New Member with Trooper

[leftarmtan]

Hello,first post here.Been lurking for quite a while now,so thought I would post some pics of my humble little exploring rig.I originally planned on keeping it largely stock but an engine failure led to a motor swap,which led to a SAS etc.specs are 89' Trooper with tbi 4.3/700r4,np 231 t/case.Axles are Dana 44 rear from a Rodeo,front is a custom that I built starting with a FJ40 rear axle(driverside drop) sprung under all the way around.
NCM_0192 by leftarmtan, on Flickr
NCM_0184 by leftarmtan, on Flickr
NCM_0204 by leftarmtan, on Flickr

 

[Kenny Olson]

Nice! More pics!

 

[jhill15]

Sweet rig man!!!
Yes more pics!!!!

 

[mallthus]

Really curious about that front axle. Nothing like making a front axle out of a rear axle to focus the mind.

 

[leftarmtan]

Thanks for the comments guys! I am really happy with how it came out,My main goal was to keep it as low as possible which was a challenge at times.I have two rock crawlers that started out FJ40's so I had quite a few axle parts laying around,in fact the only thing I had to buy for it was the steering arms and heims.Started with an FJ40 rear housing
IMG_20120826_172449 by leftarmtan, on Flickr
Cut the ends off
IMG_20120928_202620 by leftarmtan, on Flickr
welded in knuckle balls from FJ40 front housing
axle3 by leftarmtan, on Flickr

 

[leftarmtan]

I used stock FJ60 axle shafts so track width is about 59'' (rear is 58''ish).
axle5 by leftarmtan, on Flickr
Steering
IMG_20130216_164101 by leftarmtan, on Flickr

 

[Drover]

Very nice work. The sas is sweet! I love seeing that stuff. All too often on this site, guys are "bolt on whores" . Refreshing seeing some nice fab work