Builds Work In Progress aka: Badass (3 Viewers)

[60Works]

Happy to be a small part of your build thread, Yota. Enjoyed wrenching with you. You're doing a great job and Badass is becoming badass.

 

[FJACS]

I see a tow bar in front of the white 62. Pushback Cruiser?

 

[60Works]

No, just my DD, a coincidence of proximity. It could do it if necessary, slide a pintle into the hitch receiver.

 

[Infinity00]

A side by side picture of the before and after. It’d be crazy, I think like two totally different vehicles! You’ve done a great job getting it back to normal. Love the lift too. Great effort on that.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

A side by side picture of the before and after. It’d be crazy, I think like two totally different vehicles! You’ve done a great job getting it back to normal. Love the lift too. Great effort on that.

Yeah I was thinking that too but few more cosmetics before I do it. And thank you!

 

[RodrigzCrzr]

Truck is looking good!

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Hanging onto this thread for future reference of diy gutter mounts.

another DIY roof rack...

another DIY roof rack, update Feb 09 Here's my progress so far on a rack for my 62 I recently started. As you can see, it's half done, as it's just a flat platform. A top hoop, light cage/brackets, hi-lift mounts and other crap are yet to come. The gutter mounts are all DIY as well, formed with...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[diesellibrarian]

Nice. Looks great! I hope to get back to stock bumpers at some point.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Big stuff happening here for this female cruiser owner.... cut, clean, make patches, test run the Hobart 140 (my first time w/ my own MiG welder), practice beads, anxiety.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Patch is made, gotta clean up the rail some more before I attach it. Gonna still drain holes in the patch. Welds aren’t amazing but the patch fits up nice and tight. Stopping for the night. Worked hard all day in almost 60 degree weather. Now I’m just sore, cold, gritty and hungry!

 

[remy1974]

You got this
Nice work didn’t realize it was that bad

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

You got this
Nice work didn’t realize it was that bad

Ha! That’s nothing! You outta see the passenger side!

 

[remy1974]

Lol minor
My frame is solid still on the 60 but I had still managed to rip that spring perch off at the same point few years ago at the FG out on a trail in Swansea ran winch cable from front under the truck to rear axle to hold it in place and drove the 30 miles back to camp and had it rewelded there,it popped right out of the rivets

 

[remy1974]

I still haven’t done anything to that “trail” fix I had forgotten all about it lol

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

I still haven’t done anything to that “trail” fix I had forgotten all about it lol

Well it’s not as if you aren’t busy...

 

[remy1974]

Lol

 

[FJACS]

Good work. Keep at it one bit at a time. That’s some nice thick patch material.

Funny that you ground the welds. Inside of the frame rail where only you will see it...

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Good work. Keep at it one bit at a time. That’s some nice thick patch material.

Funny that you ground the welds. Inside of the frame rail where only you will see it...

The bracket almost sits exactly where the welds are. I was going to overlap the middle section but decided to try my hand cutting and making it fit. So I ground the welds so the bracket will sit flush.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Learning as I go. Turned up the voltage w/ the wire speed at 3 and beads were better. Overhead, horizontal and vertical are an extra challenge for someone who really has never welded or had any real training!
Here’s my ugly. They’ll be prettier after I grind them down!
My little suede apron I made is doing it’s job protecting me. Learned tho I needed the zipper to my hoodie zipped all the way up and I ripped holes in the sleeves for my thumbs so they can’t slip down and expose my wrists from sparks! Regardless I definitely got a few burns on my neck and arms.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

No video @89BIGBLUE....