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04-19-2006, 11:34 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
Posts: 421
|  Any ideas??? I just picked up another set of tlt axles last night. So it looks like the bronco will get put together for sure, but I have to decide what to do with this new set. I also grabbed another 70 ford body the other day, but I really want to step up the quality of the builds , so....:? I would kinda rather not use a lexan body for one of the next builds.  It might take forever but I really thinking I should do a aluminum body maybe:neutral: That way trail carnage really shows up as aposed to just scratching the paint  Let me know what you think. Ideas, opinions, etc... |
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04-19-2006, 12:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 409
| Go for it! How would you make it out of aluminum though? Press brake and english wheel? |
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04-19-2006, 01:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bellflower
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| make the panels out of a soda can, there thin, they will dent, and there everywhere. KEvIN |
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04-19-2006, 01:55 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Escondido
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| Soda cans would work well, just make sure you lay them under something first to get all the bend out of them and and get um straight. Hmm...other than that I cant really think of anything else, other then thin sheet from a metal supply place. But heck beer/soda cans are plentyful, cheap and when you really bach it just pull the panel and make a new one. HAHA Do um label side out, all from the same kind of cans;). |
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04-19-2006, 01:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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| Soda can is very very thin material to use by itself. But I did make a body out of styrofoam and skinned it with a soda can, The styrofoam offered some strength and also allowed the metal to push in and dent. It can also be shaped fairly easily. Good luck on the build, I looks forward to see what you come up with. |
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04-19-2006, 09:43 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
Posts: 421
| Well the tin can idea is not going to happen sorry  But I have done some jeep bodies out of roofers flashing and it worked fairlly well. And considering the ol' billybob grenaded today I think I'll have to start pounding some tin :-P I have to get some epoxy to hold the pannels together and that will pretty much determine what I can dolly out. |
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04-20-2006, 04:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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| You could have made the ultimate redneck rig out of pbr cans. the design on the outside of the truck. |
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