So i bought a 51 Whilly

Jobless said:

Damn Hip...with those colors were going to have to call it the "Fruit Loop" rig :fawkdancesmiley:

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Or the pride rig..

Welding that peice should be a cake walk after seeing these pictures

Bunk said:

Or the pride rig..

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Jobless said:

Damn Hip...with those colors were going to have to call it the "Fruit Loop" rig :fawkdancesmiley:

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hey its all about free. when my neighbor moved he left me a few half used cans of engine enamel:redneck:

does that meen i can supply said free paint, and choose the color scheme of hips new ride?


Hip you arrange what you have to with gramma( i know it's not easy on a minutes notice.), for any weekend you want to go wheelin . i will be there buddy...
tow rig,and trailer make it easier for me to say yes to wheelin anyday.. im probably not gonna be able to go to the rocks in august(lack of funds,but still have the week off).
and dont feel bad. i dont call anyone anymore :flipoff:

welding aluminium was not in the stars

Sam and i tried to figure out a way to hook up what i borrowed to what i got and it wasnt gonna happen.

So i made some brackets...

Where are the smaller ones you made Hip?

Just torched and de-slagged for now, ill final fit when i have the ends here. the uppers are gonna have room for multiple sets of holes for dialing in then ill reshape/make another final.

the lowers are much easier. 4 shorter and four longer.

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yeah i coulda bought some brackets but with the money i saved i got this

How did that work for that inside corner?

tig setup question?

it worked much better on the cardboard template:awesomework:

the flapwheel is faster but once you get it close it makes the radius perfect. of course the large spindle is 3" and a dana 60 tube is 3 1/8" but its easy to sand to a scribe line.

need to get better sandpaper the **** on it just crumbles off.

So what does it take to get the aliminium bracket tacked at home?

can i power a tig torch from an AC DC buzzbox and regulate the gas thru the mig regulator?

Does anyone have a portable enough setup that could bring it over?

My neighbor has all the stuff but its brand new unopened so until his shop gets built im SOL. He poured the slab last week.

i can borrow welding stuff from work so if anyone knows a good setup let me know what all i would need to borrow.

York Bracket

well the bracket made it to the back of my truck, we will see if i have it clamped into place well enough:redneck:

all welded up

York bracket is all welded up ready to install

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Belt linesup perfectly

another shot of the installed unit.
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this leads to another minor issue. the back brace no longer reaches its original location. now i get to play with fire to make a different brace to an alternate location.:FIREdevil:

Who welded it up for ya?

One of the HTs at work his name is travis.... good kid only took one case of miller lite.

he was split between comshaw jobs. some chief had him welding two 55 chevy truck front fenders together. i was like WTf why is he welding them together is he making a mail box or something, turned out i was right. making the headlight hinge for the opening....

tonight im making the back brace, fire and an anvil.....:awesomework:

well that didnt work

the fire and anvildidnt work out so well, best leave that blacksmith stuff to the proffessionals. but i can cut and weld:fawkdancesmiley:

made a little more progress, made some center link brackets and a small truss to weld them to for the rear end today.

spent some time solidifying the chassis.


now i need to spen another day bending tube. by the end of the week ill have a bunch of small tube between the rails.

Progress

mini spreaders

old school

bought this when i was 19.

trying to get it to show the pearlesnt in the paint. neon light does it no justice. first time it has even been photographed with a digital.

just seeing if anyones actually paying attention.:fawkdancesmiley: