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Old 03-29-2019, 03:16 AM   #61
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good job, friend, I'm here to see how this project ends.
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Old 03-31-2019, 01:35 PM   #62
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Old 03-31-2019, 09:50 PM   #63
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Today lots of time was spent working on project D-Rat, but visually not much to show for as a lot of what I did was fine tuning.

A chicane system was added to the body to prevent crap from entering the cab.






The firewall was trimmed to its final shape and closed off.





The saw lines of the body were cleaned up and refined.






And the grill portion was opened up because the engine will obviously need more air flow since the fenders were removed!






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Old 03-31-2019, 10:31 PM   #64
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Very cool! 🤩
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Old 04-01-2019, 07:18 PM   #65
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This evening I started the design and fabrication of the front bumper/stinger/winch mounting plate on project D-Rat.

I’m kind of winging this one as I am uncertain of what style of bumper I want.

So far, I made a 2 level base plate, the main beams and I started on the stinger.









Also, I cut out a steel mesh to use in the grill.






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Old 04-01-2019, 08:01 PM   #66
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I'm lovin' the uniqueness of this one - can't wait to see the result - a down and dirty de-fendered Defender deviant!
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Old 04-02-2019, 06:21 AM   #67
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I'm lovin' the uniqueness of this one - can't wait to see the result - a down and dirty de-fendered Defender deviant!
Thank you... "de-fendered Defender" love the tongue twister.


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Old 04-02-2019, 08:58 AM   #68
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I’m blown away by this build. This is killer!


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Old 04-02-2019, 12:30 PM   #69
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Old 04-02-2019, 09:48 PM   #70
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The stinger is now completely welded to the base I made yesterday, then I spent the majority of the evening designing the integrated front fender frame.









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Old 04-03-2019, 04:40 AM   #71
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Super super sweet
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Old 04-03-2019, 11:03 AM   #72
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Truck is very, very awesome! Phenomenal work and painstaking detail work. Definitely some serious inspiration and some great ideas here. Keep up the great work!
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Old 04-03-2019, 12:13 PM   #73
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Old 04-03-2019, 12:34 PM   #74
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That little bumper looks awesome!! Very impressed dude!! Can't wait to see what do next

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Old 04-03-2019, 01:32 PM   #75
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Old 04-04-2019, 06:46 PM   #76
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Will you adopt me so i can play with your turks? I'm 45 and fully house trained... just don't ask my wife!

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Old 04-04-2019, 08:17 PM   #77
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Will you adopt me so i can play with your turks? I'm 45 and fully house trained... just don't ask my wife!
Only if you can convince my wife to let me more RCs!!!




Consistent progress on project D-Rat, the front bumper is taking a life of its own...

I added a cross member and front corner pieces to support the hood.







I then bent the fender pieces in a compound angle to blend with the rock sliders.

I debated welding the front bumper/fender frame to the rock sliders, but if I did it would’ve rendered installation and removal almost impossible.

Therefore, I added to each side of the fender frame a piece that goes back to the truck frame, to which a welded plate permits the fender frames to be bolted to the trucks frame to add rigidity to the overall design.






I extended the hood support frame to cover the complete perimeter of the hood and attached it back to the fender frame to box everything in.





In progress are the final pieces which will form the inner members of the fender frame.





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Old 04-04-2019, 09:38 PM   #78
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Love the marriage of rat rod, custom fab, and crawler! 🤩
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Old 04-05-2019, 04:17 AM   #79
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how good is this, an absolute all rounder of a build. skills skills skills right there. love it, thanks for posting progress
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Love the marriage of rat rod, custom fab, and crawler! 🤩

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