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braceysdad · 04-05-2007, 08:24 PM

Lookin sweet! Dang nice tube work

Bart bender · 04-06-2007, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by braceysdad

Lookin sweet! Dang nice tube work

Yes, and that bender is nice isn't it? If it's the one I have also.

'83 chevy · 04-06-2007, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Bart bender

Yes, and that bender is nice isn't it? If it's the one I have also.

Thanks
the bender i got was the 300 model, it is sweet. im working on linking up the front, and will hopefully get it in paint today.

Reflection · 04-06-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by '83 chevy

ya those are getting covered with 5/16" brakeline

Just an idea,if you tend to get rough with your rig. If you run 1/4" brake line then sleeve it with 5/16".....they'll be super stout. I run this set up on my lower links and just 1/4" line only on my uppers. I tend to bend/brake the #8 all thread every now and then but never bend a link.

'83 chevy · 04-06-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by raptorman57

Just an idea,if you tend to get rough with your rig. If you run 1/4" brake line then sleeve it with 5/16".....they'll be super stout. I run this set up on my lower links and just 1/4" line only on my uppers. I tend to bend/brake the #8 all thread every now and then but never bend a link.

was planning on it;)

here is all i got done today, i linked up the front, and made all the link covers. ill be painting it tomorrow, and i need to make some panels.

now i need to figure out a steering setup. im thinking of using chassis mounted servos, with bellcranks on the axles to steer. i dont want the servos on the axles so we'll see. im also trying to find a piece of delrin for a skid

willyrocket · 04-06-2007, 07:38 PM

Dont forget about panel mount tabs no your tubework before you paint!!!

Lookin good.........

'83 chevy · 04-06-2007, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by willyrocket

Dont forget about panel mount tabs no your tubework before you paint!!!

Lookin good.........

i knew i was forgeting something, thanks for reminding me. that would have really sucked

'83 chevy · 04-07-2007, 07:15 PM

here is what i go tdone today. I didnt get to painting it but there is still tomorrow. i made a skid out of 304 stainless and mounted the tranny. adding just these 2 pieces added 2.5 lbs. to it, its sitting at 10lb 8oz.
Im stuck on what to use for panels. i was stuck between using sheet metal, or sheet alumium, or lexan. what do you guys think would be a good material?
anyway here are the pics

'83 chevy · 04-08-2007, 05:00 PM

well its in paint. there is 3 coats of green, and 3 coats of automotive clear on it. the colors go perfectly together.
tomorrow ill make the panels paint them and mount them. now i just need to wait for BraceysDad to send me my aluminum wheel halves and rock rings. i also added 2 bars in the front area behind the shocks, i think they look sweet there.
here are the pics

'83 chevy · 04-09-2007, 06:12 PM

i put the truck back together today. the panels are ghetto mounted but oh well ,they work and they look good(sort of). now i need to get my a$$ in gear and finish this and the clod before this weekend. but anyway here are the pics

braceysdad · 04-09-2007, 07:03 PM

Call me tomorrow and remind me. I'll pm you my #

lohocla · 04-10-2007, 10:05 AM

damn dude

that tuber is Sweeeeet

you do awesome work.
do you have a part number for that bender from snappy? I cant find it in either catalog and our snap-on guy is gone and the new woman snappy doesnt know much yet.

'83 chevy · 04-10-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lohocla

damn dude

that tuber is Sweeeeet

you do awesome work.
do you have a part number for that bender from snappy? I cant find it in either catalog and our snap-on guy is gone and the new woman snappy doesnt know much yet.

Thanks
yep the one im using is this one http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....store&tool=all it will do 1/4,5/16, and 3/8" tube, but if you want to be able to do 3/16 too, you will need this one, im ordering on of these as well http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....store&tool=all

it is the best bender i have ever used

'83 chevy · 04-10-2007, 06:39 PM

i meant to ask before, should i put the RCC sticker where it is or no? if not what else should i do?

'83 chevy · 04-11-2007, 12:30 PM

Ya im guess this thing went in a diffeerrent direction than looking like the Cyclops, meaning no eye. (if a mod see's this can you change the title? dont have a new one in mind though. any ideas?).

as for the wheels, braceysdad shipped out my wheels yesterday so ill have some aluminum halves on it soon.

M715ForLife why dont you like the panels? it needs to have them to be comp legal

braceysdad · 04-11-2007, 01:12 PM

I went ahead and sent the whole wheel with 3 sets of rock rings

'83 chevy · 04-11-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by braceysdad

I went ahead and sent the whole wheel with 3 sets of rock rings

sweet, thanks again for these they will look sweet

bubbaracing · 04-12-2007, 09:05 AM

Very cool man, nice job!

4link4eva · 04-12-2007, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by M715ForLife

Throw out the panels! I do NOT like them.

All the more reason to keep 'em.

I think the panels look pretty good, but they'd look better in aluminium, as a few smaller panels rather than two big ones.

JohnRobHolmes · 04-12-2007, 10:04 AM

That is some handy tube work there. A agree a bit on the panels though. some smaller aluminum ones would look trick.

Your suspension geometry looks really good.

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04-05-2007, 08:24 PM	#21
braceysdad Adilynsdad too! Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville Posts: 8,844	Lookin sweet! Dang nice tube work

04-06-2007, 07:38 PM	#26
willyrocket Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Elizabeth City NC Posts: 250	Dont forget about panel mount tabs no your tubework before you paint!!! Lookin good.........

04-07-2007, 07:15 PM	#28
'83 chevy Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton Posts: 747	here is what i go tdone today. I didnt get to painting it but there is still tomorrow. i made a skid out of 304 stainless and mounted the tranny. adding just these 2 pieces added 2.5 lbs. to it, its sitting at 10lb 8oz. Im stuck on what to use for panels. i was stuck between using sheet metal, or sheet alumium, or lexan. what do you guys think would be a good material? anyway here are the pics

04-08-2007, 05:00 PM	#29
'83 chevy Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton Posts: 747	well its in paint. there is 3 coats of green, and 3 coats of automotive clear on it. the colors go perfectly together. tomorrow ill make the panels paint them and mount them. now i just need to wait for BraceysDad to send me my aluminum wheel halves and rock rings. i also added 2 bars in the front area behind the shocks, i think they look sweet there. here are the pics

04-09-2007, 06:12 PM	#30
'83 chevy Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton Posts: 747	i put the truck back together today. the panels are ghetto mounted but oh well ,they work and they look good(sort of). now i need to get my a$$ in gear and finish this and the clod before this weekend. but anyway here are the pics

04-09-2007, 07:03 PM	#31
braceysdad Adilynsdad too! Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville Posts: 8,844	Call me tomorrow and remind me. I'll pm you my #

04-10-2007, 10:05 AM	#32
lohocla Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: wilkes-barre Posts: 313	damn dude that tuber is Sweeeeet you do awesome work. do you have a part number for that bender from snappy? I cant find it in either catalog and our snap-on guy is gone and the new woman snappy doesnt know much yet.

04-10-2007, 06:39 PM	#34
'83 chevy Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton Posts: 747	i meant to ask before, should i put the RCC sticker where it is or no? if not what else should i do?

04-11-2007, 12:30 PM	#35
'83 chevy Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton Posts: 747	Ya im guess this thing went in a diffeerrent direction than looking like the Cyclops, meaning no eye. (if a mod see's this can you change the title? dont have a new one in mind though. any ideas?). as for the wheels, braceysdad shipped out my wheels yesterday so ill have some aluminum halves on it soon. M715ForLife why dont you like the panels? it needs to have them to be comp legal

04-11-2007, 01:12 PM	#36
braceysdad Adilynsdad too! Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville Posts: 8,844	I went ahead and sent the whole wheel with 3 sets of rock rings

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04-12-2007, 09:05 AM	#38
bubbaracing Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South of I-80 in Ill Posts: 197	Very cool man, nice job!

04-12-2007, 10:04 AM	#40
JohnRobHolmes owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down! Posts: 20,290	That is some handy tube work there. A agree a bit on the panels though. some smaller aluminum ones would look trick. Your suspension geometry looks really good.

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