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Author:  RWG75 [ Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:57 am ]
Post subject:  77 Macho Knock Off
This is what I get for spending too much time surfing around.

The good: 360-4, 727, 203, headers, new duals, decent tires, buckets with new covers, sunroof. Complete factory style plow setup. Seller claims new radiator and recent tranny rebuild. $400 cash and carry.

The bad: blocked exhaust crossover, drivers floor MIA, hacked up wiring, wasted bed, crumbling brake lines, broken welds on plow frame. Overall - about as rough or rougher than it looks.

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Author:  RWG75 [ Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 77 Macho Knock Off
This is what I have after a couple years of tinkering.

Scored a decent bed from a buddy, put a cab floor in, got the plow frame welded, replaced a cross member. Swapped intake and carb. New master, calipers, cylinders, lines. Used LOTS of solder and heat shrink. A big box of little things from the boneyard and the basement.

Brush painted the plow blade with rust oleum. Hood and roof is rattle can engine paint. Body is rattle can dupli color "touch up" paint. Lowers is rattle can bed liner. Filled the rockers and bed channels with expanding foam to keep the salt water out. Used a case of under coating and a case of bed liner on the frame and bottom side of bed.

Would ya believe $20 for an original shorty roll bar in excellant condition??

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Author:  palomino [ Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 77 Macho Knock Off
for a couple of hundred you could get the decal kit and have the entire look...
Author:  LAST440 [ Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 77 Macho Knock Off
Looks like it matches the Cordoba?
Author:  RumbleFish [ Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 77 Macho Knock Off
palomino wrote:
for a couple of hundred you could get the decal kit and have the entire look...


Agreed, stripe it!
Author:  RWG75 [ Sun Dec 25, 2011 11:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 77 Macho Knock Off
hey, I didnt say I was done yet.
Author:  PLYMOUTHROCK [ Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 77 Macho Knock Off
that's a hell of a rattle can paint job! :o it looks great. what't the color called? it looks real close to mine.
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