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Tranny Hump Saddle - a decade later and that takes on a whole new meaning!
But I like it, actually a cool design and practical pouch on it too. I’d like to build
some kind of the same idea for the shifter area on the 60. But I think rigid, with
trays and power outlets kind of thing. Somewhere to put a coffee.
Oh tranny hump saddle meant the same thing ten years ago, just more likely to get the social justice warriors yelling at you now.

I have a wide based mug. The way they all should be, the entire world is my cupholder.

In the 60, I have a stall mat coffee table, and in this, the dash.

Coffee travel mug design is idiotic. Desperately trying to have a large cup but clinging to having a tiny base so it fit an 80's Japanese car. Then they got slaved to each other, car makers had to have holders that fit these mugs everyone already had.

Nobody stood up and said, alright enough already.

Who designs something to hold hot liquid that is that much smaller at the bottom? :bang:
 
Mine has a suction cup. Grips right onto the aluminum box console.
you should see it, very cool.
 
Relatively new roll of duct tape... It's been my coffee cup holder for years. Works perfectly.
A real coffee cup makes it all a non issue. Older than most of our ex members :lol:


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Wow great work
 
Can tell you're working hard on a project when it makes it to page 2 of this busy board...:lol:

Anyways, started messing with door bottoms. Such a pain in the ass to make those curved lines, and patch panels are $$$ so I tried another press fest.

Step one, some high quality sawdust.

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Then a bit of test tin to see if it's worth wasting a chunk of good sheet metal on. Looked promising...

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Next there was much grunting near the press. Might have to upgrade that piece of s*** one of these days.

Followed by much banging to fold edge.

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Might trim the corners first next time. It'd press more easily if I made relief cuts, but it's not too bad.

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turned out ok all things considered.

Better than I could've pulled off with a hammer anyways. :meh:

Wasn't about to spend a fortune on premade ones that I'd just warp to s*** when I welded them :hillbilly:

Was a lot of guessing with inside and outside bends and the lengths that change as the tin wrapped around the inside and outside corners.

Ended up a bit long for and aft, maybe an 1/8" or so.



I'll have to glue the mold together after this one. Tried just a few screws but it was starting to suffer a bit, but it only has to survive one more.
 
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Panels look good and the CCOT patch panels didn't fit all that well anyways!
You may have to use 2 of pieces of tape to hold them on if you plan on doing any off roading though ;)
 
Thanks, turned out better than I thought it would. What surprised me was the lack of warp.

Amazing what a press and particle board can pull off.
Form is actually simple enough to make, if you made it out of ¼" aluminum you could bang out a lot of them. This might survive a few but at some point it'll have had enough and go on the bonfire :hillbilly:
Panels look good and the CCOT patch panels didn't fit all that well anyways!
You may have to use 2 of pieces of tape to hold them on if you plan on doing any off roading though ;)

You know, because it fits so perfectly over the top, the temptation to just tack it on is strong...:lol:

Drivers side door isn't actually all that bad, I can probably get away with tacking up a few pinholes, passenger side is shyte tho.
 
I'd be doing the same if my doors weren't of a previous generation... aka flat.
 
Dam!!! I wish I was as cool as a potato.
 
Had hoped to avoid filler, but remembered fairly soon after starting that I suck at bodywork, and these thin flat doors are a bastard. Passenger side was warped before I even started. :meh:

So, out comes the bondo and the hate stick. Why is it called a hate stick you ask?

Longboard a few 40 foot hulls and it will become crystal clear. :bang:

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