On 10-09-97 Roy J. Tellason wrote to Day Brown... 
 
 RJ> Day Brown wrote in a message to all: 
 RJ>  
 RJ>  DB> Somebody tole me that you can get a frame fron one of the  
 RJ>  DB> outfits that build them for drag racing. 
 RJ>  
 RJ> I've seen some literature on that stuff,  it's a bit  
 RJ> difficult for me to envision how it would go together.   
 RJ> It's certainly not a "frame" in the traditional sense. 
 RJ>  
 RJ>  DB> I already see where I can get a whole new body tub for a jeep  
 RJ>  DB> or scout... 
 RJ>  
 RJ> Really?  This is the first I've heard of that sort of thing. 
Check the ads in Hemmings.  There is the super scout joint in OH 
with damn near everything.  New rubber, tops, camper shells, wire 
harnesses, whole nine yards. 
 
 RJ> Quite a bit,  I'd say.  Here's what I'm doing right now: 
 RJ>  
 RJ> I got a hold of this pickup,  and there's basically nothing 
 RJ> there from the windshield to the front,  excepting steering  
 RJ> and brake stuff.  The body parts were in the bed. 
 RJ>  
 RJ> I spent a bunch of time a while back with the various body parts,  
 RJ> sanding  
 RJ> and priming,  stopping what little bit of rust there was,   
 RJ> and put it aside for a while.  Lately I've been buying  
 RJ> parts,  and undoing stuff from the motor I'm going to stick  
 RJ> in there,  which is currently sitting in a car right next  
 RJ> to where the truck sits.  I *know* that this motor is in  
 RJ> good condition because I had the whole top all tore apart,   
 RJ> part of dealing with a timing chain problem a few years ago. 
 RJ>  
 RJ> The cab and bed still need to be stripped and primed,  the motor needs 
 RJ> to be  
 RJ> installed,  and I plan to replace just about every rubber  
 RJ> part that's on the truck at this point in time,  suspension  
 RJ> and brakes,  mostly.  The thing had been painted somewhere  
 RJ> along the line,  but they didn't do a real good job of it,  
 RJ> slapping a coat of primer over the original finish but not  
 RJ> otherwise preparing things,  and it shows.
Too bad; better sand it down to the original paint/primer or it 
will likely bubble/chip off later. 
 
 RJ> I figure that when I'm done I'll have a few hundred  
 RJ> invested in it,  although the tires I'm going to need are  
 RJ> going to run me about a hundred each.  Altogether less than  
 RJ> a thousand,  and I'll have a good reliable vehicle with a  
 RJ> 3/4 ton suspension on it.  A heck of a lot cheaper than the  
 RJ> $20,000 plus you'd need to spend on a new truck these days. 
 RJ>  
 RJ> No,  it ain't 4WD,  but that's okay,  it'll be enough truck  
 RJ> for me for the next several years or so. 
17.5 tires? 
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