Very nice work... I love the cardboard... :grinpimp:
My ultra slow buggy build
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To start off with I stole all this off a local board that i posted my junk on. This is totally a budget build for me. and when I have time and money I work on it.
so here we go
This is my first Buggy build ever 90% of this is build is all my design in my head...lol ( thats not good) personaly I do a ton of research that led me here. I love the low wide big tire look but unfortunatly it just won't work for me here on the West coast. Since my whole life has been in the performance industry you know this bitch will make some power but I don't wanna get too crazy. anyways before we get into my junk here I will appologize before hand for CAP'S my computer here at work only uses cap's and sometime I jump back and forth between work and play ;D
Well this all started many many moon's ago over a drunk'in conversation down at K.O.H. and the ball was set in a very very slow moving roll. the main thing's I wanted was a chassis that I could beat the shit out of and never worrie about it. I decided to go with cromo mainly cuz I could get a stupid good deal on it. this build started off shooting for the moon and since I have two teen age boy's it has been pulled way back.........waaay back. this whole build is not a priority to me and I play with it as time and money permit's. my wife and I are all about our family and we spend a ton of time with our boy's. it's not uncommon to be at somesort of a sport event 7 day's a week between games and practices.
Anyway's the main chassis is 1 3/4 .120 wall cromo and a mix of 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 here and there. the biggest concern's for me was that i had enough room for my fat ass to be comfy all day long. i bought a truck load of tube around 280 feet and started hoarding parts. the list of junk as follow's
ESTIMATED DATE I GOT THIS BACK HOME AND STARTED WAS LATE 2011 EARLY 2012
Chassis spec's
all cromo (had to be Tig welded that was the deal I made to the guy I got the tube from )
fit for a fat guy
110 w/b
54 inches wide
TC FJ40 hood and grill
DRIVETRAIN SPECS
6.0 LS engine
Mast motorsports Head's
custom ground cam by Erson
hex adjust timming set
Morel lifter's that get rid of the gay plastic insert's
F.A.S.T. truck intake for 102mm throttle body
Badass rocker's
custom built stepped header's by Paul Barrett
built TH400 trans
3.8 Atlas case
narrowed Dana 60 front
14 Bolt rear with C&C hub's
PRP low back Comp fat boy seat's
FSR Dual pass radiator,trans cooler, engine oil cooler and p/s cooler
22 Gallon fuel cell
2.5 7075 lower link's
2" upper's
1.250 heim's
14" Bilstein coilover's
I found a few pics of old progress and parts so here you go
SEAT'S PRP COMP LOW BACK'S WITH POCKET'S AND ADJUSTABLE HEAD REST
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HEAD'S
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so here we go
This is my first Buggy build ever 90% of this is build is all my design in my head...lol ( thats not good) personaly I do a ton of research that led me here. I love the low wide big tire look but unfortunatly it just won't work for me here on the West coast. Since my whole life has been in the performance industry you know this bitch will make some power but I don't wanna get too crazy. anyways before we get into my junk here I will appologize before hand for CAP'S my computer here at work only uses cap's and sometime I jump back and forth between work and play ;D
Well this all started many many moon's ago over a drunk'in conversation down at K.O.H. and the ball was set in a very very slow moving roll. the main thing's I wanted was a chassis that I could beat the shit out of and never worrie about it. I decided to go with cromo mainly cuz I could get a stupid good deal on it. this build started off shooting for the moon and since I have two teen age boy's it has been pulled way back.........waaay back. this whole build is not a priority to me and I play with it as time and money permit's. my wife and I are all about our family and we spend a ton of time with our boy's. it's not uncommon to be at somesort of a sport event 7 day's a week between games and practices.
Anyway's the main chassis is 1 3/4 .120 wall cromo and a mix of 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 here and there. the biggest concern's for me was that i had enough room for my fat ass to be comfy all day long. i bought a truck load of tube around 280 feet and started hoarding parts. the list of junk as follow's
ESTIMATED DATE I GOT THIS BACK HOME AND STARTED WAS LATE 2011 EARLY 2012
Chassis spec's
all cromo (had to be Tig welded that was the deal I made to the guy I got the tube from )
fit for a fat guy
110 w/b
54 inches wide
TC FJ40 hood and grill
DRIVETRAIN SPECS
6.0 LS engine
Mast motorsports Head's
custom ground cam by Erson
hex adjust timming set
Morel lifter's that get rid of the gay plastic insert's
F.A.S.T. truck intake for 102mm throttle body
Badass rocker's
custom built stepped header's by Paul Barrett
built TH400 trans
3.8 Atlas case
narrowed Dana 60 front
14 Bolt rear with C&C hub's
PRP low back Comp fat boy seat's
FSR Dual pass radiator,trans cooler, engine oil cooler and p/s cooler
22 Gallon fuel cell
2.5 7075 lower link's
2" upper's
1.250 heim's
14" Bilstein coilover's
I found a few pics of old progress and parts so here you go
SEAT'S PRP COMP LOW BACK'S WITH POCKET'S AND ADJUSTABLE HEAD REST
HEAD'S
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got a little more done on the dash this past weekend. early last week I got the main dash bent up. I was a little freaked out cutting and notching the dash for some reason but i got it.. doesnt look to bad either 
I already had the console part mapped out for gauge location and width and everything. at lunch I'll shear it and bend it up too
progress is bueno and good for my brain
you can see where the dotted lins are in the console is where it will get sheared and the solid line is where i'll bend it. The drilled holes are where I will use a knock out punch for the 2 5/8 gauges
I already had the console part mapped out for gauge location and width and everything. at lunch I'll shear it and bend it up tooprogress is bueno and good for my brain
you can see where the dotted lins are in the console is where it will get sheared and the solid line is where i'll bend it. The drilled holes are where I will use a knock out punch for the 2 5/8 gauges
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well at lunch I got the console bent up and sheared. got a call from cody that he had the tool to punch out the 2 5/8 holes for the gauges so I ran over to his house and poppd out the holes.. that damn hole punch is bad ass done with all 5 holes in 5 minutes including B.S. ing anyway got home and of course had to mock it up to see how it looks :Big Grin: exactly what I envisioned
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Not much going on right now. I did get the tab's for the dash welded in and the cross bar
first pic here I made a pointed bolt woohoo!! to mark the dash to drill the holes. I put the bolt in my drill and turned my flap disk on and had at it. turned out pretty good
and the dash
done
bolts that are in there will not be staying :flipoff2:
first pic here I made a pointed bolt woohoo!! to mark the dash to drill the holes. I put the bolt in my drill and turned my flap disk on and had at it. turned out pretty good
and the dash
done
bolts that are in there will not be staying :flipoff2:
I WILL STILL WORK ON IT TILL IT SELL'S. ANYTHING I DO THATS BIG WILL JUST INCREASE THE PRICE :flipoff2: I HAVE A FEW IRONS IN THE FIRE ON SELLING THE TOYOTA OFF AND MONEY FROM THAT WILL GET ROLLED OVER TO THIS
I WAS GIVING YOU CRAP TOO... YOU KNOW HOW MUCH RUNNING AROUND I DO AND HOW LITTLE TIME I REALLY HAVE
I HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE PM ME ON THIS AND CALL ME BUT NO ONE HAS THROWN OUT MONEY YET
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NOTHING EXTREAM GOING ON BUT PICKED UP MY HUBS FROM THE MACHINE SHOP. ALSO PLAYED WITH THE SWITCH AND BREAKER LAY OUT ON THE CONSOLE
ALSO GOT THE SEAT MOUNTS IN AND NOW NEED TO GET TABS THEN THE SEATS ARE DONE
PROGRESS ;D
PROGRESS :smokin:
ALSO GOT THE SEAT MOUNTS IN AND NOW NEED TO GET TABS THEN THE SEATS ARE DONE
PROGRESS ;D
PROGRESS :smokin:
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Since the buggy is still hanging in the garage and I had some down time for once I
Took some time this weekend and mounted the seat's and center console
Also make the tab template to mount the radiator. I already have the puck's in the pic to weld to the radiator and the ARP 3/8 bolts
Took some time this weekend and mounted the seat's and center console
Also make the tab template to mount the radiator. I already have the puck's in the pic to weld to the radiator and the ARP 3/8 bolts
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well since Im so damn inspired and work has slowed a bit I whipped up this lil beauty and had some cool MOFO in Reno burn it out for me :Big Grin: hell I like it and that's all that matters
final product
final product
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Got the brackets on Saturday and played a bit. here is what it looks like in
pucks bolted on the tab
and tab in
pucks bolted on the tab
and tab in
forgot one thing...I got my dually hubs back from the machine shop
with a spare set too :smokin:
with a spare set too :smokin:
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