Recent content by porqupine82

All 1940s and 50s tag I believe until 57 were shaped that way with different colors each year

In Tennessee, if your vehicle is registered as an antique, you can use "era correct" license plates in lieu of your state issued antique tag. To do this you must keep your state issued tag inside the vehicle with you. (You can also choose to register the old plate as your original and not need...

Thanks for the kind words. Yes a torch is definitely a must have. I ate thru a brand new grinder in 1 day, stupidly trying to get long cuts done quickly. All and all the bumper build was a great experience and I've ordered some premade gussets from Barnes4wd to save me the time of cutting them...

Keep in mind this was all done with flux core wire and not gas. It's not ideal, and I totally understand that.

Alright. I used 2.5x2.5 and the outer edges of the tube are rolled quite dramatically due to the size of the tube. It makes it exceptionally hard for a novice welder to get inside the crevice created when a tube is laid onto another tube at a 90 degree. Would a plate gusset be adequate in these...

The only cold lap I can see him talking about is the literal pot metal latch hook. Had to cut the amps down to keep from burning thru it. The rest seems to be good so perhaps he will point out what could be improved upon

Maybe it's an optical illusion but the tire is over 2 inches away from the glass. Closer to 3 inches. If it flexes that far I've got bigger problems.. thousand feet skyscrapers flex only a few feet in the wind. I just dont see this moving 3 inches unless the welds break, and they're burned...

Going to do that tomorrow if rain holds out. Gotta do final paint and I'm done. Got the Jerry can mounted up as well... also, I had a design flaw because I didn't account for the width of a 37 inch tire when opening the rear window hatch while the swing out was at 90 degrees. It hit the tire and...

Thanks for the compliment and the link. I'll check them out now.

Ain't gonna wire in no lighting Haha. Too lazy for that!

Thanks man.

That would be a much easier build haha

I thought about that as well. The steel used is 2.5x 2.5 tube with 3/8 wall. You think itll be necessary to brace it?

Thanks!

And finished... for now. I have a Jerry can holder arriving today as well. Going to add in some random things rhus week, like cupholders and I may make a table.