Builds Fly By Night (2 Viewers)

[RUSH55]

One little update to start the weekend.
Transmission hump.
Thankfully, I didn’t really have to do all that much to it with all the drivetrain conversions.
Matched up the opening to the boot ring, punched in some riv-nuts and that part was done. Bought a dual stick t-case boot from a company called ‘JB Custom Fabication’ (which by the way sells some pretty sweet custom shifter knobs), and set to matching up the boot ring with the opening and the oddball contours associated with hanging partly off the side of the hump. Actually needed to reduce the size of the opening so I could install some more riv-nuts. The sticks I have in there are for practice for now, and may require some additional bends.
Anyways, looks good to me! Set it aside for paint.
Have some other great updates on their way soon

JB Custom Fabrication

JB Custom Fabrication, JB Fab, JB Custom, twin-stick, triple-stick, stainless steel, transfer case shifters, d300, np205, np203, d20, doubler, cable shifters,

jb-custom-fabrication.myshopify.com

 

[DTC72]

Looking really good!

 

[bobm]

Good work

 

[PabloCruise]

Yeah.
And now get this…
At some point, helium became Federally regulated, and so now there’s a “shortage”.
This ‘Tri-Mix’ gas is hard to come by and expensive when you find it. So now that’s going to be pushed back a bit until all these other things get paid for. I won’t save any money building the exhaust myself vs. paying someone else to do it, but there is nobody in a 50 mile radius doing exhaust work in my area.
Business opportunity?

Man, my exhaust guy closed up shop.
He was definitely having some issues, but that guy would walk under your rig, take one look, go grab a stick, head for the bender, and come back with a perfect exhaust pipe.
He was definitely an artist.

@Fe3 - TriMeki got into the exhaust game a little for 40s. It would be fun to take things to the next level...

 

[PabloCruise]

Oh, and I Migged mine with straight Argon. Yes sir re bob

Bob's your Uncle!

 

[PabloCruise]

Yeah me too a long time ago but I cant remember why I was using a MIG at that time, I used to TIG weld copper armatures with bi mix Helium/Argon but that was also a long time ago.
Now just use straight Argon on the TIG, I read up a bit and see Rush didn't like tacking the curved tubing with the TIG. Like you @bobm I make several trips back and forth cutting and sharpie marks then tacking on the bench and test fit before final weld, probably not the most efficient method but I don't do more than one system a year .....

That's what was amazing about watching my guy work - he made two trips under your rig.
Once to look at things, the second trip was back with the finished tube.

 

[PabloCruise]

I've tried all those fancy clamps and I always spend more time Dicking around with them then they save and go back to the test fit, mark with sharpie and tack on the bench, repeat method.
Let us know how you like them, could be I'm just hardwired to make things difficult on my self or I'm not happy.

There's an app on your phone for that. AI powered.
Right between the AC settings and your maps.
Ask Ron @scrapdaddy to show you how it works...

 

[PabloCruise]

You wouldn't know it by his obvious grasp of the English language but the @bobm is one of the very few here that will give you 100% accurate information 100% of the time, my only regret is the Bob the @scrapdaddy and I don't live closer so we could collaborate on a pig.

That would be a reality TV show that everyone would watch!!!

It would be raining memes every week!

 

[PabloCruise]

Love my Bud's @scrapdaddy @J Mack and @RUSH55 when you tig weld the stainless ( do test pieces.) Tight seams and no filler it melts like . When I first started welding my teacher said Tig, if you master dat Sensi you can easily masterbat OOPS master da rest

We know you are the Master Bob...

 

[PabloCruise]

I'll bring the beer !

Coors?

 

[PabloCruise]

...you'll get a y . I'll find some pics

I don't think we need pictures of that Bob...

 

[PabloCruise]

Nobody in the Verde Valley. Crazy huh? Used to be a couple shops back in the 90’s and 2000’s that I used for driveshafts, but those guys are gone. There was one shop afterwards that was affiliated with one of the body shops (never heard anything good about them) and now they’re gone too. Closest I’ve heard of is one or two in Prescott/Prescott Valley and Flagstaff.

PM me if you head that way!
Dad spends the cold months there.

 

[PabloCruise]

One little update to start the weekend.
Transmission hump.
Thankfully, I didn’t really have to do all that much to it with all the drivetrain conversions.
Matched up the opening to the boot ring, punched in some riv-nuts and that part was done. Bought a dual stick t-case boot from a company called ‘JB Custom Fabication’ (which by the way sells some pretty sweet custom shifter knobs), and set to matching up the boot ring with the opening and the oddball contours associated with hanging partly off the side of the hump. Actually needed to reduce the size of the opening so I could install some more riv-nuts. The sticks I have in there are for practice for now, and may require some additional bends.
Anyways, looks good to me! Set it aside for paint.
Have some other great updates on their way soon

JB Custom Fabrication

JB Custom Fabrication, JB Fab, JB Custom, twin-stick, triple-stick, stainless steel, transfer case shifters, d300, np205, np203, d20, doubler, cable shifters,

jb-custom-fabrication.myshopify.com

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Fact-o-ree hole for the tranny shifter worked?
That's pretty sweet!

 

[RUSH55]

Man, my exhaust guy closed up shop.
He was definitely having some issues, but that guy would walk under your rig, take one look, go grab a stick, head for the bender, and come back with a perfect exhaust pipe.
He was definitely an artist.

@Fe3 - TriMeki got into the exhaust game a little for 40s. It would be fun to take things to the next level...

To make the pipe out of as few pieces as possible would be the most ideal. Once I get something cobbled together, might use it as a template for a piece that’s custom bent and minus the extra welds.

 

[RUSH55]

Doghouse and cowl back from sandblaster. He coated it with a zinc primer. Have a couple small areas to dress up, and then will be ready for the 2K primer and paint

 

[Ol Yeller]

Doghouse and cowl back from sandblaster. He coated it with a zinc primer. Have a couple small areas to dress up, and then will be ready for the 2K primer and paint

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Heck yeah

 

[bobm]

s happening

 

[Pigeaten]

On a roll

 

[RUSH55]

Another small detail.
Bought the spot-weld T-nuts for the one that broke off on the valance, but don’t have a spot welder. Bolted it loosely to the outside and used the nubs to scribe some marks. Removed it and drilled some small holes through the scribe marks for the nubs to recess into and then welded them from the outside. Chased the spot welds down with the new Milwaukee cordless belt sander.

 

[RHINO]

bootiful man, bootiful