90's throw back....Manche build

[5BrothersFabrication]

Glad to see you not take the easy route and throw cheap Vato Zone hood pins at it. :dblthumb:

 

[mcutler]

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

Glad to see you not take the easy route and throw cheap Vato Zone hood pins at it. :dblthumb:

Hellz naw!

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[sleepsontoilet]

Hve any tips to cutting the aluminum panels?

 

[zayne2427]

I absolutely love your work. Those fender liners would look freaking sweet on the front of my 68 Tow rig......

 

[mcutler]

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Hve any tips to cutting the aluminum panels?

Use quite a few tools. Plasma usually to rough it out- I've had really good luck with a steady hand that gives me a very straight line with the plasma and a straight edge... although not as easy as it sounds. Other tools I use are the Milwaukee shear, bosch shear for curves, and most recently purchased the Eastwood Beverly... which is really useful... and a plethora of cut off dies, tin snips, etc, then clean up the straight edge with a DA sander.

On any type metal I cut I use a scribe with straight edge to get a crisp line to sand/grind to. When you get to 'zero' edge, you can see it peel up on the scribe mark ever so slightly... makes for a good straight sight line.

I absolutely love your work. Those fender liners would look freaking sweet on the front of my 68 Tow rig......

Thanks! do it, I love nice sheet metal work!

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[mcutler]

Teaser...

Matt


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[bjeep]

That is awesome work. Wish I was half as talented as you are. :woot: :woot: drool

 

[mcutler]

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That is awesome work. Wish I was half as talented as you are. :woot: :woot: drool

Thanks bjeep!

Doing more stuff... expect mucho progress over next three weeks...

Matt

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[mcutler]

Box sanded and grained...

Matt


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[Beerj]

Fantastic clean work as usual! After seeing your last rig and now this one, I feel like you are one of the best at utilizing every little bit of space.

I'm curious though, when you form something such as the lid for your rear storage, how do you make the final 2 bends on the lip that overlaps the box? Like, I understand that the first 2 are easy where the brake can go past the ends of the material but the other 2, it seems to me, the brake would have to be exactly the same length as the bend. Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[TBItoy]

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Beerj, check out a finger brake /pan brake.


Super clean work. I wish I had patenticence/drive to do work that clean on my own stuff

 

[mcutler]

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Fantastic clean work as usual! After seeing your last rig and now this one, I feel like you are one of the best at utilizing every little bit of space.

I'm curious though, when you form something such as the lid for your rear storage, how do you make the final 2 bends on the lip that overlaps the box? Like, I understand that the first 2 are easy where the brake can go past the ends of the material but the other 2, it seems to me, the brake would have to be exactly the same length as the bend. Hopefully that makes sense.

Thanks beerj!

What he said \/


Box and pan brake

Beerj, check out a finger brake /pan brake.


Super clean work. I wish I had patenticence/drive to do work that clean on my own stuff

Thanks tbi!

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[Beerj]

Ah, gotcha. Thanks fellas.

 

[mcutler]

Mattix to kindergarten, Carter to middle school, and Carson was too cool for pics now that he's a senior... big day for the entire family.

Momma is a basket case, but me - I love watching them learn, grow, and mature... even as much as I would like them to stay little boys..

Matt

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[mcutler]

Stripped down for final push to get to Dixie Run. Ready to weld out, plumb, wire, and build interior...3 weeks and counting...don't want to miss another ride, need that rock fix...

Won't be 100% turn key, but will leave me enough little bits to keep me busy through the fall.

Matt

 

[The Luke]

This thing just makes me want to drive fast. Like, real fast. Like treat everything like a $5 entry dirt track race, fast. I'd be dangerous on trail 1 at basically any park in this thing.


....so when's it getting twin turbos?

 

[twostep]

Please please please have this thing at Dixie! Throw a couple of toggle switches and an oil pressure gauge on it and rock out.

The tins are a work of art but man it sure looks good nekked.

 

[5BrothersFabrication]

drool

 

[mcutler]

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

This thing just makes me want to drive fast. Like, real fast. Like treat everything like a $5 entry dirt track race, fast. I'd be dangerous on trail 1 at basically any park in this thing.


....so when's it getting twin turbos?

Me too...thanks Luke!

No turbo for me...(or any room for them).

This is an internally stock '06 corvette aluminum ls2 (with less than 20k miles). Mast magic in the m90 computer for nearly 100 more ponies over stock after the next update, currently has about 50 over, (reportedly 450 at crank now). That's enough for me... for now. I like the idea of stock internals of this motor for reliability.

Please please please have this thing at Dixie! Throw a couple of toggle switches and an oil pressure gauge on it and rock out.

The tins are a work of art but man it sure looks good nekked.

unless the wheels fall of the wagon, I'll be there. Having a plumbing and wiring crash shop day, on the 9th... with some of my local wheeling crew.

Thanks two step!

drool

8)

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[ranger11]

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Looking good. Ready to share the weight yet?

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[mcutler]

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Looking good. Ready to share the weight yet?

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Race scales were borrowed, but I'll get them again soon.

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[mcutler]

Burning that midnight oil and ****...

Matt


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[squeak12]

I know it isn't totally uncommon, but that header is gonna be warm after a few miles.

 

[mcutler]

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I know it isn't totally uncommon, but that header is gonna be warm after a few miles.

True dat. Actually more air gap between header tube and inner panel than I had in my buggy. I do intend to wrap the outer most tube and apply insulation on the back of panel.

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[mcutler]

Mo doing stuffs...

Matt

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[AllGoNoShow]

Getting cozy in there. Looks like you have more foot room than I will have though.

 

[mcutler]

Hammer down; plumbing and wiring party this weekend with @Paul, @ol'Jeeps, and @jeepn-jason - everything needs to have a home by then, except for interior panels; I'll complete those once she's cranked...

Matt


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[mcutler]

Finished the gauge cluster and mount this afternoon

Matt


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[The Luke]

Man, that's gonna be a right fit in there. But I dig it. How many ft of tubing did you end up using?

 

[mcutler]

Console done- (it will be permanent after plumbing and wiring completed), fixed section of dash complete- (last two sections will be removable). Fuse panels have a home, left is the mast motorsports relay/ fuse panel, right is kwik car 14 circuit chassis harness. Rear half of chassis was tabbed out with Ruffstuff zip tie tabs, the toolbox is tabbed and no longer homeless, still need to weld the hinge and add the latch.

Matt

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