Custom Stretched Samurai – Long Wheel Base Clone Plus Propane
Custom Stretch Samurai – Long Wheel Base Clone + Propane, Gallery of Pictures. 08/11/2010
Continue ReadingSamurai – “Project #2” Rear Disc Brakes 7 OTT Steering
with Jim Bova Project #2 Rides Again Project #2 has taken many a twist and turn to get to where it is today. I was never too sure if I wanted to finish it ( if our Zukes are EVER finished) sell it, part it….whatever. I finally decided that seeing I had come this […]
Continue ReadingUltimate Project Build Off [Team Rae] – Body Off The Frame
With: Rae Champoux iZook Guru’s Ultimate Project Build Off – Truck Two What a mess the last few months have been! It seems like all we have been doing is spinning our tires on this project. I have been putting in some long hours with my new position, Mitch was on third shift for two […]
Continue ReadingUltimate Project Build Off [Team Rae] – Tear Down
With: Rae Champoux The list of obstacles were long, three holidays, colds, mandatory overtime for Mitch at work, a surgery for my mother in-law thank goodness we have all made it into the New Year Thats right folks it was a long hard road to get here but the coils were finished this weekend. Put […]
Continue ReadingUltimate Project Build Off [Team Rae] – Engine Out Chop Frame
With: Rae Champoux iZook Guru’s Ultimate Project Build Off – Truck Two Well we are still at it. It has taken a lot longer than we expected. The delays are many. Lets start with the run down of the last months work on truck two. The cool one. J Whos smart idea was it to […]
Continue ReadingUltimate Project Build Off [Team Rae] – INTRO
With: Rae Champoux iZook Guru’s Ultimate Project Build Off – Truck Two Well it has happened. We started the work on the tin top. We pulled the red tin top out of the garage, after we un-piled two years of stuff off it. You see, the tin top has its own story. We (Mitch […]
Continue ReadingKiller Bee – Samurai DIY Paint Job
with Bob Norman and assistance by my father-in-law,” Mr. Anonymous” Part 7: Project Near Completion More painting and finishing touches! Once the wheels got turning, everything just started to fall into place. The painting went much easier than anticipated, and also turned out pretty good (if I do say so myself) even though I was assisted […]
Continue ReadingKiller Bee – Samurai DIY Roll Cage
with Bob Norman Part 5… Everything old is …. still old. So, here we go again! Last May I all but abandoned the work on the Killer Bee, using the poor excuses of buying an old house and doing repairs, changing jobs, etc. (Read more in this month’s “Welcome Back to Me” editorial) and because of […]
Continue ReadingMazuki – Samurai Tube Chassis
A case study in tinkering run amok… by TD (Troy) Graham Part 4: Even *MORE* fun with mock-ups. Springage: Believe it or not, this proved to be one of the more perplexing parts of this perpetual pet project. It would be MUCH easier to properly select a spring rate on a […]
Continue ReadingKiller Bee – Samurai Trail Ready Body Work & Paint
with Bob Norman Part 6: Finally…. Visible Progress!!! Let the painting begin! After a brief trip to Prague early this month, I stepped right back in (no 9 month hiatus this time) and finished welding the cage in and began the long painting process. A lot of progress was made in a short amount of […]
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