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You have awesome metal working skills.
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Blood Magnet posted:
Gonna high five this car if I ever see you out driving.
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I got my car into gear finally. After putting the oil in and working the selector fork in and out, it is actually engaging pretty smoothly. Also the wire going from the battery to the ignition coil (No fuse box yet) arced out at some point over the weekend. It melted every molecule of plastic off the wire and nearly melted a hole in my battery. Ugh.
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Dec 18, 2011 06:13
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Dec 21, 2011 23:50
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Blood Magnet posted:
Rad. You should probably weld that down.
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Dec 22, 2011 00:09
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thecobra posted:Rad. You should probably weld that down. I disagree. Hook it up to a cattle prod power unit! Add a camera to film what happens.
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Dec 22, 2011 18:59
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If I thought it even remotely possible to attach something like that to a bay I'd be begging you. You need a big pair of those ornaments as wings.
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  Out on the street. I drove it around the block too. Three words: Pants making GBS threads terror. No floor, terrible alignment and negligible brakes. But that's what makes rat rods fun, right?
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Blood Magnet posted:
Oh.My.God. That looks horrifying in the best way possible
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Jan 3, 2012 22:38
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That right there is an absolute thing of beauty.
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Jan 3, 2012 22:45
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Also, it is fast as gently caress. Scary fast. The car barely weighs anything.
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Jan 3, 2012 22:46
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Paint the wheels white but leave black walls.
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Jan 3, 2012 23:01
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Are you planning to paint it? I'm not sure I would. It looks like a zombie.
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Blood Magnet posted:
I think a set of Yamaha R1 disks and calipers on the front would look great!
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Jan 4, 2012 12:19
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:Are you planning to paint it? I'm not sure I would. It looks like a zombie. Definitely agree. It looks perfect.
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Jan 4, 2012 17:38
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This Car is Awesome
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Jan 4, 2012 18:37
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Just curious but what motor is in it? I still can't decide how big I want to go on my 59. Mine won't be anywhere near this level of ratrod, but mine is definitely going to stay rust/og paint and only get the brakes/motor/suspension replaced.
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Jan 4, 2012 22:56
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This is by far one of the coolest AI builds I can remember. A friend of mine had a volksrod that I thought was awesome but this one is just insane and puts most others to shame.
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Jan 5, 2012 00:57
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Pretty please don't paint it. The whole "should be dead but runs like gently caress" vibe is totally being worked to great advantage here.
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Jan 5, 2012 01:29
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If this was my car I'd throw a windshield in and call it done. Right now it would terrify children.  I think the only thing I'm not into is the hand signal thing. It's like... you've done too much work building that mechanism to have justified not using lights. It looks rad but out of place cause this car shouldn't give a poo poo about turn signals. I mean it doesn't even have front brakes! And it's not like people aren't gonna notice you. Don't listen to me though. For your health. Eh I guess what I mean is if you're gonna go to the trouble of creating that hand thing, why not throw a couple of bullet turn signals off a motorcycle on the car? VVV the damn Ruskis are back fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Jan 5, 2012 |
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Well, also, lax as Florida is about anything car safety related, I'm pretty sure they require turn signals.
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veedubfreak posted:Just curious but what motor is in it? I still can't decide how big I want to go on my 59. Mine won't be anywhere near this level of ratrod, but mine is definitely going to stay rust/og paint and only get the brakes/motor/suspension replaced. It has a 1600. I'm very happy with the power. Do you have a build thread for your 59? I'd love to see some photos.
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Blood Magnet posted:It has a 1600. I'm very happy with the power. Do you have a build thread for your 59? I'd love to see some photos. I posted a thread like 2 years ago when I picked it up from the field. It's been neglected heavily. The original 36hp engine is back in Texas waiting to be rebuilt by a friend of the family that owes us quite a few favors. The only thing that has been done to it so far is I had the pans replaced. Once I get my tax refund I'm going to start throwing money at it. First thing that is getting done is a full wiring harness. I'm not even going to try to gently caress around with 53 year old wiring. It can be seen lurking behind my current money sink.  I'm loving terrible at the internet. Apparently gently caress imageshack. It all makes sense now. Sorry only picture I have of it on my new phone. veedubfreak fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jan 5, 2012 |
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Kaptainballistik posted:I think a set of Yamaha R1 disks and calipers on the front would look great! Yes. Check these from eBay. 
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Jan 6, 2012 02:04
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A set if those rotors and some monobloc calipers should almost pull that thing up nicely
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Jan 6, 2012 02:13
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 Here is a shift boot I made to hide the cobbled together mess of a shifter. I need to stretch the rubber boot down and pull the metal ring over it, but I need a second set of hands. I need to get some aircraft style bolts for the back part. I was planning on doing a plexiglas floor, but I'm maybe leaning toward a plain aluminum floor. AI consensus will determine my forward progress.
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Jan 6, 2012 21:21
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A plexi floor sounds awesome as hell, but I can't imagine it would survive at all with any chassis flex / rocks getting kicked up / etc.
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Jan 6, 2012 21:26
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Armoured glass floor (the stuff with the metal mesh inside it)
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Jan 6, 2012 21:30
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A transparent floor sounds all kinds of awesome. I'm not sure which material would be best (plexiglass would be my go-to but it might get scuffed up quickly being the floorpan). Perhaps a compromise of windows in the floor?
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Jan 6, 2012 22:03
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Gorilla Glass floor. Or a cheaper solution (not by much) would be a safety glass floor and then apply that transparent laminate they use for UV filtering on windows to protect it from nicks and scratches. Either way I doubt it'll hold up to any kind of chassis flex.
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This beast is really cool, don't get me wrong, but I do not want to imagine all the different ways to be gouged chopped and flayed in that if you got into a wreck.
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Sten Freak posted:This beast is really cool, don't get me wrong, but I do not want to imagine all the different ways to be gouged chopped and flayed in that if you got into a wreck. Meh, you won't live long enough after the SUV caves the entire cabin in on you. I assume my fate will be to get run down by some rear end in a top hat on my 59s maiden voyage.
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Sten Freak posted:This beast is really cool, don't get me wrong, but I do not want to imagine all the different ways to be gouged chopped and flayed in that if you got into a wreck. These cars were designed in the 30's and left largely untouched for 50+ years. I think you're chopped and flayed no matter what.
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Would large rubber seals (1/2 inch, say?) and generous lips holding the glass mitigate the impact of flexing on transparent panels in the floor? I'm thinking something like this, though I'll be the first to admit that I have no experience with anything of this sort: 
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simplefish posted:Would large rubber seals (1/2 inch, say?) and generous lips holding the glass mitigate the impact of flexing on transparent panels in the floor? That is almost exactly how I was planning to do it. I was going to put some expanded metal where people's feet go.
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Jan 7, 2012 04:00
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All of this accident talk made me want to do some photoshoppin'
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Jan 7, 2012 04:02
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I would look at Lexan rather than plexiglas. Polycarb has a way better impact resistance than acrylic. It is more expensive though. Maybe put the expanded metal on the underside of the glass to keep it from flexing as much?
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Jan 7, 2012 04:34
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Plastic wrap.
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Jan 7, 2012 04:43
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Clear sheet vinyl with snaps for easy replacement or convertible floor.
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Lowclock posted:Clear sheet vinyl with snaps for easy replacement or convertible floor.  More practically, I like the idea of using expanded metal for the floor and laying a sheet of whatever clear material you choose on top of it, maybe with wingnuts at the corners. That way you can have the Lexan to keep the bugs and gravel out, but have it be easily replaceable when it gets scuffed, or you can take it out when you want a cooling breeze from below.
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Bad Angus! Bad!