Stoffregen Motorsports
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Installing the decking and finding all the rattles.
Modern Farm Truck
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huntsonora
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Damn that is going to be awesome!
redthies
Renaissance Redneck
Just add a telescopic blind, right? Up periscope!
huntsonora
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XJSuperman
OhIOWAn
Why no decking in the front section? The tank going to sit down in there?
Looks fantastic by the way. Well done.
Looks fantastic by the way. Well done.
Stoffregen Motorsports
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It kind of looks like the deck of a submarine I guess...
Yes, the tank will slip in there. It is going to be custom made so we wanted to give them as much room as we could.
Yes, the tank will slip in there. It is going to be custom made so we wanted to give them as much room as we could.
Stoffregen Motorsports
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Starting on the front bumper today.
Originally it was to be simple simple simple, but you all know how things go. He still wants a simple bumper, but we've added a winch mount and a light hoop to the list of wants. I tried to have the customer buy a bumper from AllPro and then we could modify it, but he wants a Stoffregen Motorsports original.
Will post pics when I have something to show.
Originally it was to be simple simple simple, but you all know how things go. He still wants a simple bumper, but we've added a winch mount and a light hoop to the list of wants. I tried to have the customer buy a bumper from AllPro and then we could modify it, but he wants a Stoffregen Motorsports original.
Will post pics when I have something to show.
"but he wants a Stoffregen Motorsports original."
Can you blame him, LOL!!!! I do understand your point of view though! Much easier to modify and existing fabrication than to start from scratch!
- Andy
screwball48
Explorer
I have an older TJM that looks very nice on that body style truck.
Stoffregen Motorsports
Explorer
Thanks.
I have a rule here that no two bumpers shall ever be the same, but as the years go by, that's getting harder and harder to achieve. Not only because I'm running out of ideas, but because sometimes there is a design that just works.
The AllPro bumper is about as basic as it can get.
Once I get my Plasma table up and running, I will be in the plate bumper game. But for now, tubing is the main medium.
Stoffregen Motorsports
Explorer
No, late model chassis. I am still deliberating which way to go with that truck. I have a set of Hummer Beadlocks that would tuck in nicely under the fenders, but if I go "military" on that truck, it's going to be "period correct".
Or I could just start over and go "in the weeds". I've never had a low rider.
Stoffregen Motorsports
Explorer
Got the front bumper built. As you may recall, there were certain criteria for the front bumper as well. Fertilizer spray tips are to be fastened to it so the customer sent me a couple so I had could build around them. We decided that he wanted something to slide out to extend the spray range. A sleeve of 1.75 x .120 tubing was used with open ends and a piece of 1.50 x .120 tubing will support the spray tip extension.
A custom pair of mounting plates were fabbed out of 3/8 thick steel and the winch plate is mounted to them using 1.75 tubing and 3/16 plate.
Another aspect of a solid front bumper is strength. I mention this because a lot of the "cool aftermarket" bumpers out there for sale are not very strong. My criteria for strength requires the bumper to be used as a high lift jack point, without bending of course. This one is strong.
Although not tied back to the shock hoops, like I normally do, this is one tough bumper. The use of this truck suggests that a lot of tough winching is not in it's future, so I didn't think tying it back was necessary.
Enjoy the pics.
A custom pair of mounting plates were fabbed out of 3/8 thick steel and the winch plate is mounted to them using 1.75 tubing and 3/16 plate.
Another aspect of a solid front bumper is strength. I mention this because a lot of the "cool aftermarket" bumpers out there for sale are not very strong. My criteria for strength requires the bumper to be used as a high lift jack point, without bending of course. This one is strong.
Although not tied back to the shock hoops, like I normally do, this is one tough bumper. The use of this truck suggests that a lot of tough winching is not in it's future, so I didn't think tying it back was necessary.
Enjoy the pics.
Stoffregen Motorsports
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More pics.
GadgetPhreak
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First, mad fab skills! Really nice planning and execution. I was totally with you and loving every inch of the bumper and layout, until the end. Those bottom bar corners aren't quite right. The 90s just don't work well with the slim, streamlined look and shape of the rest of the bumper... If it's not too late you should rework them into 45s, it would look a lot better (my $0.03 worth, was supposed to be $0.02 but my math sucks...).
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