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<blockquote data-quote="wayne86" data-source="post: 636764" data-attributes="member: 7897"><p>Starting welding up some of the stuff that I know is permanent (frame plates, sliders, link tabs). After going over the build in my head a thousand times and trying to figure out a good way to keep the tub I have decided I'm going to just keep the cowl and hood and build it as a buggy. I think in the end I will be more happy with it and it will definitely be safer since I won't have to work within the parameters of the body. I messaged a few guys on Instagram to get different opinions. One was building a Liquid Iron chassis with the Jimmy Smith cowl and hood. He said it was 58" wide and that's where I'm at. If I have a bad roll and destroy the hood and cowl I can order a new one and bolt it on. My original plan was to build something similar to the WOD JC chassis and make the tub removable. The more I think about it the tougher it seems to accomplish the concept of making the cage and tub removable.</p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15965891_10107475393099238_7670293344757007498_n.jpg?oh=e632aa2d37936d4f118fd9d9d09bd525&oe=58E17AE9" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15894703_10107475393383668_8625222421583401347_n.jpg?oh=85dbd738fec0b06079a30179eb5fd5a7&oe=591E2831" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here's a few reinforcement pieces I'm going to have cut out this week.</p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15871553_10107475393199038_4188711875809587759_n.jpg?oh=7f7604e4670175e4f133b96b7cbb9b0b&oe=591BEAD7" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15873598_10107475392954528_7808386382109054849_n.jpg?oh=1b9593105e51206c16ca366c7eeac894&oe=591146F2" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I also drew up some frame caps that will bend 90* around the corner to tie in the two pieces of square tube but didn't snap a pic. </p><p></p><p>I threw a piece of tube in there to visualize where I want to go with this. If I get time this week I'll start laying everything out on Bend Tech and get a plan of action going for this thing. I need to make progress before Spring because that's my busy season with work.</p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15977279_10107475393308818_887710363329431988_n.jpg?oh=477eaea757441303c4cb7bc65f959af6&oe=592402FE" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wayne86, post: 636764, member: 7897"] Starting welding up some of the stuff that I know is permanent (frame plates, sliders, link tabs). After going over the build in my head a thousand times and trying to figure out a good way to keep the tub I have decided I'm going to just keep the cowl and hood and build it as a buggy. I think in the end I will be more happy with it and it will definitely be safer since I won't have to work within the parameters of the body. I messaged a few guys on Instagram to get different opinions. One was building a Liquid Iron chassis with the Jimmy Smith cowl and hood. He said it was 58" wide and that's where I'm at. If I have a bad roll and destroy the hood and cowl I can order a new one and bolt it on. My original plan was to build something similar to the WOD JC chassis and make the tub removable. The more I think about it the tougher it seems to accomplish the concept of making the cage and tub removable. [IMG]https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15965891_10107475393099238_7670293344757007498_n.jpg?oh=e632aa2d37936d4f118fd9d9d09bd525&oe=58E17AE9[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15894703_10107475393383668_8625222421583401347_n.jpg?oh=85dbd738fec0b06079a30179eb5fd5a7&oe=591E2831[/IMG] Here's a few reinforcement pieces I'm going to have cut out this week. [IMG]https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15871553_10107475393199038_4188711875809587759_n.jpg?oh=7f7604e4670175e4f133b96b7cbb9b0b&oe=591BEAD7[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15873598_10107475392954528_7808386382109054849_n.jpg?oh=1b9593105e51206c16ca366c7eeac894&oe=591146F2[/IMG] I also drew up some frame caps that will bend 90* around the corner to tie in the two pieces of square tube but didn't snap a pic. I threw a piece of tube in there to visualize where I want to go with this. If I get time this week I'll start laying everything out on Bend Tech and get a plan of action going for this thing. I need to make progress before Spring because that's my busy season with work. [IMG]https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15977279_10107475393308818_887710363329431988_n.jpg?oh=477eaea757441303c4cb7bc65f959af6&oe=592402FE[/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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