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A lot of progress has happened with this over the last few weeks and we fell a little behind with our updates. Sorry for string of updates that will follow. We got the Atlas shifters installed. Two of the exhaust manifold bolts were broken so we replaced all of them. The easy out broke off...

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We've been slowly making progress as we have free time. We got the AccuTune Fox 2.5 Coilovers installed. For the exhaust we end up going with the Magnaflow Builders Kit. We had never done any type of exhaust work before but the kit made it easy to do without needing any specialty tools. The...

Next up were links and bump stops. All links are RuffStuff 2"x.250" DOM, except the rear uppers, which are 1.75"x.120". We are running the RuffStuff 1.25" heims. We are running Fox 2.0 (2.5 stroke) air bumps all around. We custom made the brackets that mount the bump cans to the frame. Once...

Wanted to update this thread for those of you still looking for a RTT mounting solution for your full size truck. Each rack is made to a universal width that will fit most truck beds. The aluminum rails can sit on top of the towers and be left long, or can be trimmed to perfectly fit the width...

Our trailer is designed to fit up to a 37" tire and we can get 8 lug hubs on it as well. Check out our website at www.trailtestedmfg.com for more info.

We got about as far as we were comfortable on the cage without having seats to work with and without knowing if the wheel well was going to need to open up so we decided to switch gears and work on the suspension. In order to get suspension geometry we were happy with we needed to go to a...

While we waited for suspension components to arrive we got to work on the cage. The goal for this cage was to add strength in the event of a rollover, while keeping plenty of headroom for the helmets we are required to wear during the Rebelle. We started by building the A, B and D pillars. The...

As parts start to arrive the build is picking up momentum quickly! Last week we picked up the axles from New Image Automotive down in El Monte, CA. We will be running a Chevy Kingpin Dana 60 in the front and a 14 bolt in the rear. Step one was to cut off all existing brackets (luckily there...

Martha was in town last week so we spent a day boxing the frame in and reinforcing anywhere that had numerous holes. When I have a chance I'll upload all of the pics. In the meantime, here's a video the ladies just released.

We spent this afternoon removing the body from the frame. Aside from a few seized bolts it went fairly quickly. The frame was in much better shape than we had anticipated so we decided to use it instead of building a new one. We pulled the trans/tcase, cut out the old exhaust and...

I'm very excited to see interest in the build! We are back from a week in the desert for King of the Hammers and the build should begin this week. I'll post up pics as we remove the body and start building the new frame. In the mean time, here's a link to the first episode of a series we will be...

First step of of the build was to clean it out! The interior was covered in several inches of rat poop and the rats had been living in the headliner. We completely stripped the interior, scrubbed it really well and were pleasantly surprised to find almost no rust. The floor is in great shape! I...

Glad to see you guys are interested in the build! We are hoping to keep as much of the Waggy body intact as possible. The goal is to keep it looking sleek and stock, with all of the goodies of a fully built rig. The Rebelle limits your tire size to 35s, but it will likely be upgraded to 37s...

We rescued this 1969 Wagoneer from a ranch, where it had been sitting covered in weeds for many years. We knew it had potential but we weren't sure what we wanted to do with it. Our co-owner Courtney had been wanting to do the 2017 Rebelle Rally and realized it had potential to become the...