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[bigwalton]

I think I saw one that looked like that on one of my trips around Texas. Either between San Antonio and Houston or in the Hill Country area, possibly around Johnson City.

My CRS is flaring up, so . . . not sure where I saw it.

I haven’t had a chance to search yet but the guy I’m thinking of was near Houston IIRC

 

[big daddy]

I can't stop looking at your pics. I really like the Jeep; definitely unique and will draw a lot of attention. It looks like someone spent a lot of time doing it right too. If it were mine I'd look at a rear spring upgrade to level out the reverse rake. Congrats on the find.

 

[Larrygaga00]

Welcome!

 

[bigwalton]

I can't stop looking at your pics. I really like the Jeep; definitely unique and will draw a lot of attention. It looks like someone spent a lot of time doing it right too. If it were mine I'd look at a rear spring upgrade to level out the reverse rake. Congrats on the find.

Think that's just the position/size of the rear wheel well. The frame looks pretty much level to me but they pulled that rear wheel well/flare down considerably with the flatbed conversion.

 

[bigwalton]

Here's the one that I was talking about, I don't think it's the same one.

Thread 'Quick and dirty Flatbed...more for function...not so much form'

Jun 4, 2005

Well, just to make BigWalton happy, I decided to build a flatbed this weekend. I figured it would be really nice in Hot Springs to have the functionality of the flatbed as well for tieing down a cooler and parts bin...so that was thrown into the mix of the decision as well (sorry Eric).

Anyway...I got a bunch of scrap wood from a neighborhood that is being built nearby (it had nails and stuff in it and was in the trash bin at each house) to try and cut down on the costs. Plus, I had some stuff laying around the garage that I could take back to the Depot anyway. So after getting the...

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