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leatherneck, i think he is using a big slinky for the adjustable wheelbase....

i think he stretched it 10", that puppy is gonna ride like a cadillac in the rough stuff.

I'll bet it's a bit more than that.

Leatherneck wrote:Before Sanddude and his pervert friend Bajaherpy sends this thread straight to hell, have a question for ya, on this baja, what extension did you add to the front? Any pics of that? What is the wheelbase also?

This car has a 19" extention and the wheel base is i want to is real close to 120"








the beam extention we put together in about 2 hours. the car is going to get a full cage front to rear one of these days. i am also working on adapting the bus rudux boxes to the swingaxel spring plates.

You happy with that?

Leatherneck wrote:You happy with that?

Nope it is just a fixture to hold the beam where i want it so when i put in the cage every thing stays square. I wasn't even sure if i would like the beam extended that much. Im debateing on cutting off the roof. or just cutting the center off the roof out like a rag top. the inside of the car i might paint safty red.

I picked up a ford 2.3 last week for $50 its being rebuit with help from my friend that works at esslinger raceing . going in the rail soon.

How is this going to work? Have you checked bump steer? How much travel are the tie rods going to have up and down?

David58bug wrote:How is this going to work? Have you checked bump steer? How much travel are the tie rods going to have up and down?

This is the beam that came off my other car as is, it has almost no bump steer. the tie rods are clear of obstruction through there limits of travel.

whoa! where did you get that shifter? i really really want it, ill buy it off of you, or trade you some stuff

RLAP....is your shifter too short??? Sounds like shifter envy to me.

it's a scat shifter made for a bus. it came out of a 66 bus.

that thing is beautiful.

and I want your shifter!!!! I think that might be in my future purchases!

up date on the car started the front cage and beafed up the beam.



pushed the beam 10" forward.















the work i did to the beam.




still workin on the beam should be rolling friday.

edit by Leatherneck reduced the first pics size.

CopperBaja wrote:RLAP....is your shifter too short??? Sounds like shifter envy to me.

darn right, ive got a lean in and really reach to grab mine, with this one it would be always within reach

Looks like you swapped out the long shifter.....did you sell it?