Builds Beaten, built, 80 series rebuild thread (1 Viewer)

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Hell ya Dog!!!! :clap: That looks great. You just inspired me to get out my pipe and start building. Hope you dont mind me stealing your design. :poof:
Steal away. Thanks to all the awesome stuff guys on MUD have done already, I'm not sure I'll ever have an original idea!
 
I'll get more pics this week if I can find time to work on it
 
Great looking 80 dogfish. The wheels really suit it , I definitely wouldn't mind a set of those.
Thanks, it was a lucky deal. I was liking Luke111 's LX with the same set up and I found these on CL with 33" tires. Sold the tires and got the wheels for free pretty much. Just re coated them the color they are now.
 
Got some more done on the roof rack. I used 1/2 x 1 1/2 rectangle stock for cross bars. 3x3 mesh for the deck. I decided to make my own gutter mounts so I set it up on the roof and tacked them on. Also roughed out the clamp part.
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The clamp is just a 5/16 bolt with the head cut off welded to a piece of 3/4 angle. I ran that through a 7/16 threaded coupler welded on the angle I needed.
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I'll try to get better pictures of the cross bars and mesh tomorrow
 
3x3 mesh and rectangular cross bars
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I made a jig of sorts to locate the 7/16 threaded coupler at the right angle. I just screwed in a 7/16 bolt with a washer and held it even with the bottom and tack welded it. I now had the correct angle for the clamp portion
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One last test fit
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After sandblasting, first coat of zinc rich epoxy powder
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Black metallic with clear next
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On the roof and ready
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Finally, got some more parts for the truck. New led tail lights and clear side markers and turn lights. The fit is marginal but good enough
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Before
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After
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Also got my new TOYOTA badge from Bhicks 3d printing Brad. Nice work, love it. The teq is going on the back now
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