Nice job! I was wondering about the tins and how they looked but the cover really makes it look factory.
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Nice job! I was wondering about the tins and how they looked but the cover really makes it look factory.
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
The relay box is what results when vision, talent and equipment all reside under one roof. Beautiful work.[cl
DJ3100
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Thanks Bob, add a little insanity for making everything twice as hard as it needs to be.
Since I was goofing with the wiring, I decided to make sure the headlights are going to work out OK. The last photo is a bit blurry but shows how things go together. The round pipe on the light bar has spherical radius that matches the bottom of the headlamp. There's plenty of room for the wires.
I got to this point and realized I haven't made any provision for turn signal / parking lamps. I'm thinking about bright led bulbs mounted in the reflector. Ideas?
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truckster
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Here you go; Maybe you can modify the base bracket enough to fit this in the front of the base. They only require a 3/4" hole and show up really good. I run them on two of my Jeeps.
http://www.genright.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=LED1010
Be sure to use a pre 2001 flasher. After 2001, by Fed mandate, they have a circuit to sense a burned out bulb.
LEDs don't draw enough current, so the flasher goes into a rapid cycle to alert you that a bulb isn't working.
http://www.genright.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=LED1010
Be sure to use a pre 2001 flasher. After 2001, by Fed mandate, they have a circuit to sense a burned out bulb.
LEDs don't draw enough current, so the flasher goes into a rapid cycle to alert you that a bulb isn't working.
RickyBobby
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Truck is lookin great! Nice to see some fellow Arizonans? Haha
DJ3100
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Grille insert
Took a right turn the last couple days and decided to make the grille insert.
Got some 1/4 x 3/4 SS and some 1/5 x .035 wall SS tube.
Drew a template on the platen and bent up the frame using bending forks. The green lines show where it needed to be bent a little more.
I made some tabs to match the original tabs on the grille. Button head screws will hold the insert.
Welding the upper tubes was difficult because of the of the piece that surrounds the back of the radiator. Can't get a proper angle with the torch, can't see, no depth perception and the .035 wan't to burn through. But, I did manage to get them all tacked. I used some machinist parallels for spacers.
Here's what it looks like on the truck.
Took a right turn the last couple days and decided to make the grille insert.
Got some 1/4 x 3/4 SS and some 1/5 x .035 wall SS tube.
Drew a template on the platen and bent up the frame using bending forks. The green lines show where it needed to be bent a little more.
I made some tabs to match the original tabs on the grille. Button head screws will hold the insert.
Welding the upper tubes was difficult because of the of the piece that surrounds the back of the radiator. Can't get a proper angle with the torch, can't see, no depth perception and the .035 wan't to burn through. But, I did manage to get them all tacked. I used some machinist parallels for spacers.
Here's what it looks like on the truck.
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I-R-POPS
''Rusty Mopar Slacker''
Outstanding grill insert.
Looks great!
Looks great!
Lol! That is a good way to start a fight. A welder using machinist tools for spacers! Oh course it sounds like the stuff is yours anyways. Grille looks just right on the size of the rig. [P
AZ4GEMAN
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Grille insert
Great job Dan!
It is up to your usual high standard.
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Great job Dan!
It is up to your usual high standard.
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Dirtyrat
Got Fins?
Man that grille came out sweet, nice work!
truckster
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Well??? It's been two weeks now.........ready for an update[P
DJ3100
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Bonehead
Skull Master
AZ4GEMAN
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Well at least you now have a place to stash it.[ddd
DJ3100
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NEWS
Remember the Gothic Bike Build?
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23760&highlight=Gothic+Bike+build
Joe has decided he needs a new project and I'm burned out, so we loaded it up today and he's on his way back to Holbrook. I made him promise to keep posting the results. Hopefully, we'll still be able to follow along.
This is really the first time I have gotten a look at the grille in the outdoors.
Remember the Gothic Bike Build?
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23760&highlight=Gothic+Bike+build
Joe has decided he needs a new project and I'm burned out, so we loaded it up today and he's on his way back to Holbrook. I made him promise to keep posting the results. Hopefully, we'll still be able to follow along.
This is really the first time I have gotten a look at the grille in the outdoors.
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DJ3100
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We swapped, he gave me money and I gave him the project. Actually, he gave me a year and saved me about $5000 -maybe $8000.
I figure 3 RRR members should do it. Joe is actually more compulsive than I am and he works faster, too.
Plus, he has a transmission shop right next door and a muffler shop (to bend the 3" tail pipe) in the same building. I'll bet he gets both those done by early next week.
I figure 3 RRR members should do it. Joe is actually more compulsive than I am and he works faster, too.
Plus, he has a transmission shop right next door and a muffler shop (to bend the 3" tail pipe) in the same building. I'll bet he gets both those done by early next week.
truckster
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We are pulling for you Joe. Can't think of anyone better to finish it, but I still retain rights to the first ride....Those weren't Dan's to sell.[ddd
DJ3100
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So, Truckster, I figure we'll need to make a trip to Holbrook about the first of June to collect the first and second rides! Waddya think Joe?
