Re: Another solid axle conversion

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 10:37:26 EST


Jason Bleazard <jbleazard@sympatico.ca> wrote:

: (Here we go with try #3 to post this... :-) Oh, and let me chime in with
: another "Thanks, Jon!")

  You're welcome. :-)

: Check it out... '92 4x4 with a solid axle!

: http://www.utahwest.com/fourwheeling.htm

: I saw this Dak in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Utah when I was there over
: Christmas. Almost forgot about it after I got back, until just
: recently. Fortunately, I managed to catch the web site address from the
: tailgate as it was driving away. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance
: to check it out any closer.

: More details of the conversion at http://www.utahwest.com/conv.htm.
: Total cost (including paying a shop to do it)? Almost $8000. Must be
: nice to have that kind of money to spend on something like that :-).
: Personally, with that money, I'd probably leave the Dak as it is, get a
: YJ for $5000 and spend the other $3k building it up. But that's just me.

   Nice truck. :-) BTW, it looks like $2500 of that was lockers and
gears, and there are a few items which could be done cheaper, IMHO.
Looks like it was one of those deals where he needed the truck and it
was a "pay me now or pay me later" kind've thing. These things sure
can add up if you take the time to look back on a project and add up all
the costs! (Going through a similar situation with the Cuda at the moment)
;-) (Nowhere near $8,000 though fortunately!!!)

  Its nice to see a solid axle under the front of a Dak! :-)

-- 

-Jon-

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