Scale Tuber new frontend 2-2-05 pics.

[rckjeep]

Well I just an email that 20' of 1/4" DOM is on it's way. So here's few pics of some tube buggies I like. What do you guys think?

[DirkDigler]

I keep seeing magazine ads for Blue Torch. Sounds like a good idea and their product seems awesome!
It worked for Clifton at Poison Spyder.....I'm surprised it took this long for others to make custom crawlers for the public.

[1beatjeep]

That looks bad ass did you bend the tube for that

[1beatjeep]

That looks bad ass did you bend the tube for that

[rckjeep]

No I didn't bend the tube for it. I'm thinking on building something scale like it.

[rckjeep]

here's some more idea's

[ratmloud]

the Sami in the first pic is sano!

[th67ss]

Man those things are sweet looking!!!!

I hope your planning on keeping us posted with your progress when you start yours?


....Tom

[badger]

Originally Posted by 1beatjeep

That looks bad ass did you bend the tube for that

Yep, with his bare hands!

[Mazlem]

Originally Posted by badger

Yep, with his bare hands!

And he made the jack-stands too!







Oh wait, that's probably true... :P

[rckjeep]

And he made the jack-stands too!







Oh wait, that's probably true...

LOL

[eb76adam]

[quote=I'm surprised it took this long for others to make custom crawlers for the public.[/quote]


How do you mean? There are several dozen chassis shops all over the country and have been for several years. Hardly any competitor in NUEROC, UROC, EROC etc has a buggy from the same manufacturer.

checkout pirate - there's so many pics of tube chassis' on there it would take you day's to go through them all.

[rckjeep]

I wish there was a tube forum on the PBB. I've looked but you have to route thru some much pther crap that I get frusterated.

[rckjeep]

I think i'll use a similar front end to this one but with a TJ or CJ hood and grille.




Man I wish my tubing would get here.

[CSR]

Originally Posted by ratmloud

the Sami in the first pic is sano!

That's my buddy Nick's old Samurai. He sold it and bought the grey LandCruiser that's pictured in the Blue Torch Projects page. The Sami was pretty cool.... 4.3 V6, full width Chevy axles, 37" Bogger's. The green Zuk with the pretty silver cage on the Blue Torch site belongs to RXCrawler. My buddy Jason owns the 'Blue YJ'.... hell everybody I know has some Blue Torch Fab on their rig. They do good work.

[rckjeep]

The tubing is here and the project will start.

[rckjeep]

I need some help. I'm planning on using a TJ hood and grill but I don't have one to get some measurements. Does anyone feel like giving me the length of the hood and the width of the body less fender flares?

[rckjeep]

So here's the first batch of bent tube. So you are looking at the main frame the A pillars and a center A piller and a dash bar. I ran out of sheilding gas so I've have to get my tank filled tomorrow and try and tack weld this thing together. I'll bent up a B-pillar hoop tomorrow along with the rockers, and rear section that will be parrallel to the ground .



it will look something like this with a TJ hood and grill

[rckjeep]

So here's what I got done tonight. What do you guys think?





It's coming together. I'll try and get some more done by the weekend. It's suprisingly symetrical. I didn't think I would get it this striaght and true. But we'll see what happens

[AFJ]

looks really good. You surely have welding skills. And considdering this is early stage of building it will look even better