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<br><b><a href="mailto:explorer@4x4central.com">Rick Horwitz</a></b>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+2>Zabala Brother's Explorer</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+2>Exploring Ecuador</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">My name is David Zabala. My families Ford
Explorer is a 1992 4-door V6. We live in Quito, Ecuador, South America.&nbsp;
As you can see we have great places to go fourwheeling.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Suspension:</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Rancho 9000 Shocks</FONT>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Lift:</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">3 inch body lift</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Winchs:</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">9000 lb. Ramsey Winch Front. 2000 lb.
Winch which you can mount it only when you need it in the rear.</FONT>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Interior:</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">12 CD Player from Pioneer.&nbsp; Radio
from Pioneer</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">120 watt speaker at the front and 150
watt speaker at the back, also from Pioneer.</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Altimeter, inclinometer and a compass.</FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Warn manual hubs</FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Chains for mud and snow</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">We also have "El muerto", I don't know
what you call it, it is useful when you're trapped in mud and you can't
attach the winch cable to anything, so you dig a hole, burry "El Muerto"
and attach the winch cable to it, and you can take your car out of the
mud.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Things we expect to add to our Explorer:</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Ring &amp; Pinion 4.56</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">ARB Air Lockers rear and front</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Rear gas-tank carrier</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Rear tire carrier.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">33" tires.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Suspension lift</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Dual batteries</FONT>
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<P><A HREF="mailto:dzabala@futuro.com.ec">Send email to David</A>
<BR><A HREF="mailto:dzabala@futuro.com.ec">dzabala@futuro.com.ec&nbsp;</A>
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