I'm looking for the ultimate Expedition car stereo. Idealy it will have AM/FM, CD player, the ability to control a disc changer. satelite ready. USB port. weather band, CB and shortwave. Back in the 70's jeep made an indash AM/FM CB, the mike connector was in the glove box. I have had several...
QUOTE=thecrazygreek;5672048]Looks good, is that a bend in it?
Yes ,it does have a bend in it, but it still works, bolts up just fine and is structurally sound.
Man 'O' Man am I glad to hear you did'nt get caught up in the gravity storm! I'm in the habit of sliding the tire under one of the frame rails for safety.
I'm glad you're ok.
Finished. The hinges I bought from lowe's, they are heavy duty commercial grade from Stanley about $6.00ea. A couple of things I would have done differently is that I would have made certain that the fiberglass cloth was smooth as glass going down ,mine has bubbles so the surface is not...
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The fiberglass going down. First I covererd the entire top with fiberglass resin and let it dry. I then stapled the cloth to the underside then spread out the resin and pressed the cloth into the resin. Make sure that the fiberglass is completly smooth.
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plywood going down, it took two seperate peices, the trailer was just a little too wide for one peice. I traced the outline of the plywood and frame then trimmed the plywood (a 40 year old army trailer is not really square) I used liquid nail, then wood screwed the plywood to the...
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These show the cross braces I used decking screws to hold it together and angle braces on the corners., I scabbed two peices together for the center one to minimize waste
I have been wanting to build a lid (or have one built) for a while now. I kept running into setbacks such as not owning a welder and not knowing how to use a welder if i bought one, gathering the right supplys and having the patients to destroy some metal at my own expense. I really dont have...
I'm thinking about making a day trip to whee next Thursday, it will probably be a last minute thing, anybody interested in tagging along?
More specificaly to check out a road by Balsam to see if it pans out.