Hello , I'm new to the site altough I had seen it before I didn't noticed the forum until now

so here is the truck its a 77 macho we use for offroading as it was ment to be.
360-727-203(part-time) had 3.55 gears from the factory
Dana44 with 4.56
Chrysler 9.25 with 4.56 and factory LSD

Not enough travel

Great Pics!!!!

Looks like you enjoy your toys.

Thanks , its going thru a transformation process right now.

right now most of the decals except for the hood ones are factory , part of the black was repainted by the previous owner arround de 90s I guess , and my brother just gave it a coat of silver nothing expensive because the branches scratch it pretty bad

Enjoyed looking at these! Thanks for posting them and welcome!

Welcome! Glad to see you posted photos over here! Looks like you guys know how to have a fun time!

thanks , well its not show quality but it was fun.

a more detailed description of the truck.

it came from the factory with a 360-4barrel 727 , np203fulltime and dana44-chrysler 9.25 axles with 3.55 gearing and lsd on the back

when my brother bought it we didn't know anything about the macho pakage just tought it was a cool powerwagon.

one of the previous owners had installed an edelbrock performer intake , a part time conversion kit that I think its a milemarker , a cool search light ,the double rollbar ( it does have the stock mounting holes ) and the bushguard probably was used for hunting ,it was in ok condition but it had mismatched tires 32" on the back and 31" up front with 3 original wheels and one that looks kind of the same if you don't look to closely because it was painted like the rest, the sender unit was bad and the usual stuff that comes from having a truck sitting for too long ( like bad and expensive unit bearings ) , it had a truss bar that I've seen in road hall trucks too but I don't know if it came on the macho trucks aswell or if it was an add on from a po.

so we cleaned the tank , replaced what was bad and put some 31 bfg A/T all arround and started going offroading with a local club. that stage you can see in the first photo on the beach.

so we went to the rocks mud and sand with it like that and had a blast , but the 31" tires just went out too quick and the next step was some 35" tires , the truck only had longer shackles on the front by then so first time out with the 35"s we had some sheetmetal/tire contact.

next was some cutting but we didn't wanted to just cut and tried to follow the lines of the body and unless you are really used to these trucks or have another one just like it ( not likely ) side by side you can't really tell , the tires really improved the truck capabilities and we used it like that for a while , then the 4.56 went in and added a leaf upfront and did the shackle flip on the back and thats how it sits.

then we made the front bumper for it and the rockers did get damaged from the rocks before we installed the sliders and the unfinished exocage.

it had some 38.5 boggers on it for a while but then went back to the 35" bfg mudterrains because boggers don't like open differentials.

so thats a condensed story of the truck.

a list of mods would be

longer shackles on the front , shackle flip on the back
4.56 gears
2006 ctd ram shocks ( with new boots ) that have a cool pentastar logo on them
skyjacker steering stabilizers
35x12.5 BFG mud terrain tires
and the custom front bumper and other tubing
msd ignition box and performer intake on the 360 with flowmaster mufflers
trans-cooler with fan.

on the interior just a tach , two pioneer speakers and a 13" JL w1 woofer for some fun on the street.

and I guess that's it

here is a pic of the truss I was talking about , the front shackles and the rear shackle flip using factory parts.









I would like to know it that truss is stock or what

Well that Macho has a big ole smile on it's face being used for it's original intention.


very nice!