thisismatt Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Are you dropping the cage through the floor so you can complete the welds around the top? Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted September 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 haven't made it that far but im gonna have to do some kinda tricky stuff to get it welde d for sure. im not a roll cage expert buy any means. Quote Link to comment
ol' 320 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 What trans will this truck run? Are you rebuilding the CA18? What will you do for front brakes and suspension? What is the distance from inside firewall back to rear cab wall about 6 inches off the floor? Quote Link to comment
boarlin Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Not sure if going to rebuild or just run it as is. If I remember right the compression is about 145# in all four cylinders. Front suspension I think we are going to fabricate something not sure exactly what yet, thinking about custom upper and lower arms with 720 ball joints spindles and brakes Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Bitch'n work Luke. I'm diggin the bender......A LOT! Matt's idea of dropping the cage legs through the floor is the best for getting enough room to weld your top corners and your main hoop splice. Especially when the customer want the factory head liner in place. Just weld a nice size 1/8" plate for feet when your done. Works awesome. Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 rut whoa shaggy it fell apart 1 Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 sweet body mount bolts action shot cutting the cab corners out for real this time for the cage The reason why we cut the cab corners out so a real seat will fit Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 I like that! Can you fit a 2.5-3" tube back in the corner to reinforce the corner again? Have it sit in there concentric to the roll bar tube so it "nests" the roll bar? Can't tell if there enough room or not. Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 couple more bars and for some reason the one i thought was gonna be the hardest one, went in the fastest and real easy getting better and knowing my bender and pos notcher. and a short video of the wiper arms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZbodsJnMsY&list=UUWDCR6IkdJ3dl9lWOPwYZEg&index=1&feature=plcp Quote Link to comment
ol' 320 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 What is the distance from inside firewall back to rear cab wall about 6 inches off the floor? Could you post some more pics of your cage? Perhaps flip the seat forward and show footwell area, please? Will you be putting structure back in cab corners over the rollbar uprights to tie sheetmetal back together? Clever project. How about frame flex, does anyone ever worry about adding a k-member of stiffening the mid-structure on these pickups, like they do in street rods to reduce flexing? Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Way to stuff that cage in that tiny cab :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Elsocio Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 jesus beautiful work man, hey hows the ride now after changing your suspension set up? Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 What is the distance from inside firewall back to rear cab wall about 6 inches off the floor? Could you post some more pics of your cage? Perhaps flip the seat forward and show footwell area, please? Will you be putting structure back in cab corners over the rollbar uprights to tie sheetmetal back together? Clever project. How about frame flex, does anyone ever worry about adding a k-member of stiffening the mid-structure on these pickups, like they do in street rods to reduce flexing? The truck is in storage now. so i cant just run out and take pics. as far as putting sheetmetal back in it prolly wont happen due to the fact that it would be a huge bubble banging your head on it, (etc etc) cause the bars tip in towards the top to follow the pillar curve. it will probabbly just get trim around it like a 510 door jamb. for cross members the truck has 4 crossmsmbers. now that the body is off i might make new ones just for more exhaust and ground clerance. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 damn another one .... nice.... like the pipe notch ..is that 5" pipe...this thing will be fun to drive....love the ca ....mr bigtanker would love this thread... did u ever sell the goon... Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 yea a member here owns it now, he lives in the LA area i think. that notch is 6 inch sch40 pipe Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 um how come u tore off all the triangulated and swapped to a parrallel four link Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Way to much oversteer it woulda been hairy under power in a turn. It was so much you could watch the axle walk foward buy pushing on cab. Quote Link to comment
boarlin Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Didn't like the brown on the seat so I tried my hand at being a seamstress, not perfect but not too bad, only in it about $60 for materials 1 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 That looks like a b2200 bench seat there....I like the combo..... Hey just curious what's the spec on the tubig u used for the links ? Quote Link to comment
boarlin Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 1¼"Dom but don't remember the thickness, jesusno2 might remember but most likely 120cold wall Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 AH big pics lol much better. tube thickiness was .120 wall or 1/8 inch close enough anyways. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Nice thanks for the info really cool build again Jesus Quote Link to comment
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