Builds Fly By Night (2 Viewers)

[RUSH55]

A few pics

 

[scrapdaddy]

Very cool!

 

[xtremeVA]

Great pics...now that's living large...

 

[RUSH55]

Remember that shower project I mentioned?
Yeah, I guess that’s underway now.

 

[xtiaan2000]

Multi talented- aces!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Winter projects keeping it real.

 

[Ol Yeller]

I can relate, started framing the basement walls in, teenagers need a hangout and my eyes are asking for a bigger tv.

 

[RUSH55]

Household construction projects like this are way beyond my scope of expertise. Hoping to get some help this time from people that know what they’re doing as opposed to some Fly-By-Night outfit

 

[bobm]

Just had mine done

 

[Ol Yeller]

Just had mine done

 

[RUSH55]

Back from San Diego.
Couple nice, rain/snow free days between now and Christmas. Got a bit of relevant to this thread work done. Maybe some more if I get super ambitious.

 

[xtiaan2000]

Are those pads for front seat mounts?

 

[RUSH55]

Yes. I welded in a couple of mount pads for the bucket seat frame I built. Was originally thinking of welding the seat frame in but would like the ability to remove it if I need to, so not quite settled on that yet. Some schools of thought find it uncool to drill holes in the floor to bolt a seat frame down. But what auto manufacturer in modern times doesn’t bolt the seats to the floor?

 

[brisveganbj42]

My floorpan from a 75 series has spreader plates amd welded nuts for the seat frames.. and thats OE

 

[RUSH55]

Happy New Year - 2020
We’re living in the future....
1-1/2 years into this project...

Working on making good on this tale I was talking up several months back about making a frame rotisserie. I found about the most dead simple way to make a rotisserie with 4x4 lumber and a minimum of steel.
Since 4x4 lumber is actually 3.5x3.5, it will slip in quite nicely to a piece of 4x4x1/8 square steel tubing. This makes piecing together a rotisserie a piece of cake.
Found some scrap to start this frame spit.

 

[RUSH55]

Frame rotisserie - activate!!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Nice! What's your plans for the frame?

 

[brisveganbj42]

Thats pretty awesome...

 

[RUSH55]

Nice! What's your plans for the frame?

I have a 30+ item list to go through and complete on the frame and chassis stage.
Stripping off the spring and shackle hangers, motor and bellhousing mounts, welding cracks, fabbing up a rear x-member, welding in new spring hangers and shackle mounts, etc., etc., etc...

First thing to go was the MAF shackle reversal.

 

[brisveganbj42]

Going large bush spring hangers? more options for custom springs then?