I'm one of the only non deer hunters at work so I've been sucking up the overtime like there's no tomorrow. In fact I've only had 3.5 days off for the last three weeks. Not much time for hot rod stuff but yesterday I managed to get out in the garage. I'm also fortunate that I only live five minutes from work and it's a 24/7 operation. If I want I can go over there anytime day or night and use the shop equipment. So I grabbed a sheet of 16 ga. measured out my pieces then cut them in the shear. Took the pieces over to the break and bent up some nice rocker panels. There's also a spot welder and an electric bead roller in the corner of this one shop in one of the pants. There's a total of five plants where I work and each one has a shop I also turned around my steering arms and tie rod after learning (on here) why it's bad to run it out front. Bad thing is, I only have an inch before the tie rod bashes into the frame. I can only bend my steering arms down about .5" before they rest on the bottom of the hairpins. I thought about doing a little C-notch in the frame to give the tie rod some more room. Of course it hits directly where the front cross member is welded in place, figures
Lucky, is that that sedan you were thrashing on last summer? Whatever it is, it's really looking good. Very nice work.
Yup, the same one. In March of this year it was nothing more than a bare chassis cut in half on my garage floor and a ratty old body. It's getting there slowly but surely.
very nice guy i had to do the same for mine.. they are too expensive for the OEM ones... sometimes metal fabrication, cuts, and bruses are alot less painful than my ol' ladies beating when she finds the bill for some things... looking really good btw!
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