Recent content by pappawheely

Did a ton of welding today. Six plates welded to the frame. When it comes to stacking dimes, I'm the best as long as it's someplace nobody will ever see. Happens every time.

I didn't have to use the Rube Goldberg tool after all. The stubby drill bit on my driver worked great. It actually drilled through the frame rails well. Here is the construction I am doing. The base plate will be welded to the frame to spread the load out. The smaller plate will be bolted to...

OK well, I guess I didn't think about getting the body lined up so good that I didn't want to move it and I hadn't drilled some holes that are necessary for the sliders. You know you're having a bad day when this thing comes out. I had to order a stubby drill bit too.

Got some tech tips today. When you are grinding, use a respirator. Especially on older cars. They did not have as stringent rules back then, so there's no telling what you're breathing without one. Second tip. When you are grinding steel you get to a point where the flapper disc just isn't...

I took a few days off because it was cold. When I got back to work I thought I had both the sliders done. That's when I discovered my head was up my azz. The second one I built was 4 inches too short. :ROFLMAO: It's not the end of the world. I can use it for the rear section behind each tire. I...

Hmmmm, this really cleans up the door sill area. Dare I?

I got both sliders fabricated. Time to cut the body on the other side to match. If the passenger side rocker was not so hammered I could mount them below the rocker panel. It would have saved me hours and hours. I've watched several youtube videos on this mod. I did manage to get my welder...

Typical, I got one end done and ran out of welding gas. It was a lot of grinding.

Working on the sliders. I wanted some kind of an end treatment on the main beams. I decided to notch the end on an angle. I left some material hanging out on the sides. Then I cut some tubes at the same angle to fit inside. I'll weld everything up and grind it all smooth. This will leave a...

I'm very pleased how well the body fits on the chassis. So many little projects all going on at once. One more hurdle will be the radiator and ac condenser mounting. The wheelbase works, but the Blazer chassis is much longer than the trooper. It's going to be tight if I run the Trooper front end...

I'm going to be running a vintage air frontrunner kit and AC on my small block. I bought it for another car that someone made me an offer on that I couldn't refuse and sold. The parts have been sitting around for years. The hardware kit was missing some pieces so I called to get a new one. $168...

Doesn't seem to be a good name. :giggle:

I have the body temporarily bolted to the frame. Next on the list is rock sliders. I'm going to be doing the 2x6 rectangular versions. They would fit up against the pinch seam and under the rocker panel, but the passenger side is hammered. In off road racing, the damage ends up mostly on the...

Wow. Wow. I wish I had the tools he does. Such craftsmanship.

I am sick of welding muffler tube. The muffler I have is single 3" in, double 3" out. I've been trying to do a difficult 90 degree turn up and 90 degree turn to the left to go over the frame rail with two tubes. I don't have a band saw, so it's been nearly impossible to cut the pipes perfectly...