Really Impressive! Nice work!
Bumps on my 78’s rear tub/fenders?
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Wow such smooth workmanship! I'm impressed by the fab!
Nice work Gusb! I guess my "can of worms" comment was unjustified!
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Thanks for the positive feedback - always appreciated.
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I know this isn't chat. So does anyone have any technical info on this Sea-foam Green 40 that just had a small part in the latest Walking Dead (Clear) episode?
Should have bought the HD - can't see much detail.
Should have bought the HD - can't see much detail.
It was also on the very first episode. The black guy (Morgan) who Carl shoots owns it. I guess I would own some really nice rigs if I was surviving in a post apocolyptic zombie world.
yeah, lots more footage of it in the first and maybe second episode. I think there was a scene where they were at the police station and were loading it with supplies and one where it was driven away.
I knew right away it was Morgan in the scene as soon as I saw the LC. I was yelling at the wife ..."it's the guy, the guy from the begining, look!, look! It's his cruiser!" She just went
I knew right away it was Morgan in the scene as soon as I saw the LC. I was yelling at the wife ..."it's the guy, the guy from the begining, look!, look! It's his cruiser!" She just went
Small part? Other than Carl capping Morgan, it was the f*cking star of the episode.
Zombies in SD is like a day without sunshine.
Wait, you wouldn't be driving a Hyundai fwd SUV? WTF?
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yeah, lots more footage of it in the first and maybe second episode. I think there was a scene where they were at the police station and were loading it with supplies and one where it was driven away.
I knew right away it was Morgan in the scene as soon as I saw the LC. I was yelling at the wife ..."it's the guy, the guy from the begining, look!, look! It's his cruiser!" She just went
One of the guys in our club caught the 40 when I mentioned the premiere epi of Justified this season had a blue FJ40 in the opening scene ..I believe I said "if only Walking Dead had a 40" or something like that - here's the thread - complete with pics..
https://forum.ih8mud.com/nc-olde-north-state-cruisers/593208-cruisers-recent-media-4.html (post #62)
Good thing the Bezel police werent watching or the 40 might not have made it off the cutting room floor!
It was also on the very first episode. The black guy (Morgan) who Carl shoots owns it. I guess I would own some really nice rigs if I was surviving in a post apocolyptic zombie world.
Yep. Posted a screen shot of that 40 in chat a while back. Was so Stoked when I saw it.
I told my wife they needed to take that 40 to avoid getting stuck in .00002" of mud with the Hyundai on the way back.
Didn't Shane have a lifted Samurai before Rick rocked his world for rocking his wife's?
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OK - I know I'm like the slowest guy on mud - not much time in the garage lately but a small update.
Made a torch holder for welding with an old task lamp clamp - works really well. More grinding on the door patch/box - some sacrificial steel for the edges.
Made a torch holder for welding with an old task lamp clamp - works really well.
More grinding on the door patch/box - some sacrificial steel for the edges.
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Good idea there when welding to the edge. I've done that once or twice but I usually forget and blow out a big hole.
Nice work!
Thanks Mike. Hey - if this weather keeps up it may be time to paint!
I made paper patterns of the original brackets. Laid them out and carefully cut to shape. Before the 90 degree flanges were bent (hammer/vise) I just jimmied up some really crude temporary die offsets using flat steel scraps and some machining hold-downs (think steel bars/bricks). With everything clamped down to a table and hammered on to help enforce/define the off-set. Finally checking the fit on the truck I banged on them a little more to fine-tune. I think there's a rough diagram somewhere back in the thread I put up for somebody.
I don't know much about sheet metal work but I'm sure it would be a lot easier with even a small, cheap hand brake ($200 Grizzly, etc.) and a few additional tools. I want to build another steel "welding" table down the road and may try to incorporate a "home-made" simple brake into one side of the table. And maybe a Lancaster shrinker/stretcher set to also mount on the same table.
Hope that helps.
Didn't know if you were aware of this - DIY 20 Ton Press Brake kit for $169 from SWAG - gotten some good reviews around. (I hope I'm not repeating from this very thread)
http://www.swagoffroad.com/20-TON-Press-Brake-DIY-Builder-Kit_p_40.html
There's a cheaper version - 12 Ton, and 2 more expensive versions. You just weld the 3 parts together and put it in a cheap HF press.
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Some more patchwork on the outside skin.
Now you're just showing off.
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I like/want to keep as much original paint as possible but every time I strip what looks like really good 35-year-old old paint I find a few of those little rust spiders. Was the same on my old 80 pickup. Also decided to pop the two windows (even though I have no window experience) out on the ambulance doors.
out on the ambulance doors.