long as shipping costs are no more than about 8 bucks, lol
Did this Patrol come from Oklahoma?moore_rb wrote:Now, about this green Patrol I just brought home.
Let's start with the Rochester Model B carburetor - I can tell by the linkage that it was out of an early chevy pickup truck. Just look at the awesome fabrication work to make the linkage fit the Patrol throttle: When it doesn't fit, just fold some pieces over, and add a couple springs:
Then, let's move on to the rear door hinges, which I am pretty sure came from aisle 13 at the local Home Depot store:
Then, let's get serious- as in dangerous-serious. We'll start with those rear coil springs- Tim Miller saw these in the Ebay ad and wondered if they were just sandwiched in there. Yes, Tim, they are- no brackets or clips holding them in at all:
Then, on to the front suspension- The leaf springs aren't stock- I'm not sure if they are FJ40 springs, or Scout springs, but the center pin did not line up with the centerline of the axle, so what do you do? You drill another hole in your spring plate behind the center hole, of course...Also, take note of how many extra nuts are jammed up on top of each other on those U-Bolts:
Passenger side:
The driver's side actually has a bonus in that the nuts are actually WELDED to the U bolt, and to the spring plate:
Moving to the rear: When you want to upgrade to off-road shocks and the stock shock mounts won't work, what do you do? Why, you fab up a set of "shock shackles" of course:
and I had to save the BEST for last -the Best being the most crazy, unsafe, thing I've ever laid eyes on- A steering stabilizer mounted to a hacked up custom clamp wrapped around the driver's side leaf spring --
Yes, you read that right- a STEERING STABILIZER mounted to a leaf spring:
Keith wrote: Did this Patrol come from Oklahoma?