Sinking Creek 4WD Association

Looks good man.

Let me know if you need to borrow my dimple dies.

willhf1011 wrote:I'm thinking I'm gonna run a single bent tube (probably 1.5 .120 wall) up and over the diff and the plate down both front and back of the tube to the axle tube/center and dimple that plate.

ill try and find a picture of what im talking about

also anopther project for sometime in the near future

damnn will, i want one!! how much did u pay for that mofo?

what year 60 did you end up picking up?

Its an 80s so that means the front needs to be linked for it to go in. i paid 650 for it with 4.10s

Spent a good bit of time in the shop today again finishing up the rear cross member. I made up a fish plate for where the rear links mount to the cross member to reinforce that area as well as the gusset bar. I also go started on the frameside upper mounts. I'm not 100% sold on them right now, I might try and find a way to add a little more bracing, but I think they will be alright. Ran out of gas for the welder so i wasn't able to finish weld anything, just got it all tacked up.

I'm getting a 14 bolt for the rear so that I won't have to redo all my link mounts on the axle when I do switch. Hopefully I'll be picking it up monday and then I can get this thing to a linked roller state. I'm gonna try to get as in the morning and finish all the frameside link mounts and potentially chop the frame off, we'll see how inspired I am. At that point there's no turning back.

also, im thinking something along these lies for my rear truss.

The point of no return

mmmmm

Jake, somehow I knew there would be pictures of that already up when I got home haha.

Jake came by today and helped me out for like 10 hours and some others buddies stopped by, it was really productive. Spent the first 2 hours of the day searching for someone to refill/sell me some shielding gas for my welder. Eventually I borrowed a friends tank and got to work.

Finished welding up the plate on the crossmember and welded on the lower link mounts. Finished the upper link mounts as well. Once we had the crossmember bolted in the help keep it square, down went the saw. Took like 15 minutes to get the rear portion of the frame away because it was hung up on so many things.

I also decided to start on the new frame tonight. I got the passenger side cut, mocked, tacked, and then finish welded. I made up some plates for it but am waiting on a holesaw for some plug/fisheye welds on them. Ideally I'll get the driverside done tomorrow and maybe some form of a bumper started.

Oh shit son, started on the frame, did ya? Looking good. Do you have the frame rail shooting to the opposite corner?

nope it goes straight back. its 3 pieces to get it right where I want it. I'm gonna plate 2 sides of it and then run atleast 1 crossmember between them in addition to the rear bumper. got the other rail done this evening. Hopwfully I'll get my tubing and 14 bolt early this week sometime.

willhf1011 wrote:nope it goes straight back. its 3 pieces to get it right where I want it. I'm gonna plate 2 sides of it and then run atleast 1 crossmember between them in addition to the rear bumper. got the other rail done this evening. Hopwfully I'll get my tubing and 14 bolt early this week sometime.

Don't know what size you're getting but if you get in a bind waiting for the tube I've got about 55' of 1.75 .120 laying around.

shmoken875 wrote: Don't know what size you're getting but if you get in a bind waiting for the tube I've got about 55' of 1.75 .120 laying around.

Rant I just might take you up on that. If AOI can't get me my tube pretty soon I'll let you know. Thats what I planned to use for my uppers and I could use it for lowers temporarily. Thanks a bunch

willhf1011 wrote:

shmoken875 wrote: Don't know what size you're getting but if you get in a bind waiting for the tube I've got about 55' of 1.75 .120 laying around.

Rant I just might take you up on that. If AOI can't get me my tube pretty soon I'll let you know. Thats what I planned to use for my uppers and I could use it for lowers temporarily. Thanks a bunch

Yeap, no biggie. I can just swap and take the AOI tube when it comes in, I have no immediate need for it.

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