Boy has this been a crazy week! First off, we would like to officially welcome Akamu Whatley as a new addition to the Krawltex team. He will be our main marketing and sales person, as well as plasma cutter technician and suspension designer.

Speaking of plasma cutting, Krawltex now has a Torchmate Plasma Table in our shop. We have the capabilities of doing custom metal bracketry, bead locks/wheel stiffeners, frame plates, gussets... whatever you can imagine on a 2D metal scale!

This week Ted has built the crossover heimed steering and wired the Black Magic fan in Ty's YJ, repaired a faulty ignition system in a Strand work truck, drawn a wiring plan out on Jake's 12V swap, and begun the reworking of Jeremy's rear 4 link on his 72 early Bronco.

Dave has continued the fab work on the 12V Suburban sliders as well as mapping the on board air system out, replaced worn ball joints in a Strand fleet van, regeared Marcus' YJ rear axle to 4.88's, and getting an old CJ5 running after sitting for two years!

AK and I are all over the place, talking with customers and working on expanding our resources. Stop by the shop and check out the new digs. As always, we are a phone call away to help you with your builds!

Happy Veteran's Day!!!

In honor of all the men and ladies that serve and have served in the armed forces, thank you! Krawltex offers a standing 10% discount to military, police, fire fighters, and EMT's.

Our next project is helping one of our own, Colby Mathes who was called back to the military. His LJ has been sitting on jack stands for nearly a year. Krawltex will be donating our free time to getting the 1 tons, stack case, and possibly a new cage in there for his return to Texas.

In case you haven't visited the forum, Krawltex has accomplished something rather unheard of in our industry.

Akamu Whatley rolled his Jeep at the Canyons/Crawling Chaos Event. Two days later, we got a new frame, tub, and hood from Ray Karrick of Jeep Masters. Together with a whole bunch of help from our friends, we built a Pro Mod buggy in 10 days with his existing drivetrain... 5.7L Hemi, Auto, Klune, NP205, 14" SAW Coilovers, Superduty axles with RCV front shafts, full hydro.

A very sleepy crew finished the buggy at 2AM Novemeber 7th, loaded it on the trailer after a few hot laps around the parking lot, drove to Spring, Texas, passed tech inspection at 8AM, and used the first high speed lap as our "shake down". Out of ten competitors at the Spring Creek Rock Race, we finished first in our class by almost three minutes! Bringing home a trophy after a 10 day build made it all worth it.

got the shocks, intake, and gaskets for Jake's 12V suburban swap. Pushing forward.

Marcus YJ has it's new tranny and resealed t-case back in it. Unfortunately, the ring and pinion are toast.

Parts should be in for Ty's YJ at the end of the week to build the steering. Tires are on order.

AK's buggy is coming along. Building a truck in 9 days at night really hurts! Here's the link to the photo gallery.

http://www.krawltex.com/newtex/g1/album230