Projects

A customer asked us if we could do the interior sheetmetal on the buggy he is building. This is what we have so far. Continue Reading

Well a lot of progress has been made so far, but there's still a lot to go.

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This morning I got quite the exciting arrival. Gerald Lee from Savvy Offroad showed up to drop off the Savvy/Currie Stock Class KOH Jeep, along with a lot of fresh parts. It doesn't look like much right now, but we have a lot of big plans.

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What's that? A 2wd vehicle in the SFR shop? Yeah I know it's a little unusual, but sometimes it does happen. This fun little gem came in recently in need of a bit of help. It's owner recently decided to move up to bigger toys from bikes and quads, and bought this almost ready to run Manx, then immediately started taking it apart. He started with pulling the body off and putting in a 3" body lift. Continue Reading

The StinkBug is the first 4x4 I ever bought, and also the first off-road vehicle I ever built. I've owned it since I was 18 and around 2001 I did the first full build up on it. I swapped the original Isuzu drivetrain for a Chevy 4.3 V6, 700R4 transmission and a Jeep Dana 300 transfercase. I also cut off the stock IFS and swapped in a Jeep Wagoneer Dana 44 front axle. I kept the Isuzu 12 Bolt rear end, added ARB Air Lockers to both ends, and swapped around leaf springs until everything worked. For it's time this was a very well built good performing vehicle that could go just about anywhere. That was 10 years ago though...

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