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Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:54 pm

Well...If you dont know me, Some of you probably do..I Was the passenger in Skids car during the calico run!..anyway..I Got this baja not to long ago from a friend who kept it in San felipe. About 4 years ago it made its way to So-cal. It has alot of character (rust and body damage) But something about this one (despite all the bad stuff) makes me want to keep it and drive it.
Well enough talk, Here she is

The day i got it home :o

Picked up a few things for the build

Welder :wink:

Red top w/ kartek battery holder :P

new steering wheel :wink:

new to me door panels (old) 8)

got rid of my coil over beam for this warrior beam with adjusters and 8inch towers (not read for coilovers yet) :cry:

The roll cage (which i plan to add on to,then build one as soon as i get good at welding) :shock:

One Race seat ( i think its a old beard) Guy only had one :-(

Race 1 peice front end (craked near fender) :?

and last but not least a 1600dp motor w/ dual weber ict's :D

Hopefully next week i will start putting stuff on (weather permiting)

Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:35 am

Nice. Looks like its going to be a fun build

Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:32 pm

and who is this Skidmark you speak of?

be patient on finding another seat. occasionally they will pop up here in the classified section, you might even be able to match the fabric. :D

Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:34 pm

anyway..where should i cut my front end off for the 1 peice to retain my stock gas tank??

lol hes a member here...

Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:57 pm

Biz.... Is that a real sticker on Skids car, or are you skilled at photophop? LOL

:lol:

Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:04 pm

lol its a actually sticker...its on a magnet thoe :-d

Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:59 pm

That shot makes me want to go out again! I guess I will have to get going and put it back together... :oops: You were a good passenger on that run! You should post up the loneliest passenger shot (with his trusty pal the ice chest!) :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:10 pm

haha

Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:14 pm

Do alot of the racers cut the bugs into convertibles for ease of build/assembly and to lose a few pounds?

Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:41 am

Im not sure about skids reason, I know another guy who cut his cause he rolled it. Some are OG convertibles. I dont think it has anything to do with weight. Good luck on the build Biz. I'll be watchin the build :wink:

Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:47 am

Mine is an OG 'vert...

As far as where to cut, everything but the gas tank mount! I know that sounds silly, but you can cut more out - it would just force you to fab up the gas tank mount to keep it in the stock location. Many guys on here have gone that route as well. Depends on how much fab work you want to do.

Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:50 pm

yeah...im just gonna cut where my other baja was cut ..and just weld some L channel or something together

Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:20 pm

Here is a pic of my gas tank mount with a 1pc front end.

Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:11 am

believe, i can change the world whith these shocks hauaha

Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:44 pm

lookin' good dude.