Little Gibby's 45 MB

Yep there tool box's mine has em too, they are terrible water collectors and then the rust forms from there

Gibby said:

If they hood's too low, cut a hole in it. We'll put a scoop on it and maybe a raised air cleaner if you need to make the York fit up high. Don't forget that I want the fenders off and put in a tube fender so that should leave some hood height options..

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You have a PM. Not mine. Price is right.

Moneypit said:

You have a PM. Not mine. Price is right.

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I emailed and called him. The grill and hood look exactly like what I could use.

Thanks for the tip!

Gibby said:

I emailed and called him. The grill and hood look exactly like what I could use.

Thanks for the tip!

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:; :;

So I am still kinda poking along. I got to looking over the rig more--and decided to pull every strand of wire out of the thing--most of the wires were cut anyways and well--it was a HUGE mess(also pulled the fuel and brake lines--well what there was)..

So since we are going to run fenderless--these lil things are are worthless



The body cross supports are all rusted away and I thought they were bolted on--but nope--So with a lil effort--the did fall off..



I still have a lil cleanup work where whats left of the body supports are...

Here is the pedal assy we got from pokey.. As a whole its very nice but I will have to rework it a bit to get outa it what we need..

So I looked and measure the pedal assy and the firewall where its going to sit against--and was origionally going to way till I got the steering column it--but with how the firewall is---there is only one place its going to sit--so the clearance to the steering column will have to be corrected by reworking the arms on the pedals--which isn't a big deal since I was going to rework them anyways..

So with how the firewall is--its going to have to be plated for support of the pedal assy and help with the flex on the firewall..

I just haven't figured out if I am going to use 1/8" or 3/16" plate. I also plan on running some tabs off the plate to wrap around the firewall a bit to help support it.




And here it is all prepped--I even got a template cut out for the plate

I picked up a fiberglass picklefork hood that's in nice shape, in case we need it. The grill I got isn't so hot but the headlight area is in very good shape.

So I got a lil busy again today. So I decided to go ahead and use 1/8" for the support plate--3/16" just seemed too thick.

So got out the plasma and cut it out to the template. Once it was cut and fitted I went and indexed the plate to the pedal assy at the firewall and drilled the holes in both the plate and firewall.



Once that was done I went and stripped the pedals off the pedal assy and trimmed 1" off the front side of the pedal assy and cleaned some of the rust off it.

At this point I went and painted the bare metal areas for some protection and bolted it in place with the pedal assy.



Once bolted I went and welded the top edge and around about 2/3 on the drivers side to really tie the plate into the pinch welds of the firewall.

At the bottom I went and added a couple tabs. The support brace that goes from the frame up the botom of the rig was broken at the top, so I welded it to the plate and added a gusset to help give it some strength.



And here is how the pedal assy looks under the dash--its a tight fit but fits nicely. I also pulled on it as hard as I could and it doesn't move one bit--I like it

Gibby said:

I picked up a fiberglass picklefork hood that's in nice shape, in case we need it. The grill I got isn't so hot but the headlight area is in very good shape.

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So whats a pickle fork hood?

Is the new grill bent up any?

crash said:

So whats a pickle fork hood?

Is the new grill bent up any?

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same as the pic that I posted a couple of pages back.

crash said:

So whats a pickle fork hood?

Is the new grill bent up any?

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I feel better, I wasn't the only one who didn't know.

The grill isn't bent but it's got more rust that the one that's there now. The only thing better is that the headlight area wasn't all messed up.

Gibby said:

I feel better, I wasn't the only one who didn't know.

The grill isn't bent but it's got more rust that the one that's there now. The only thing better is that the headlight area wasn't all messed up.

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Us toy guys aren't supposed to know that stuff :haha:

Hmmm---Is it surface rust or rusted away rust? A nice grill will set this thing off nicely :awesomework:

crash said:

Us toy guys aren't supposed to know that stuff :haha:

Hmmm---Is it surface rust or rusted away rust? A nice grill will set this thing off nicely :awesomework:

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I grabbed the grill to look at it a little better. It could be a lot worse...

I like the hood....

Hey Gibby if there is anything going to the scrap bin that is still usuable can i have it? i could use a few spare parts here and there

War-Jeeper said:

Hey Gibby if there is anything going to the scrap bin that is still usuable can i have it? i could use a few spare parts here and there

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Whaddy lookin' for?

I have a complete running factory motor for this as well as front a rear axles that are in perfectly good shape. I will sell at a very reasonable price. We took out the motor to change the rear main seal and I decided that if the old motor's coming out, I'm putting a bigger motor back in.

Gibby said:

Whaddy lookin' for?

I have a complete running factory motor for this as well as front a rear axles that are in perfectly good shape. I will sell at a very reasonable price. We took out the motor to change the rear main seal and I decided that if the old motor's coming out, I'm putting a bigger motor back in.

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Im eventually doing the same with my motor as its completley stock but runs like a champ (when it warms up lol)

What are the axles you got?