I am an engineer.
No, because where that angled piece connect make both the lower and rear vertical no longer structural beams. In an impact those two would be forced down and back respectively, bending and warping the entire structure.
it actually would be stronger if you removed that lower...
yeah, I am not really a fan of cyber orange. or at least, calling it orange. maybe electric yellow or some crap. But that is about as orange as the new blazer is an offroader.
I DD an 86. I park next to new full size trucks every day. they are about 8" wider, the belt line is about 6-10" taller depending on the manufacturer. and their front and rear overhangs are measured in feet, not inches. My 86 FSB is dwarfed by titans, 150s, silverados, rams, etc.
that was actually a really bad investment. 26k in 91, todays dollars would be about 60k, plus 30 years of storage, at lets say a cheap $100/mo, puts us right at about that 90k sale price.
26k average investment in 1991 would be.....somewhere north of 180k. a tech investment, say, microsoft...
word is the 2021 mustang order books are supposed to be today, Im sitting here refreshing the Ford site hoping to figure out the price on my 2021 Mach 1.
I have no issue supporting mexico, or canada for that matter, they are both our brothers, albeit one very nice, and one very unruly, we make a nice family mixup. Damn unruly Canadians. I need another pair, but haven't been back to Mexico in a few years to buy boots.
if there's any way you can do some digging on it I can pass along the information. this one really looks like a good find, and would hate to see it sit and slowly rot away.
that looks in amazingly good condition considering. well worth saving and restoring. if you can find any information out, I know someone who restores EBs.
and? with that in mind, then there should be no bronco. no mustang, no corvette, no 8000 lb 700hp 1000 ft-lb f-250, we should all be in yugos and smart cars and have speeds limited to 45 because it is safer.
youd be wrong, we bulletproofed mine, still blewa motor, cracked heads, cracked block, blown two turbos, 4 injectors, hp fuel rails, 2 oil pumps. that 6.0 has been hell on my life for the last 8 years/.
I ain't rich man.
I was looking for an OBS 7.3 but bought an 86 bronco 351W instead. OBS's were going for 15-30k.
I still don't have a replacement for my 06 6.pieceofshit 250, I'll buy an OBS some time in the future, or maybe pick up a used 7.3 godzilla truck in a few years.