Builds Work In Progress aka: Badass (7 Viewers)

[Prairie Swamp]

Time to fire up the welder.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Time to fire up the welder.

At a metal dealer... checking out the bargain barn.

 

[gregnash]

F - why not cut down and reweld the section you took off? You have the tubing available to make it a much smaller loop.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Cuz I like it like this for now. I won’t ditch the chunk just incase.

 

[Jaric00n]

You should re-route exhaust and weld on two of those flaps on those pipes.....


make it like a pair of truck stacks at the front of it =3

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Good god.

 

[Jaric00n]

Imagine the flames thrown out at the front of it?

4th of July everyday !!!

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

No. That’s almost as absurd as the kid at Meineke who wants to do the exhaust... ‘you wanna do a dually?’ A what? ‘A dual exhaust?’ God no.

 

[FordPrefect]

 

[FordPrefect]

What about 1980s cubic oscars?
Good for spotting kangaroos

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Boy is that 62 jazzed up! What’s w/ the single light at the hood edge? Is that what your referring to as an Oscar? And there’s really no need to spot Kangaroos here in CT since they don’t exist in this area.

 

[FordPrefect]

Top is spot
Bottom is spread.
What about bears or raccoons or something?
The very front aerial is so the Mrs knows how close she can park.
The other spare one is so she can determine height entering car parks.
Most of it is stock 61 jdm import stuff

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

I’m just not into all the excess bells and whistles. Raccoon definitely but I don’t drive like a banshee. Bear maybe but less likely near me. Deer definitely but it’s literally been years since a run in.... again, I take my time getting where I’m going. If something makes the mistake of crossing my path, it’ll get hit. That top arch might have had some extra protection but it was friggen ugly, I hated how Jeep it looked.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

It’s funny. I shared my desire to chop it awhile back and I was suggested to start a poll and see what you all thought. My gut reaction was ‘why?’ My truck, my choice. All I did was mold myself when my sons dad was w/ me. I won’t make that mistake again unless I feel very very sure I’m okay with it.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

It’s funny. I shared my desire to chop it awhile back and I was suggested to start a poll and see what you all thought. My gut reaction was ‘why?’ My truck, my choice. All I did was mold myself when my sons dad was w/ me. I won’t make that mistake again unless I feel very very sure I’m okay with it.

F, good for you! To each their own and if others don't like it..... 'em

J

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

F, good for you! To each their own and if others don't like it..... 'em

J

Thanks Jason... at 44 I’m finally starting to listen to that inner voice!

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

So here’s the base of what will be a welding table..... picked it up last night. Will add reinforcements and a plate of 3/16 or thicker plate, whatever I can afford w/o it being too painful. And casters will bring it up to waist height.
It is 35"long x 18" wide x 30" tall.

Guy at the bargain metal barn quoted me $150 for materials. Pissed me off and got me thinking outside the box.

 

[89BIGBLUE]

Don’t overlook old ornamental iron at the secondhand stores, craigslist, friendly banter with the fellows at the recycle yard and local fabricators and farmer/ranchers. (The latter being often good people who excel at getting it done and practical “exterior box” thinking.
I scavenged the earth for metals when I was an art student...sigh...years ago.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Don’t overlook old ornamental iron at the secondhand stores, craigslist, friendly banter with the fellows at the recycle yard and local fabricators and farmer/ranchers. (The latter being often good people who excel at getting it done and practical “exterior box” thinking.
I scavenged the earth for metals when I was an art student...sigh...years ago.

I’m on it. I have a heavy pipe maybe 1-1.25” across that is almost my height. It’s thick tho, 1/4”. I’ll see how easily I can cut it and use as a couple cross braces. And there’s a scrap yard in my town but prob not open till Tues. I’ll give them a call.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

F,

How quick do you need a top? I have a new table top product at the machine shop now being drilled, bored and countersunk. It'll still be a couple of weeks before they are ready though.

J