Recent content by pappawheely

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...

Building my first exhaust system ever. Learning how to cut the pre-bent tubes to get where I need to go. I cut the flat flanges off my headers and replaced them with V-bands. I extended the collectors at the same time. Frieburger and Dolcich seem to think it helps the bottom end. I have to re do...

Sorry, but I need to vent. I'm ordering a lot of parts and tools online because I'm in a small town with limited resources. The tools I'm getting are junk. They fail the first time you go to use them. I was out trying to build the exhaust system today. Go to use the pipe cutter I bought. It's...

I got my custom pitman arm from the race shop today. They did an awesome job making my idea a reality. Cardboard concept. The fabricated results.

You weld with matches in your pocket? Do you also run with scissors? ;)

I planned to install the transmission and transfer case to see where the floor was going to end up. Step one was to bolt on the flex plate. I had the wrong bolts. Flywheel bolts are longer than the flex plate bolts I needed so they were hitting the block. Nobody in town had good bolts. The auto...