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"Festus" build is officially underway!

fatboy

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That's true. He is good at it. Getting him to come below the gnat line is tough though. Know what I mean? ;)

Just kidding, Ben would be here in a minute if I asked him.

Now getting him to come visit us in the north over the Mason-Dixon line is a whole other story! ;D
 
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Got the rear quarters cutout yesterday and today. Plan to start installing the new ones Monday. Will have to decide to cut or not once the new quarters are installed. It will have 2.5 inch lift and 1inch body, so i will probably cut it.
 

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By the looks of that last pic your going to have to learn to be a body man.Keep up the good work there Lane.

Yes and no. I am going to learn all I can, but Shep and Fred are coming down Monday to help me with it. ;D;D
 

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Yes and no. I am going to learn all I can, but Shep and Fred are coming down Monday to help me with it. ;D;D

So.... to get Shep and Fred to come help, all you have to do is burn some meat on the grill?

Was the upper part of the quarter bad also? Usually they are ok.
 
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So.... to get Shep and Fred to come help, all you have to do is burn some meat on the grill?

Was the upper part of the quarter bad also? Usually they are ok.

Well, there is a reason I am called "big"country. Eating is all part of the fun, fellowship, and broncos.

They were both dented and pushed in as the passenger was worse than the drivers. The side curved inward and the top rail curve down and it would have been a lot more work to try to straighten every thing than to replace them.
 

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The guys are hard at work today on Festus.
 

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Way to go Lane! Supervise the crap out of them. I had a helping hand this weekend and got out of some welding myself.
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Here are few pictures of what we got accomplished. A HUGE thanks to Allen and Fred for their help and guidance. and thanks to Autrey for his help. I still got some welding to do, but it was a great day and got a lot accomplished.

Notice my instructions wrote on the passenger fender. I am not ashamed. I am out of my box doing this type work and need all the instruction I can get.
 

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