Spike's truggy

[Metal Masher]

After seeing the work i did on Dez's truggy a fellow club member came to me to convert his truck into a True truggy and add some front Shock hoops.

Here it was as i got it.



I started by stripping it down but keeping the front electronics plate to hold the frame rails in place



Then after careful measuring i hacked the back of the chassis off after the upper link mounts.



Then it was off the the blasting Cabinet for a through cleaning.





That's it for now.

[corey900rr]

I live in between you and spike. Im anxious to see how this turns out after seeing your work on the dezmoon truggy

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by corey900rr

I live in between you and spike. Im anxious to see how this turns out after seeing your work on the dezmoon truggy

Have you been to our comps? I don't recognize the board name.

I hope i don't disappoint!


Well i got a lot done with this in the last week.

Once i had the frame cleaned i looked at how i was going to do the tube frame. I started with some 1/4" tube



but after i had them bent i was not happy with how they fit to the original frame so relunctally i went with a double tube set-up



The reason i was so reluctant to do it is because i knew i was going to be making more of those miserable little spacers like i did on Dez's truggy so i decide to try something to speed the process up.

I began by clamping a piece of tube in the vice, and after marking the distance i wanted between the tubes, drilled some pilot holes



then i tried drilling holes the same diameter as the tube but it ended up a disaster



So i drilled them a few sizes smaller and that did the trick



So then all i had to do was some final filing and they were done and i was able to mock the tubes in place



then they were tacked



I even was able to match the slight bend in the frame rail



Next i needed to make a spot to attach the tubes to so i cut and filed a small chunk of steel to fit in the frame rail



then burned them in and filed the rails flat



Next i tacked the rails in place mimicking the original frame



I made sure to leave space for the original skid



then i threw the body back on for a test fit



then it was time to prep the original truggy by trimming off all the original tabs



and cleaning the frame where the tabs were



and after some fine tuning the truggy rear was tacked in place



i had the bend the tube up slightly to match the original frame end but i think it looks good



now it was time for the accessory tray

To mount that i made some tabs



then placed them in the original holes on the plate



Added some tube to the rails



and tacked them in place



then after looking at it i felt the very back needed some tabs as well





then it was time for the front shock hoops



Just like my other ones, plates were made



and it was all tacked to the chassis making sure to leave clearance for the cross member screws



The last order of business was the receiver box. it attached to the accessory plate but needed additional support as the original stands would not work any more.



I started with some more tube cut and notched to fit the frame



Checked the fit



Then added some tabs leaving the holes out



Then i marked the holes, drilled and tapped them and tacked it in place





With all the preliminary fab done i reassembled the truck to make sure everything fit



The shocks up front fit good



It is close but it clears under full extension



and compression



and the overall shot





Then it was brazed and blasted.





There you go Spike it's all yours!

[Falon]

One question, is the brazing necessary since everything was tig welded prior to it? Just curious.

[BADASSPONY]

I think he just tacked it to hold it all in place, then braze it all at once.

[Krawler Konceptz]

The brazing gives all the joints that finished look. Killer work! You always amaze me on your skills from the first day I saw the Toyota you did for Big Ern on cawlin'bc

Rob

[corey900rr]

No, but hopefully this year i will be able to come out with you guys.

[summitcrawler]

i love that you weld it then braze it... it looks so much nicer then just welding. and seems like it would be a quick process too.

excellent conversion!

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by Falon

One question, is the brazing necessary since everything was tig welded prior to it? Just curious.

Originally Posted by BADASSPONY

I think he just tacked it to hold it all in place, then braze it all at once.

Yes. the welding is just for placement. the brazing gives it the strength and finishes the look.

Originally Posted by Krawler Konceptz

The brazing gives all the joints that finished look. Killer work! You always amaze me on your skills from the first day I saw the Toyota you did for Big Ern on cawlin'bc

Rob

Thanks! i'm getting better but still not as good as some on here. Well i am supposed to be finishing Ern's truck but that is only if he ever sends it to me! LOL!

Originally Posted by corey900rr

No, but hopefully this year i will be able to come out with you guys.

Come on out! the more the merrier. You can get more info on GTG's on our site Team SVSC

Originally Posted by summitcrawler

i love that you weld it then braze it... it looks so much nicer then just welding. and seems like it would be a quick process too.

excellent conversion!

Thanks. Yes brazing is much faster and less stressful then fully welding. The other thing is that tacking first makes it much easier to modify if I end up with something I don't like.

[jcsaxial]

Amazing work! The tube frame is super sik. Love to see some more build come from that direction! Any plans on becoming a vendor and doing some true one offs?