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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brent, I do believe you're developing a signature style, folks are going to start asking you to sign thier cars....... Smile I sure enjoy watching your build progress, makes me itchy to get into my own shop. Looks great.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awe man, don't get me all worked up about that again Laughing I said it before and I'll say it again I'd do that deal in a heart beat.

Thanks bud.

Oops missed your reply Cobbler.
Yah right Laughing And I would have to build a cage to fit my big swelling head. Laughing Laughing Laughing
Thanks for your comments. Get at it!!! Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well this is pretty much the last of the metal fabrication on this unit. Sad

Dave came up with a pretty neat way to tie everything together. The beauty of fabrication. No restrictions, no limitations.

He has the shock towers tied together and fabed up some hoops to tie into the wish bone.

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With the spare tire part of the fiberglass removed you get a neat up top perspective. This area will be glassed back in a similar fashion as the other side.
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A piece of fiberglass in between the plates to get the spacing correct for the next step.
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Then some down bars were added to tie into the shock tower bar.
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All tied together to complete and compliment the entire cage.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Right on. Nice and light. Very innovative attachment to the frame horns. I may adapt that idea for my lower engine cage/skid plate attachment. 1" tube, right?

I am hung up on not wanting the cage to "trap" the FG body anywhere, as I see that as a squeak/rattle/crack generator. How do you, or do you, plan to isolate the body from the cage?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Right on. Nice and light. Very innovative attachment to the frame horns. I may adapt that idea for my lower engine cage/skid plate attachment. 1" tube, right?

I am hung up on not wanting the cage to "trap" the FG body anywhere, as I see that as a squeak/rattle/crack generator. How do you, or do you, plan to isolate the body from the cage?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes 1" .120 wall DOM.

With the plate system we are both using so far on my car there is no squeaking at all. The .500" dowel in the center takes all the force and keeps true alignment of the bars on either side. I did have my doubts at first.

Here is the plate system if you missed it in my build up..

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With the plate bolted into place.......
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Then the bars are welded to the plates..
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Another way that Jeff AKA GS Guy posted was to drill a hole through and do a system like this.
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No sandwiching with this method but not water tight.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave is back form his vacation and back at it.

He has the cage painted and 75% of the pan painted as well, ran out of paint. Tilt steering column is mounted , just needs a new steering wheel to sport it up a bit.
The cage turned out awesome and has some neat features to it.

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And now he is on to doing some body work. Smoothing out the body.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave has the body smoothed out and has a temporary paint job on it for now. Looks kind of cool like a rat rod. The plan is to completely disassemble the car at a later date to get finished paint jobs on the body, cage and chassis.
He also has filled the spare tire hole and did the necessary battery box mods to allow for the IRS suspension to function with out hitting the body.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave is on the final stretch.... for this year. He hot wired the car on Friday to hear it run again, got the itch and drove it around the block Saturday to get a feel for what it will be like with all the changes done. Was a slow ride, back ally full of slush and no brakes to boot. He did say no more squeaking was heard from the body/frame flex like before. I just can't wait till he can get it up to speed to see fully what he has created. If it's anything like mine and I'm sure it will be it's going to be a little pocket rocket.

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He has been busy this weekend. The back of the car is wired (Painless harness). GM steering column wired, all that is left is the front of the car and dash to be wired. He might bite the bullet and go with all new gages. New steering wheel installed, horn installed and operational. brake reservoir is installed and front brakes are bled. Back don't seem to want to cooperate, might just need more bleeding.

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3rd brake light is off of a canopy. Fished a wire into the bar and used double sided sticky tape to fasten in place.

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The light looks great and is damn bright. The picture does it no justice. A great addition to the buggy.

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Dave has to upholster the back deck cover yet and get his stereo installed. I'm sure there are a number of things yet to be done but the end is getting near.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the access he has in that hood, is that custom? What kind of fasteners is he using?

How great would it be to have a nieghbor like you two have in each other?

"Dude, help me flip my buggy tonight to weld the floor in?

"Sure thing, can I borrow a spool of .35? I'm out and need to weld a brace...."

Not happening in my 'hood...... Sad
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The hood was like this when he bought the body. It has a flange on the top side and slides into place. The front is held down by hood pins. Not sure if this was "factory" with this body or not . The back side of the hood has been reinforced. Could have been done after.

We do have it pretty good. We enjoy each others company. We go offroading together, camping together, I would give him the shirt off my back and I know the feeling is mutual. We have rescued each other with tow ropes on and off road Laughing. Watched each others pets when gone for holidays. It's all good.

I haven't told him yet we are looking at a new house...Kidding Dave, just kidding. Laughing

If the house between us ever goes up for sale Dave and I are going to buy it and make a garage three lots wide. Laughing Cool Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well looky looky! Her maiden voyage to a local VW car show. Dave is super happy with the handling characteristics of the car, solid as a rock and predictable. If you remember this car was a SHAKER at speed. It's all gone now. No more body creeking and she actually holds the road.
Just a few shots off of the local club page. I really need to get some pictures of the deck cover Dave did. A real work of art!


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Early to the car show, not everyone has arrived yet.
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I'll get some more completed pictures and post them soon.
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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What kind of front turn signals has he got? Looks to be some type of strip light? I really like the way it turned out. The black and red go together. It is the best "Rat Rod" looking buggy that I have seen. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes they are a strip light. I think he said he found them at motorcycle shop. They normally wrap them around the rear fender. These ones were re worked (cut in half). They are a marking light AND signal light and look pretty cool. Unfortunately the price was not.
I'll see if I can get a picture with them lite up..............
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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:32 pm    Post subject: light Reply with quote

If the store have a website would be great if you could post it , i love these strips ideas , i dont like when the ligts are on the fender ...
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PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They were $200.00.................. each! Shocked
They needed to be reworked so labor included. I'll check and see if I can find out if they have a site if your still interested. I think he said Evolution cycle in Calgary Alberta.
I got a bunch of pictures yesterday, will try and get them up later today. Going for a 16km run this morning. Back in a bit Cool

I tried doing a Google search for Evolution cycle but found nothing Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got some completed pictures taken..........
Some photo trickery to show the LED front lights. The parking lights are somewhat visible during the day, the turn signals are super bright. At night time it's going to look sick! And I mean that in a good way Cool
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Dave made his own dash out of fiberglass. He had a steel one previously.
All VDO gauges. Tilt steering using a GM steering column. Lockable steering column and self canceling turn signals, I'm jealous.
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Tank is in the back and has been nicely hidden. Again some of Daves handy work.
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With some nice storage on either side.
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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Brent,

Here is the place the lights came from. Its called Precision Frameworks.

http://www.precisionframeworx.com/

It doesn't look like the online store is open yet but its coming soon.

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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2009 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Troy!
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