Tuber bodies
 

Just finished some tube bodies...Theres more pics at the bottom of the page.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/IMG_0826.jpg
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http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/IMG_0833.jpg
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looks good. welded or brazed? and how do they attach to the chassis.

nice, they look like they perform very well, got any vids?

I mig welded all the tubes together.
For the body mounts I welded 1/8 inch square rod that I drilled and tapped. The body get's bolted to the chassis. It's pretty solid.

No vids yet.....I'll work on it.

you came to a few NorCal comps right?

this rig did pretty damn good too for being so big!

Yep, that's me. The black tuber rig is my new one. The BIG red body I retired.
My new body is a little smaller than the red one and is much more stable.

I guess there is no more super unlimited class??

yeah, it's been phased out. It was a slow extinction :lol:

I got a TXT 14'r in the works and a few other Norcalers still have their supers. Just not enough people to run them to make it worth holding a class.

hope we can get it going again

Both tubbers look really good, wich paint did you use for the green one? I'm thinking to paint my new tubber in the same way.

I found it at ACE hardware. It's Krylon camo paint. It seems to be fairly durable.

Single seater pics
 

Here's the single seater body....

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/IMG_0846.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/IMG_0848.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/IMG_0850.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/IMG_0841.jpg

I love that single seater! Looks awesome, waht tubing did you use to weld them up? I am going to try to make a tuber soon!

I used brake line tubing and a mig welder.

I am a little rusty over MIG welders....Is that the wire feed welder? Or are on the lowest speed, and lowest temp?

Yeah, a wire feed welder. As far as temp and wire speed, I can't really tell you that. You will have to mess around with the welder you will be using.

Good luck with your project.

alright, I thought that's what it was. What kind of brakeline did you use? Is there different thickness?

I go to the local automotive parts store and buy brake line there. I'm not too sure about different thinkness of tube. I go to the same parts store and all the tubing seems to be the same thickness. If you use brake line, make sure you grind off the outer coating. Especially if the tubing is galvanized.

Ok, I will go down there tomorrow, or sometime...:lol: I may wait, and find some solid tubing...I am not sure yet though...

Brake line tubing will be stronger than a solid rod. Also a solid rod will be heavier. I use solid rod for bracing parts of the body for added support.
I have not had any problems with brake line tubing.
I am thinking about trying to get some tubing from a steel distributor. The tubing may be more pure and it will not have a galvanized coating.

nice builds. brake line i use also. find a distributor let us know.

That single seater gave me a chubby lol
Nice rigs man8)