My 65 Gladiator

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Kavanji

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i have not posted in ages. here are a few pics of what i did to the gladiator in the last year or so:

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after a lot of magic smoke came out from under the dash ( lucky my son caught this disaster just in time and ripped the battery terminal off and stopped the cable fire) we decided to rewire the Gladiator.

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Fusebox

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then we fitted a set of 35" tires he got from a farmer (i know the tires are old, they will be replaced soon)

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the poor drum brakes did not work very well with 35" tires and we are currently upgrading to discs all round

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Stotch

Stotch

Caught the Bug
Awesome truck! The right hand drive manual trans would take some getting used to, but I like it.
 
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Kavanji

Member
i have been bussy on the front axle. not easy to get everything to line up properly but i think i have got it.
never mind the white paint, i painted all the brackets white to make marking of holes easier

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Kavanji

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The Brake upgrade is done. the disc brakes all round work very well.

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this upgrade was not without challenges.
i had to relocate the clutch linkages and the throttle linkage because the brake booster was in the way.

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here i noticed that the old clutch linkage was worn out completely.
thus the upgrade to decent greasable rod ends

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the final result of this phase of the build:

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