[dtrain]

I like this thing!

Off topic though - warpig... do you have any closeup pics of your rear lower quarters (wonderig how you sealed them up, top bed rail cuts, and front quarters where you poked the rollcage through/mounted?

[Gumby]

Not a lot of sealing. I used 2" tubing to weld the top bed seam together. I didn't have the D pillar to fill in like you do. For yours I would have made it out of flat sheet so I could have cut that complicated piece out with a template. I tied the lower quarters to the body mounts to keep them from flapping. The fenders aren't sealed at all where the roll cage pokes through. the roof has a piece of sheet metal tacked on and bent over to keep it from being just a sharp edge. For the corners of the roof line I cut flat pieces to match that goofy shaped hole.

The body is completely trashed. It's a rust bucket covered in thick bondo. I didn't put much work into it that wasn't functional knowing it was just going to get worse.

It's been nice to have no care in the least about body damage. I'm going to have to re-learn to wheel.


Or perhaps learn how to wheel in the first place.

I also used the War Pig to teach the students how to weld, so there was a lot of boogers everywhere.

[dtrain]

Thanks for the info... keep it up. The new piggy is looking great!

[4rnr]

Beautiful! No you wont need a tetanus shot before entering the pig.

I might stop by tomorrow to pick up those parts. Ill have to take a gander.

[Trollhole]

Originally Posted by Gumby

Brown is not one of the available colors.

BSP200 Jet Black
BSP201 Championship White
BSP202 Brilliant Silver
BSP203 Performance Red
BSP204 Deep Blue
BSP205 Gray
BSP206 Chrome Yellow
BSP207 Hugger Orange

Orange and Yellow are out. Not big on black and white. Gray and Silver don't have enough contrast with the white.

That leaves Red and Blue. I chose blue.

How do you like the paint? I have about 3 gallons of it that are to go on the 40 that Dupli-Color gave me. Just wanted to know if there are any tricks and how it came out of the gun. I got Hugger Orange for my primary color.

Looks great. Can I send my Big Ugly down to you for a bob?

[Gumby]

So far I like it. It went on very easy. No spray booth and still came out pretty smooth. I have heard of fading after a relatively short time (>year). The color is consistent. The no mixing is nice, but it's like buying pre-mixed antifreeze or light beer, you're paying for thinner. The lack of colors is kind of a pain. I would have liked a creamier white.


I won't be using it for the 45LV, but for a trail truck it seems ideal. Cheap, easy to touch up, no re-coat window, no color-matching issues.

[Trollhole]

Could probably mix a little yellow and black in it to get the cream?

[Farr off road]

Originally Posted by Gumby

I would have never of thought it, but apparently the easiest way to do this is for him to make a tracing of the letters, scan them, reproduce the thing in Illustrator and send it to the vinyl cutter for a mask.

I hope to get the file from him so I can post it if anybody needs a stencil made.

I always just do it by hand but hey a stencil sounds good....can't wait to see how it turns out!

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by Trollhole

Could probably mix a little yellow and black in it to get the cream?

I thought about that to make green for the bottom color, but that kind of kills the "easy to match" criteria.

[Gumby]

I pulled the body of the War Pig off the frame today. Now I have to decide if I want to modify the good 73 frame and do a few thing differently or use the 78 frame and fix some modifications I don't like.

Part of the issue is chopping up a good 73 rolling chassis. I just don't know that it'd even be worth keeping together. Who needs a pig frame and axles? The springs are probably worth more parted out than the whole thing.

I even have a 327/3speed drive train I could put in it. Really what Pig farmers need is sheet metal. I suspect there are more good frames than good bodies.

[4rnr]

A moment of silence for the war pig.....she led a disfunctional life.

[Gumby]

Spent a couple of hours with the needle scaler and the RustMort. Got about half of the frame looking really good. I have to yank the motor and trans to get much more, but that's not hard.
I'll come in this weekend and spray it all with epoxy primer sealer and it'll be looking good for a while. Hopefully, the nice clean paint will be easier to keep clean and easier to work on.

The old pig body is stripped. Only one major catastrophe. Rather than ask where the bolts to the uncracked dash pad were the kids just started peeling the vinyl off. Hopefully I can re-glue it if the foam hasn't been damaged.

[D'Animal]

Glad to see you are making progress, Sucks about the dash.

[yooper]

I'm glad you didn't post pics of the dash. I would have to cry. They don't make those any more.

[Gumby]

Body on the frame. I still have work to do to the frame, but I wanted them together so I wouldn't have to try and move them during winter break.

It's about an inch high in the back from where it will sit on the frame and a good 3 inches taller with the drive train out.

[LC_Hamma]

You & your crew are doing an outstanding job on this build. Can you snap an interior shot in the rear bed area of the side panels/ rear door? With such clean bodywork, what are your plans for body protection - rocker area & fenders?

[Gumby]

I'll get some interior shots this week before and after I weld in the inner panels. I made panels with rolled beads to cover the stock openings all the way up to the B pillar. I will weld those in to provide more support for whats left of the rear door. I do have to remember to run the wires to the quarter panel marker lights first.

The body will get a full exo-cage. I'm planning on frame mounted 2X6 sliders with a 2" stickout. I'll build the cage off of those. I'll build something similar around the rear behind the wheel wells. A big reason for putting the body on the frame today was to figure out where I have to cut that area of the wheel well.

[Radd Cruisers]

Originally Posted by Gumby

I'll get some interior shots this week before and after I weld in the inner panels. I made panels with rolled beads to cover the stock openings all the way up to the B pillar. I will weld those in to provide more support for whats left of the rear door. I do have to remember to run the wires to the quarter panel marker lights first.

The body will get a full exo-cage. I'm planning on frame mounted 2X6 sliders with a 2" stickout. I'll build the cage off of those. I'll build something similar around the rear behind the wheel wells. A big reason for putting the body on the frame today was to figure out where I have to cut that area of the wheel well.

I like it alot................

Good idea on the exo if your doing all that body work.

Around these parts they are pretty much manditory with the tight trails.

[Gumby]

Crap, fabbing the bumper took a lot longer than I had hoped. I had a couple of big distractions today, but mostly all I did was build the bumper.

The 1/2 x 2 plate is 12 inches long. It sticks through the bumper about 2 inches with a 1" hole for a shackle. It is welded on both sides on the 2x4x.120 and runs down the frame rails 8 inches. It'll be welded around the frame rails to the 2x4 and the 1/2 plate will be welded to the frame too.

The big plates on the side is where the exo will be mounted to. It sticks out along what's left of the quarters about 2". They're boat-sided and boxed in. Should be plenty strong.




The sliders are 2X6 rec tube. They stick out the same 2".

[Radd Cruisers]

Originally Posted by Gumby

Crap, fabbing the bumper took a lot longer than I had hoped. I had a couple of big distractions today, but mostly all I did was build the bumper.

The 1/2 x 2 plate is 12 inches long. It sticks through the bumper about 2 inches with a 1" hole for a shackle. It is welded on both sides on the 2x4x.120 and runs down the frame rails 8 inches. It'll be welded around the frame rails to the 2x4 and the 1/2 plate will be welded to the frame too.

The big plates on the side is where the exo will be mounted to. It sticks out along what's left of the quarters about 2". They're boat-sided and boxed in. Should be plenty strong.




The sliders are 2X6 rec tube. They stick out the same 2".

Its always the way as my wife laughs and says double your estimated time and add little more.


Looking sharp.

[Gumby]

No pics from today. I looked up and was late for dinner.

Got the front axle out from under the frame. Built a Medusa axle caddy. Bought and picked up a set of TJ coils. Mocked up the coil and shock placement. Ordered a boat load of steel including 1.5x.25 DOM and 1.75x.120 DOM for front links. Patched the P/S rear corner of the roof, the only rusted part that I had to keep.

I also had to buy, stain and poly a bunch of trim for the hardwood floor I installed for the wife x-mas and x-mas eve.

I got the steering swapped from the 45 to the 50 too. The 45 is all set up with the 4x4 labs steering and the sag 4-turn box, but needs a different lower u-joint and a reservoir. The 50 now has the Howe ram assist, but needs the mount welded in the new location, shaft modifications and the axle side ram mount. I need to box in the front crossmember where I had to cut away to locate the box further forward so the relay rod and tie rods wouldn't interfere with each other.

Sounds like a lot more progress than it felt like at the end of the day.

Still waiting on my Pipemaster tube profile gauge I ordered three weeks ago.

[Gumby]

Sunday got almost all of the exterior body work done. I thought I could spray some paint, but my parts place sent me the wrong cartridges for my respirator.

Man, I hate body work.

Steel fab for the next couple of days.

[4rnr]

Looks even better in person.

If anyone needs body work done Todd has the "ultimate set of tools", and loves to do it. I bet he would do it for free just so he can get his fix.

[Gumby]

Bastid.


Got it in the final coat of filler primer this morning, wet sanded the whole damn thing one last time. Ignored all the little flaws the best I could. Started spraying the primer for the paint system and blew out a couple of water drops hiding in the cracks so I'm home for lunch. Paint this afternoon.

Steel showed up this morning too. Gotta get going on the 4 link.

Painted primer and blue this afternoon, then home early to build some shelves for the new home office. White and clear tomorrow.

[oldfj40]

I've been following this build and am looking forward to the final product.Based on what you've got done in such a short time I guess you'll be wheeling it in a few weeks.Great idea and great skills.
My highly technical question is,how did you do the lettering on the tail gate? Did you use a stencil or do it by hand?

Thanks,

[Gumby]

I did use a stencil, but hand would have been easier and cleaner.

[Gumby]

Made some progress today. I need to get more blue paint so I couldn't finish the paint today, but it's all in color and the jams are all cleared so I could mount the doors and the tailgate. I also cleared the window areas so I could install the glass. Tomorrow I'll put down the last of the blue and clear the whole thing.

Finding everything and getting it all back together is the next major obstacle. I was doing pretty good today up to the right tailgate pivot.

[4rnr]

Damn. Looks awesome! Cant wait to see the first dent!

I might swing by tomorrow and check it out.....and use one of your hoists

[Gumby]

Bah! Today felt like a wasted day.

I had to dick with an Escort that stalls and drive to the parts store because they had a problem with my account and wouldn't deliver. Must be why I use a different parts store most of the time.

Folks in and out of the shop all day so I couldn't spray. I hope to get that part finished tomorrow.

Stripped the front axle, cut off all the brackets and ground them smooth. Cut the Ford Superduty shock brackets off of my old coil sprung 40 axle to use as axle side lower link tabs. Measured and aligned. Measured and aligned. Ran 3 link numbers. Measured again.


Then home early to build shelves for the wife. Bah.

[Ming89FJ62]

Tried to stop in arouind 3:30 pm yesterday to check on your progress. Sorry I missed ya. Maybe next week.