03-02-2011, 12:09 PM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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In my welding class I was told to build some thing that tested my free hand on the fly skills. So here we go I'm almost done with the chassis ill post pics within the day and I should be ordering ny creeper today or tommorow. This wil be a slightly slow build so be patient.
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03-02-2011, 04:00 PM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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Sorry for the crappy pics but I have to post em off my phone, but I will be painting the tubes flat safety orange and putting polished stainless steel on it as side panles and roof Last edited by 1mopar; 03-02-2011 at 04:06 PM. |
03-02-2011, 06:35 PM | #3 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Malta, NY
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1 your my ne best friend on this site. and 2 that is one dam different chassie.
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03-02-2011, 07:00 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: eugene
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that wasent what i was expecting...i was expecting your run of the mill straight tubes with some bends. looks good man. great way to come up with your own design!! if im looking at the drawling and measurements its alittle over 4 inches tall...how long is the total chassis?
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03-02-2011, 07:55 PM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Phelan California
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kinda reminds me of a bug body |
03-02-2011, 08:29 PM | #6 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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I got the basic idea of it from extreme4x4, but put my own twist on it. I did run into a slight problem today and that is that,its only 10 1/4" long and I'm not sure where to set the wheel base at. So what do you guys think is the shortest and yet mostly stable wheel base I can have on this thing?
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03-02-2011, 08:33 PM | #7 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Phelan California
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12.5 inches is comp spec but I know a guy running at 15 and its crazy stable but hard to turn at times
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03-02-2011, 08:47 PM | #8 |
Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Frederick
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I like it! Keep up the awsome work!
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03-02-2011, 09:26 PM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: eugene
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im thinking if you want to go with comp specs. im thinking run the the axles 1 inch beyond each end. then maybe put a stinger on the front so the front axle isnt sticking way out there???
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03-02-2011, 10:43 PM | #10 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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Ya I was thinking about goin with a bigger stinger on the front, but I tacked 1 on there and it looked horrid. So I think I'll set the wheel base at 12" and go from there cause who's knows it might look alright just the way it is.
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03-03-2011, 03:36 PM | #11 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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I'm almost done making the tabs to mount my stainless, and I just ordered my kit so Saturday or maybe Monday ill be able to mok up the running gear.
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03-05-2011, 08:51 PM | #12 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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So my kit got here today so I went to the hardware store to see what they had for paint and they didn't have safety orange so I got floresent green instead so I'm goin to paint every thing yhat would be red or aluminum green and the chassis too with stainless panels. Ill post pictures tomorrow when the parts are dry.
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03-06-2011, 07:04 PM | #13 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central
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That tuber looks sick !
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03-07-2011, 10:16 PM | #14 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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So I brought my chassis home today and I've decided that for now I'm going to have it be just a body until I drive it and do a lil bit of engineering. So here's a couple pics sorry if there terrible I took em with my phone. |
03-07-2011, 10:31 PM | #15 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: eugene
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looking good for the moc up!! now seeing it on the creeper the roof line looks alittle high.
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03-08-2011, 12:59 AM | #16 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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Ya the roof does sit slightly tall but there's not like any wait to it so it should be ok........... I think hahaha
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03-08-2011, 02:16 AM | #17 |
Newbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: anchorage
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i like it. i've been watching that xtreme 4x4 build religiously. deffinetly something cool and different. ive been teaching myself to weld in my garage and i have much more learning to do. i think it looks great just needs to be longer to cover the axles more to make it more proportional but other than that i think its awesome. keep it up.
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03-08-2011, 08:21 AM | #18 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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Hey my dad used to get thrown out of the bars every time he went to anchorage. Sorry that was just a fun fact but ya I might make another one and make this one into a 1.9 frame and make the second one longer.
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03-12-2011, 09:26 PM | #19 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: santa rosa
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This is bs I blew up my second set of drivelines today. So what's the best shafts to put on this thing?
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03-12-2011, 10:25 PM | #20 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2009 Location: melbourne/palm bay
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DA-YUM!!!! Thats a sweet azz chassis! |
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