brokenparts
1/2 ton status
What???? She is smoking 80s hot!
I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers!
I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers!
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79 K5 H-Bomb build
- Thread starter brokenparts
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The crusty trucks always have the nicest dashes!
That truck probably has the best patina ever under the moss and cow crap. And being a '73 is worth many times what you paid to someone in an emissions area.
That poster model probably has some pretty awesome patina by now too.
Crossmember idea:
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/Doublercrossmemberpics.htm
pretty easy to build and very effective. The brace that you see on the un supported corner beside the driveshaft goes up to the dash bar system in this frame buggy thing because hitting that corner causes flex problems when you mount the trans adapter foot and the Doubler/Magnum foot. Hard to do in a full body vehicle but good to think about.
Some more pics of the Magnum in our Convertible here:
http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/ORD2/library/UA14 truck build?sort=3&page=1
You can tell we combat the problems with flexing or bending crossmembers by only mounting to one crossmember so if it gets pushed up the drivetrain can survive by pivoting around the motor mounts. If you have the cases mounted to multiple crossbars and one bends you break stuff.
Be very careful about over constraining the transfer case system. You'll break more stuff with mounts that are too stiff than the other way around.
That poster model probably has some pretty awesome patina by now too.
Crossmember idea:
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/Doublercrossmemberpics.htm
pretty easy to build and very effective. The brace that you see on the un supported corner beside the driveshaft goes up to the dash bar system in this frame buggy thing because hitting that corner causes flex problems when you mount the trans adapter foot and the Doubler/Magnum foot. Hard to do in a full body vehicle but good to think about.
Some more pics of the Magnum in our Convertible here:
http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/ORD2/library/UA14 truck build?sort=3&page=1
You can tell we combat the problems with flexing or bending crossmembers by only mounting to one crossmember so if it gets pushed up the drivetrain can survive by pivoting around the motor mounts. If you have the cases mounted to multiple crossbars and one bends you break stuff.
Be very careful about over constraining the transfer case system. You'll break more stuff with mounts that are too stiff than the other way around.
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
Good advice. Thank you.
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
brokenparts
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Did something!Needed motivation so I put the face back on. Also Managed to wrestle the doubler onto the trans jack, Stab in the dual sync distributor, notch the frame rail for extra room for the headers and started laying out the fuel system.
Wish I had more to report but inching forward.
Lookin good!
That thing is a beast! Looking good.
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
This is getting a bit ahead of myself but I’m on vacation so I’m doing a bunch “bench building” and thinking about how I’m going to do my cage and remembered these....
http://www.chassisunlimited.com/pro...let-sliders/billet-aluminum-seat-loc-raw.html
Anyone use these? I like being able to adjust my seat so it seems like a good option.
http://www.chassisunlimited.com/pro...let-sliders/billet-aluminum-seat-loc-raw.html
Anyone use these? I like being able to adjust my seat so it seems like a good option.
I was planning on using those until I saw the price went up to $200 a pair. For $100 I bought the PRP sliders and saved $300. My $.02
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
My corbeaus currently have sliders which are basically the same and I’m not super impressed with them.., they feel notch’s and seem to bind. Sliding the seats forward to get the kids in the back was a circus act and they ended up just climbing over the seats (which also is not ideal). Drives me insane but the “universal” corbeau floor mounts are cheesy as hell and that might be part of the reason they bind.
@skunked if I remember correctly your sliders are mounted to your cage? Do they bind at all?
@skunked if I remember correctly your sliders are mounted to your cage? Do they bind at all?
I can slide these pretty easily with one hand forcing the seat forward and the other holding the lever.
Another thing about those chassis unlimited mounts is they have a pin on each slider so I would think you would need to be in the seat, pull the pins and then try to slide your ass forward. Then try to line up the holes and push the pins back in. Sounds like a lot of work to me.
And yes they are cage mounted.
Another thing about those chassis unlimited mounts is they have a pin on each slider so I would think you would need to be in the seat, pull the pins and then try to slide your ass forward. Then try to line up the holes and push the pins back in. Sounds like a lot of work to me.
And yes they are cage mounted.
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
Ah, good point... they would actually create more of sh*t show fiddling with the pins. Especially dropping one into the mud.
brokenparts
1/2 ton status
Because I don’t actually like to finish anything and purchase new projects... this followed me home awhile back. I’ll start a separate thread that I’ll never complete for it too.
You and I have the same build strategies, lol
