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The mpg savings eventually pays for themselves, and you don’t have to go all the way up to warn hubs, Mike marker 435’s are $100 and usually 15-20% on advance auto

Recently picked up a new (to me) '93 SE with 220k miles on the clock for $900. Had to drive 3 hours to get to it. Was a theft recovery vehicle. The ba$tards busted the ignition, stole the battery, and punched a hole in the tank. I replaced the ignition, battery, and repaired the blown fusible links first trip, THEN found the hole in the tank. Had a buddy with car trailer haul it back to his shop where we installed a new fuel tank and pump, installed the new brakes on rear axle, flushed some funky crap out of the clutch master cylinder. There was a new fuel filter in the back, so I installed that as well. Fired her up and she ran like a top!!! Previous owner had replaced front brakes and wheel bearings, fan and fan clutch, wp/timing belt/thermostat, ALL coolant hoses, harmonic balancer and pulleys, front crank seal, front cam seals, and changed all the drivetrain fluids. He had purchased new rotors/pads/calipers for the rear, but it got stolen before he got to doing that job. Those also got done before I brought her home from my friend's place. She's a redhead, through and through. No cracked windshield. No dents. No rust. The carpet isn't even worn under the pedals. EVERYTHING works. All the power windows, both power mirrors, map lights, hatch popper. Hell. Even the factory alarm system works. Wiring hasn't been hacked into anywhere. A couple issues have reared up in the three weeks I've been driving her, but that's for another thread. Hopefully I'll get to put some miles on her for a while. -Bender

Man, it's been over a year since our announcement. Where are we? We're behind where we wanted to be. We still talk about projects endlessly (today's topic was rear disc brake conversions), but a couple events in our personal lives this year surely derailed us a bit. I think @TowndawgR50 will give a separate update, but in general, I'll take the blame for things being slow throughout the year. At this point, we are finishing up 6 kits (3 each of 3" and 4"), plus some other side parts to complete another kit already partially in the field. Four of those kits are spoken for among the PNW crew, leaving 1 each of 3" and 4". I'm not sure when we'll push those latter two kits out, likely after we've had some additional hands-on with the parts and installs. That's the focus right now. We're still discussing 2020 plans, but tentatively we're talking about a few short run kits here and there rather than anything full-fledged. Our work schedules and locations presented their fair share of challenges, and Jake and I both have a few personal projects we'd like to focus on, so we've been discussing ways to make our two locations a little more independent. Part of that will be transferring my current CNC plasma table to him once my new one arrives and is operational. That would put nearly all of the SFD-making equipment in his hands, plus give him a kick-ass tool for a ton of projects. Since I'll have a larger table, I'll probably be exploring bumpers and skids, but will also be able to supplement SFD parts and such, too. More to follow soon...