90's throw back....Manche build

[LightBnDr]

Dang man, just some killer craftsmanship. You must be single with no kids

 

[mcutler]

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Dang man, just some killer craftsmanship. You must be single with no kids

Thanks.

No, married with 3 boys; 2 step sons 11 & 16, and a 4 yr old of my own...

That's why it's not done yet, lol. I built my buggy in 5 months, single and no kids in 2010-11.

Matt

 

[jp fan]

It would be a shame to paint that rear diff, that's pure art work :dblthumb:

 

[mcutler]

3 years in a row, we have good snow events, and I have no functional of road toys....

Matt

 

[The Luke]

I feel your pain. This was the first year I had one ready and I had to work all day. By the time I got home it was all gone.


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[mcutler]

Redlyner Racing bomber is now ready for the desert and back at home, and so is the manche! Time to get back to metal madness...

After I clean up my shop...

Matt

 

[5BrothersFabrication]

 

[mcutler]

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Hear ya go brother!

Doing ****...

Accumulator mounted, was even able to reuse the plumbing from the copper crawler buggy...

Getting started on the bump pads/steering protection/ truss system...

Matt

 

[LightBnDr]

Like I've been saying. If you would just slow down and really put some time into the small things, it would turn out waaay different. Lol

Man, just a sweet freakin build. Love it

Again you gotta be single with no kids ?

 

[jk101]

Like I've been saying. If you would just slow down and really put some time into the small things, it would turn out waaay different. Lol

Man, just a sweet freakin build. Love it

Again you gotta be single with no kids ?

No he is not. Has two kids for sure.

 

[P]

Beautiful build ! I love it, I also have been eyeballing the goatbuilt subframe. Very cool to see someone using one and doing a top notch build off of it ! :woody:

 

[mcutler]

Re: Re: 90's throw back....Manche build

Like I've been saying. If you would just slow down and really put some time into the small things, it would turn out waaay different. Lol

Man, just a sweet freakin build. Love it

Again you gotta be single with no kids ?

No he is not. Has two kids for sure.

Dang man, just some killer craftsmanship. You must be single with no kids

Thanks.

No, married with 3 boys; 2 step sons 11 & 16, and a 4 yr old of my own...

That's why it's not done yet, lol. I built my buggy in 5 months, single and no kids in 2010-11.

It's a struggle sometimes to have time to work on it.! Thanks guys!

Beautiful build ! I love it, I also have been eyeballing the goatbuilt subframe. Very cool to see someone using one and doing a top notch build off of it ! :woody:

Thanks p, you won't be disappointed with goatbuilt products.


Matt

 

[mcutler]

About one more day on the finishing the front axle. Had to plug the oil fill, will move it toward the center of the housing later.

Matt

 

[The Luke]

Yew gohna tayk dis tang muddin??? Woowoooooo!!


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[onepieceatatime]

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Dumb question, are those weld washers on some of your bolt holes? I was gonna use some grade 8 washers to help reinforce my bolt holes but I buddy told me to use weld washers.

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[mcutler]

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Yew gohna tayk dis tang muddin??? Woowoooooo!!


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In my best macho man Randy savage voice.....ooooohhhh yeeeeaaah!

Dumb question, are those weld washers on some of your bolt holes? I was gonna use some grade 8 washers to help reinforce my bolt holes but I buddy told me to use weld washers.

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Yes, ordered them through Ruffstuff, they're 1/4" thick. You could do the same with a heavy washer or make some from plate. The thicker are a little easier to weld.

Matt

 

[mcutler]

Photo dump

...before it's asked, yes the impact fits...

Matt

 

[MihlfeldL2005]

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Just the design is beautiful. Good job man

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[mcutler]

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Just the design is beautiful. Good job man

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Thank you!

I still plan to lop the corners off and cap the upper link mounts like the rear, (I left that extra meat there cuz I wasn't sure how I would finish it out at the time. ). Also some plating on the inside of the upper mounts. Still need to cap around the shock mounts, plate the diff, and gusset the steering arms, (they have been torqued at some point).


I also got the bottoms of the bash tube supports plated and corner gussets done today as well.

Matt

 

[machen4x4]

mcutler nice fab work and welding thumb.gif

 

[d9marko]

Damn! This mofo is badass ! You damn sure got some skills my friend! :****:

 

[mcutler]

Re: Re: 90's throw back....Manche build

Damn! This mofo is badass ! You damn sure got some skills my friend! :****:

mcutler nice fab work and welding thumb.gif

Appreciate it guys!

Matt

 

[onepieceatatime]

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What thickness are the materials you're using on the axle?

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[mcutler]

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What thickness are the materials you're using on the axle?

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On the front axle, everything in the vertical plane is 3/16; all the horizontal pieces on top side are 1/8; all horizontal on the bottom side are 3/16, all p&o. The tube is 1.5 x .250 wall. The center of bump pads are 2" x 1/2 flat stock about 7" long total between the two.

It's not near as heavy as it looks.
Less than 1.5 sqft of 3/16, and less than 1 sqft of 1/8. Less than 25 lbs total added.

Matt

 

[LightBnDr]

Yeah it's the very commonly overlooked design characteristic of today's on road vehicles.

Where you can sometimes gain more strength by boxing and bending with less material.

Awesome!!! I love it

 

[ridered3]

Looking forward to seeing this MJ side by side racing the mallcrawler for some Level 4 hairgel...

Pretty cool how similar those two are dimension wise. It's like you planned it that way or something:)

 

[mcutler]

Re: Re: 90's throw back....Manche build

Looking forward to seeing this MJ side by side racing the mallcrawler for some Level 4 hairgel...

Pretty cool how similar those two are dimension wise. It's like you planned it that way or something:)

That would be cool huh...



I will say I did my research...

Thanks guys!



Matt

 

[mcutler]

Front axle is done. (Aside from moving the fill port). Shocks are boxed, bash plating on lower differential, inside uppers plated, upper link mounts capped on front, and steering arm bracing, fully welded out. Now onto the front bump cans.



...and whittled this out with plasma, carbide bit, and a file....anyone want to buy me a plasma table?

Steering arm support and shock boxing...

A look wth the ram removed

Down on the bumps ready for plating...

Matt

 

[The Luke]

Seriously dude, I know it's been said a dozen times. But, I'm ashamed to even put any of my work on the same site as this.


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[hokie_yj]

Just when you think a ***** can't possibly get any sexier... flashemifyougotem drool