| I met Manny after he put a hand written note on my windshield to the effect of "Bad ass truck, dude!" We played phone tag for a while but finally got together to wheel in the Proving Grounds.
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| As you can see, Manny has a bad ride himself. His truck started out as a show truck before he decided he could have more fun wheeling it! It's the last model year of that body style with a V6 and solid axle swap.
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| The swap was done by LocoMotive, a shop in Houston that specializes in lowriders. As you can see in these pics they are top notch fabricators.
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| The shock hoop is way stout and very sleek. The custom steering arm is unique and quite well done. In 20/20 hind site I would give these guys a call before taking the FrankenTaco to AllPro...
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| A couple of Toyota group shots out at the slab on Manny's birthday...
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| The IFS about to be whacked...
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| Bobby from LocoMotiv in Houston starts on the IFS bracketry...
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| Getting into the meat of it!
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| Looking for those last few bits to cut off.
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| Manny gets under his truck to check out the changes.
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| Grinding everything smooth.
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| The smoothed frame with the boxed motor mount waiting for the shock hoop.
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| Cutting the hole for the shackle hanger.
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| The solid axle is hung.
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| First hoop of the shock hoop.
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| The completed and primed shock hoop...
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| Cutting off the knuckles to rotate them.
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| Checking the angles.
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| Celebrating the completed swap. Bobby's personal lowrider is in the background.
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| A show truck Bobby built several years ago.
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| Another shot of Bobby's truck.
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| Jason in the river with his '88 turbo.
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