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COPPERHEAD
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Eric was Jeepster
before Jeepster
was cool
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2Power comes from a Ford 302 that inhales
through an Airaid filter and exhales through
stock exhaust manifolds. No project is ever
done though. Since our photos were taken,
Stainless Brain Fabrication has built tubular
headers and a new exhaust with Flowmaster
Hushpower 2 mufflers.3
If you are building a rockcrawler on a bud-
get, axles are a good place to spend the
bulk of your money. Eric bought 63^1 ⁄ 2 -inch-wide
Dynatrac ProRock 60s filled with 4.88 gears,
ARB Air Lockers, and 35-spline chromoly axle-
shafts. The front framerails are tube, and Eric
relocated the factory Saginaw steering box for-
ward to stretch the wheelbase and tapped the
box for use with a hydraulic-assist ram.4
Radio? That just blocks out the growl of
the V-8 engine. Eric did add Corbeau seats
and an Art Carr gated shifter to row the gears in
the C4 transmission. A tilt column was added.
The factory gauge cluster was replaced with
AutoMeter Phantom gauges that monitor water
temperature, oil pressure, transmission tem-
perature, and voltage.5
The rear suspension uses a triangulated
four-link with solid aluminum links from
Rock Krawler along with 14-inch ORI struts.
Drivelines from Adam’s Driveshaf t transfer pow -
er from the Advance Adapters Atlas II T-case.6
Out back, the high-pinion Dynatrac ProRock
60 axle keeps the driveline out of the rocks.
The a x le is loaded w ith 4.88 gear s, an A RB Air
Lockers, disc brakes, and 35-spline chromoly
axleshafts. The shape of the ProRock housing
maximizes ground clearance while still provid-
ing the big, 9^3 ⁄ 4 -inch ring gear of the Dana 60.2 6534