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If you think your driving a car just look around at your hood and dash, give yourself a few smacks and crank open the front window. Then go for a longer drive and enjoy life!! :) So cool

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haha of course I didnt mean it was actually like driving a camry. just that driving something old usually takes a lot of heightened attention and this is about as immersive as driving to the store in a modern car.

bill exhaust would probably help the perception but I tell ya, I havent found a good combo for a 4.3 yet that doesnt sound like someone burping in a tile mensroom. I think the one I am working on right now, I will try out my long thought and oft stated idea of a 2 inch split exhaust with glass packs. I think it will have a nice snap crackle

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My 02 has a magnaflow (I believe the 14" length muffler for louder sound) cat-back on the 4.3. IT has a real good healthy sound and no droning on the inside. Sounds very nice from the outside. Almost like I got a mean truck :lol:

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I have a 4.3 in my Jeep straight dual exhaust with 14" resonators. Sounds great.

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Hey Joe just stumbled across Fenix on ebay, you're not even gonna hang onto it and enjoy it even for a little bit??? :lol: Truck looks great and the ad is looks honest man good luck with the sale

ps. kinda just realized what you had done with the gauges man that's awesome

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I have driven it over 1000 miles, what can I say, I get bored easy. to me its almost always about the setting a goal and finishing it. I knew what this truck would look like when I bought it, nothing was a surprise. I thought I would keep it but then I got 3 more just like it.

when I finish the next one, you will see, these smaller goals were all part of a larger goal!

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Joedoh, I'm the same way. I have built a lot of DD's that get turned back to the wild not long after they are"done".

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yeah man on the first page I foreshadowed it, I like making stuff work way more than "having" it.

well fenix has a new owner. a guy came and drove it saturday and liked it, and we hammered out the details tonight. he will pick it up in a couple weeks, I have a couple to-dos but nothing serious

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congrats, hate to see that one go.

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Wow that was fast.

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Wow, you sure knock them out and move them on quickly! Hats off to your skill and motivation.

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thanks! once I decide that is it!

I was in my favorite chair, an oversized red affair that has my am radio and a table for my iced tea, in front of the picture windows looking out on the neighborhood, and spotted fenix in the autumn sun. I knew what this truck would look like before I turned a screw and except for the wheel color there it is.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4479/...0dfdf115_b.jpgIMG_7364 by Joe Doh, on Flickr


we had a better view of the lake before the guy back there took down his iron fence and put up that 6ft privacy fence. funny thing, he did it for privacy for his ABOVE GROUND POOL, so when people are on the pool deck there they are anyway.

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Joedoh,
Do you have cab mount drawings that you would share? I'm building a 46 on S-10 chassis and photobucket has made it impossible to view pics. I have some drawings for AD cab but thought I would ask. Hope this is correct way to contact you, my first time to utilize
. Thanks for your time.

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Im pretty sure on mine i used the original chassis measurements out of the original 50s copy of the ad repair book. Email me and ill send you a copy. But i bet if you look youll find it on this forum. This site is incredible ! All your answer's are here i promise. Colby@candcelectricllc.com

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sorry, no drawings exist. these trucks were assembled pre WWII and production variance was up to 1/4" in every direction, that is a 1/2" tolerance, impossible to plan for. the only way I can explain it is that on the production line the cab was put down on the frame amd the bolt holes were hand drilled through the mount and the frame at the same time.

the best way I tell everyone to start is to mount the cab level 5 inches off the frame, then put the front clip on and see how the wheels line up. I build mounts for local guys and only on the predicate that I come over and help them set them up. instructions would be useless volumes of typing.

AD mounts will not help, the AD mounts go outside the framerails and the 41-46 mounts need to be inside the framerails.

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Hey Joe Fenix has surfaced on the marketplace. One of my fav builds and body style https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...9-d994f43fa546

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i saw it! i loved that truck when it was done. not so much building haha.