Many years ago I traded a neighbor for a 1963 FC170 DRW that had belonged to a fire department. When I got it in 1983 it had 1300 miles on it. It was 100% stock with the original Continental flat head 6cyl I used it for many years but time and the elements took its toll on it and I parked it. Ended up selling it, tore my hart out, to someone who was going to do the restoration that I was not prepared to do at that time. Have regretted that ever since. When I sold it, it had 23000 miles on it.
I have the same cherry picker i mounted on the back of the boom a badlands 2500lb winch the best mod I have done now can use remote control to raise or lower really nice when installing engine and need to raise or lower while under the vehicle
Currently working on my 1960 FC170 resto/mod. I see your red 170 has a decent stance to it. Did you relocate the spring mounts. rearch your springs or use something else? If you did relocate your spring mounts would you mind posting a quick video of how you did it? Thanks!
I did not relocate the spring mounts on the frame, I did flip the rear shackle, replace the top two springs with longer springs so the geometry would be correct. I re-arched the top 3 springs in the rear. The fronts, I just changed the pack a little bit, added a leaf and moved the springs to the top of the axle instead of under the axle. I am running full width axles on the Jeep, the rear is a 95 F350 Sterling and the front is a 81 K20 Suburban.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE WELDER YOU USED ON THE TRAIL REPAIR / IT WAS HARD TO HEAR THE HOLE NAME BECAUSE OF THE NOISE / ALL I HEARD WAS " CAR-SOMETHING OR KAR- SOMETHING SORRY I GUESS I AM GETTING OLD / THANKS FOR SHARING
I JUST DID SOME HOME WORK AND FOUND OUT WHAT WELDER I THINK IT WAS aka ( KARNAGE TRAIL WELDER ) SORRY TO ASK YOU BEFORE I DID SOME GUESS WORK THANKS ANYWAY
Those tires look great on my '57 FC-150! Thanks again. I love your tow truck.
Thank you Dan!
Many years ago I traded a neighbor for a 1963 FC170 DRW that had belonged to a fire department. When I got it in 1983 it had 1300 miles on it. It was 100% stock with the original Continental flat head 6cyl
I used it for many years but time and the elements took its toll on it and I parked it. Ended up selling it, tore my hart out, to someone who was going to do the restoration that I was not prepared to do at that time. Have regretted that ever since. When I sold it, it had 23000 miles on it.
Love the FC Jeep and I agree upgrading makes it more dependable that straight up restorations, also presents different challenges. (Just my opinion)
I have the same cherry picker i mounted on the back of the boom a badlands 2500lb winch the best mod I have done now can use remote control to raise or lower really nice when installing engine and need to raise or lower while under the vehicle
Currently working on my 1960 FC170 resto/mod. I see your red 170 has a decent stance to it. Did you relocate the spring mounts. rearch your springs or use something else? If you did relocate your spring mounts would you mind posting a quick video of how you did it? Thanks!
I did not relocate the spring mounts on the frame, I did flip the rear shackle, replace the top two springs with longer springs so the geometry would be correct. I re-arched the top 3 springs in the rear. The fronts, I just changed the pack a little bit, added a leaf and moved the springs to the top of the axle instead of under the axle. I am running full width axles on the Jeep, the rear is a 95 F350 Sterling and the front is a 81 K20 Suburban.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE WELDER YOU USED ON THE TRAIL REPAIR / IT WAS HARD TO HEAR THE HOLE NAME BECAUSE OF THE NOISE / ALL I HEARD WAS " CAR-SOMETHING OR KAR- SOMETHING SORRY I GUESS I AM GETTING OLD / THANKS FOR SHARING
Karnage
I JUST DID SOME HOME WORK AND FOUND OUT WHAT WELDER I THINK IT WAS aka ( KARNAGE TRAIL WELDER ) SORRY TO ASK YOU BEFORE I DID SOME GUESS WORK THANKS ANYWAY
IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING WHAT IS YOUR DAILY DRIVER , IS IT A JEEP ?
Well, my work truck is a Chevy workbed truck so I drive it almost every day. My run around town personal daily driver is my Cherokee or my J-20.
I had a 59 FC-170 I regret selling.