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Love it. :thumbup:

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Well what I know for certain about DJ is that there isn't a single one of these 4-door conversions out there that would meet his build quality standards ....... Unless he had been directly involved with its planning and build...... I don't ever see him buying someone else's project. :D
 
I'd be a little sketched out about buying that... no idea how well they welded the frames together and they left the 35 in the back? The rear disc swap with Comanche rotors (what? front rotors? maybe I'm just missing something here) confuses me a little too.

Aside from that, it looks real nice.
 
YELLAHEEP said:
Well what I know for certain about DJ is that there isn't a single one of these 4-door conversions out there that would meet his build quality standards ....... Unless he had been directly involved with its planning and build...... I don't ever see him buying someone else's project. :D
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Yeah -- quoted for truth!
 
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Why does a Jeep race truck say Sterling VW on it? OMG, its the ultimate combination of my favorite two brands. I have to have it. :D

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Oh snap!!!! My buddy is in Ailbilene, TX right now!!!! Who wants to dump some money into my PayPal so I can buy this? :D
 
2500 dollars and no bids yet with 3 days remaining?

Damn. Not bad.
 
Yeah, valuation for this truck is a little hard to justify. This particular truck wasn't a big winner or anything and it hasn't been left in it's original race condition.......and it doesn't run. I feel $2500 is a bit high, but again, it's said to be one of the Archer Brothers race trucks....... :dunno:

One of the ComancheClub guys spoke to the last owner/race driver Sterling Robinson via e-mail about the truck:

"Sterling bought it in the late '80's from the Archer brothers themselves. He couldn't recall the number, but he did say that it was the "Extra" truck that they would lend out to their buddies. You may ask what an SCCA race truck runs back in the day? A cool $23,000. He had a blast. He said that it was tough to keep up with the Archer brothers, and the Saleen Fords. Saleen's because they just had so much money poured into them, and the Archers because they always were bending the rules and finding loopholes. Part of that was that he was also a private racer, competing with all these big guys. He said the truck came to him with an alright motor, but he had sent it out, and it came back faster than stink. It's been all over the country at all the big races, although he talked about missing out on Laguna Seca because of a wreck in Detroit. He laughed and mentioned that it was tough to keep up unless you got into a pack on the straightway, and slammed into each other. (Just like the article!). I told him I had read that, and he confirmed it with saying that it was no joke when you were third in a line of 4, and they were all slamming together to get the speed up. 'Metal on metal'. After a couple years, the money was just to expensive to stay competitive. He retired the truck. When his son needed a driver, he told him that it was either buy a new car, or he could drive the truck if they pulled the race motor. Tough choice. His son ended up changing the race motor, took out the fuel cell, and part of the interior roll cage. Left the racing seats, the suspension, and all the other goodies in it. That was in '97. He did say that he has the race motor they took out, bumpers, fiberglass leafs for the back, a front axle set up for the ovals, radiator, and a bunch of other parts that they have been sitting on that he would sell for $1500."
 
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its a ford 44, not that it would be a hell of a lot better than a 30 on 39.5's with any amount of stupid pedal -- not a bad looking "show" truck, however, if that's your bag. Needs triple chrome shocks on every corner with some electric blue boots to match the jungle gym.
 
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