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Amazing work dude!
Did you replace the corner with a new piece or just cut it out, hammered it straight and put it back?
Chopped a piece out of a junk bed my friend had in his yard. Cleaned it up and welded it in.
All the custom body work is 98% welded out and half of it sanded down. Have to do touch up and a few more small brackets on the front tilt. Seemed like a marathon of tiny beads.
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The removable windshield is little expensive. I can use an AR2 Lexan 3/16” thick or a Lexan MR10 3/16” thick.
AR2 is 430$ for a 4’x8’ and MR10 800$ a sheet. Difference is abrasion resistance. I can use a protective film kinda like a tear off on a helmet visor. Seems silly to make a removable windshield but trail riding in the Seirras is really enjoyable without the dust clouding the way. I’m going to use a bulb gasket edge trim and Dzus fasteners for the mounting and the gasket. The Lexan will be frameless and at 3/16 support itself better under wind load. I can use 1/8 but feel that it would need a frame with supports in the middle( like in nascar and such) however I would only be saving 120$ in the cost of Lexan. The frame would take me the better part of 12 hrs or so to make it just the way I want, and it will hold the shape of the windshield opening making it harder to store. As for storage of it I am going to create a false floor over the top of the fuel tank and water tank in the bed and the windshield would could store under that. I’ve done this before and the windshield usually stays out of the vehicle most of the time I wear googles when driving. The difference in this instance is this truck will have enough space to store it so when I do need or get told I must have a windshield ( usually my wife) I can just pop it in and go.
AR2 is 430$ for a 4’x8’ and MR10 800$ a sheet. Difference is abrasion resistance. I can use a protective film kinda like a tear off on a helmet visor. Seems silly to make a removable windshield but trail riding in the Seirras is really enjoyable without the dust clouding the way. I’m going to use a bulb gasket edge trim and Dzus fasteners for the mounting and the gasket. The Lexan will be frameless and at 3/16 support itself better under wind load. I can use 1/8 but feel that it would need a frame with supports in the middle( like in nascar and such) however I would only be saving 120$ in the cost of Lexan. The frame would take me the better part of 12 hrs or so to make it just the way I want, and it will hold the shape of the windshield opening making it harder to store. As for storage of it I am going to create a false floor over the top of the fuel tank and water tank in the bed and the windshield would could store under that. I’ve done this before and the windshield usually stays out of the vehicle most of the time I wear googles when driving. The difference in this instance is this truck will have enough space to store it so when I do need or get told I must have a windshield ( usually my wife) I can just pop it in and go.
That is awesome!
It's even gas assist, fancy!
Brought the third brake light fixture into the 21st century by removing the old small incandescent bulbs out and new LED panels in. How far technology has come since I built this 25 years ago.
Modified the seat mounting by adding 2” travel gas strut adjustable seat suspension. I was going to make something with mountain bike shocks but found these units instead. They are meant to be used on forklifts, lawn tractors and other equipment. When they bottom out there is rubber bumpstops inside. A suspension seat without having the side bolsters that you gotta haul your ass over.
None of this whole build is necessary. It’s all a desire of building the ultimate Blazer ( my own opinion) for me and my wife. Actually she is the one that exclaimed that it should look nice once and be painted. I didn’t have anywhere for the license plate so out of necessity I Frenched in a holder with a light.Please share the story where this mod became necessary.
