MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 20, 2014 Author Posted April 20, 2014 Cleaning up the pieces now. Drawing out the design now, still need to cut afew places out yet
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 20, 2014 Author Posted April 20, 2014 Started to open up the hood temporary hinge hole. Then I got back to the front end of the frame, to work the work the front holes a little more.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 20, 2014 Author Posted April 20, 2014 Okay, it's start to shape up now. Had to make a tweak I hope you all enjoyed this update, sorry if there was alot of photos. I have not updated in a while. Feedback is always welcome on the project.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Okay, after a few days. I did get the hard part almost done now. Now was the fun part, cutting the scribe line to bend the parts at. The white strip is a guide line for both sides Here you can see that I have the pieces apart. Here is the first one bent into it's unit, one to go yet!
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Here I started to mock up the unit to see how close the holes was across from each other
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Taking a good look Now with both pieces Looks straight to me
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Almost in the correct spot. I hope to start working on the front rear hangers tomorrow evening. I hope you enjoyed this update.
72 Charger Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 WOW Jim thats some great metal work . Am i right in sayin that you will be cutting the steel box in two to get you chassis rails?
Old Buckaroo Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Are you going to re-fabricate the hood and cab out of sheet metal also ?
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 WOW Jim thats some great metal work . Am i right in sayin that you will be cutting the steel box in two to get you chassis rails? Hi Doobie, thanks for the kind comment. You are 100% right on about the steel box being cut in half for the chassis rails. Probably this weekend.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Are you going to re-fabricate the hood and cab out of sheet metal also ? Hi Sean, you know to be honest, the thought about the hood cross my mind but after talking to my friend that is a big Mack fan of the old school rigs. He told me the hoods back then was fiberglass. I figure if they was fibderglass the plastic hood would fit right then. Now when you also mention the re-fabrication of the cab out of steel. You know that thought have indeed cross my mind quite a few times aready and to be honest I would be up to it as well. The plastic one right now is being use for mock ups and lineament deals on the chassis pieces locations. So a decision for on re-fabricating a metal is still open yet and been crossing my mind. What would you all thoughts be on a metal cab for this project? reason is because even my friend is like me. He not sure. We are planning to run interior lights by using LEDs and also cab lights.
72 Charger Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I would vote for a metal cab It would be a lot of work but its a fairly easy cab to copy . The roof may be a bit tricky though . But from what I have seen so far I think you have the skills for it .I say go for it
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 Hi you all, well I been a little under the weather this week. But anyways I started out by looking at the hood and cab. Getting or trying to figure out where the front rear leaf mounts would be located at.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 Cab & hood back on or well hold in place by hand to see The front rear leaf temp being rough drawn in
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 Rought mock up and test fit as well.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 I notch the frame a little so that the weld can have something to melt/grab into Okay, so I tried at first with high temp #3.. I think it was the wrong setting The other side..
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 Okay, after I cleaned up the weld. I got to the leaf mounting block That area that is notch out will have the frame rest into it. Okay later on (4 hours later) I'm still shaping it up yet Okay I got more shaping done
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 Okay, here is one more photo I still have to add more weld to the driver side, and shape that side a little more yet. I hope some of you enjoyed this update.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted April 28, 2014 Author Posted April 28, 2014 I would vote for a metal cab It would be a lot of work but its a fairly easy cab to copy . The roof may be a bit tricky though . But from what I have seen so far I think you have the skills for it .I say go for it Hi Dave, I'm thinking metal cab as well right now too, lot of work? in this hobby it's fun work I guess LOL. The cab does have sone contours in it, but I think I could pond them into the metal probably. Your right about the roof. I was looking at the kit cab the other day when I was doing the leaf mount location spot find. The roof is like a bow shape that folds down on the sides with a rise in the center.
MoparWoman Jamie Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Hi you all, been under the weather a little here. Tinkering on the project. Waiting for a new camera to arrive.. old one kinda started to go out on me last week. Been doing alot of searching online for the right photos with the leaf shackle mount that what the real rig photos I have of shows only part of. I search and searched online while waiting for the camera to see if I could find a photo on another rig from a different view. Findley found two last night. Anyways on with some photos.. Started to tack weld the pieces on now
MoparWoman Jamie Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Started to line up the pass side mount The rear front mounts in rough stage The front mounting brackets
MoparWoman Jamie Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Making sure things ar lining up right now, using a t-square as well. My make shift out side work bench Making things are square
MoparWoman Jamie Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Here you can see that I started to grind down the front top area of the mount
MoparWoman Jamie Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Here you can see I got more gridded out I have some clean up to do here and there but it's worth it I hope you all enjoyed this update.
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