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Post by rue on Nov 8, 2010 19:45:40 GMT -4
I was having a hard time this summer to stay in the rock pile.The racing was a hell of a good time,but after this years Valley Crawl I was all pumped up for the rocks again.Then I went a did some thing stupid...Steve was all excited about the rocks and wanted a buggy.He was cleaning his garage out and was going to rip the cab off his truggy and tube it out.Then I made the mistake of saying "I'll sell ya a chassis".I thought he would tell me that i was nuts!!!,but he came back with"how much will this much money buy me".I told him and, he said strip it. FAWK Anyhow I was sitting around last weekend noticed I had some pipe and a bender.I started bending,didn't really have much of an idea of what I wanted for a chassis.I had a rough idea of what worked and what I wanted.As for looks,I had no idea. Any how after 9 days I had a pretty good start.   Picked up a set of the Radfo air shocks from TMR. Nice lookin shock  Any how we'll see what the next 9 days bring  Rue |
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Post by imstuck on Nov 8, 2010 19:52:42 GMT -4
Looks good as always.Look forward to more pics.
Jaime
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Post by theonlybull on Nov 8, 2010 19:54:23 GMT -4
your insane.... you know that right??  definatly love it though, what'ca gonna power it with??? keepin' the 4.3, or going for something different? |
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Post by Creepy on Nov 8, 2010 19:55:46 GMT -4
no pics at work, wwhhaaa!
Looking forward to the new creation. Fab section a little slow lately.
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Post by theonlybull on Nov 8, 2010 20:00:32 GMT -4
no pics at work, wwhhaaa! Looking forward to the new creation. Fab section a little slow lately. no worries about that, not with rue on the case |
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Post by 90bronco on Nov 8, 2010 20:19:36 GMT -4
heheheh leave it to you Rue to throw together some pipe in a few days and BOOM it's a buggy . Looking forward to the build ,you must almost be able to do it in your sleep now . |
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Post by mlc on Nov 8, 2010 21:19:57 GMT -4
i knew it just a matter of time  and ya got to do some thing about that jeeper thing ya going on |
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Post by rue on Nov 8, 2010 21:44:20 GMT -4
Thanks guys, buggy is still going to V6 powered ,just not sure which motor I'm going to use.The propane motor is fun,but its kinda a PITA.Was thinking about putting a stock cpi 4.3 in it.Something I can take out and abuse,over and and over.. ;D
I'm working on the Jeeper thing mlc.
Rue
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Post by Creepy on Nov 8, 2010 21:56:51 GMT -4
Bugger'er? lol Fix't it for yas. Supposed to be a secret MLC! Shootin yer mouth off, now I'll have 80 pm's...."change mine to TJ'er!" Heh, heh, just kiddin. I wanna keep you guys coming around here.
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Post by bighair on Nov 8, 2010 22:00:14 GMT -4
here we go again!!!!! lookin forward to seein what you got again rue!! uh.. going into production soon? lol Ruefab chassis.. Valley Crawl approved!! my question is, when are you gonna be lookin for sponsors for KOH!!! 8o)
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Post by mlc on Nov 8, 2010 22:22:44 GMT -4
Bugger'er? lol Fix't it for yas. Supposed to be a secret MLC!
well i didn't say a thing ...u let the secret out dude ^^^^^ ....lol
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Post by Bobbyxj on Nov 9, 2010 13:10:49 GMT -4
looking forward to this......looks like fun
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Post by Creepy on Nov 9, 2010 17:37:52 GMT -4
Whoa, the main chassis bars over/under the engine are pretty sick. top one has 6 bends and 2 planes? (3 rotations?)
Bendtech and Tubeshark? I did a 6-bend on the Toy with no rotations, it was tough enough to keep square! Sooo....how far out was it? Just come in with a ratchet strap? (I've learned there WILL be forceful tweaking of the multiplane bend pieces to get 'em tacked in place, are you having the same experience?)
Looks good, similar to the last one.
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Post by rue on Nov 9, 2010 18:08:55 GMT -4
Whoa, the main chassis bars over/under the engine are pretty sick. top one has 6 bends and 2 planes? (3 rotations?) Bendtech and Tubeshark? I did a 6-bend on the Toy with no rotations, it was tough enough to keep square! Sooo....how far out was it? Just come in with a ratchet strap? (I've learned there WILL be forceful tweaking of the multiplane bend pieces to get 'em tacked in place, are you having the same experience?) Looks good, similar to the last one. No tubeshark or bendteck,just some head scratching and a PA kinker... ;)It wasn't out that much,might of had a 1" of twist in it and came in a couple inch's to narrow.Nothin a little pullin and yankin didn't fix.I made up an angle gauge out of a couple pieces of 1" flat bar.That way I can adjust the bends as I'm bending them. This chassis is a bit different than the last.The last one was the easiest to make.This chassis just took a bit more fartin around to get it started.With this one I'm trying to make the belly as narrow as possible. The belly of this chassis is more like the buggy I built 4 years ago for Terry(one with the jeep hood).The belly of that buggy was only 25" wide,and it would just slip between stuff that other rigs would get huge up on. |
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Post by Creepy on Nov 9, 2010 18:23:28 GMT -4
Frig, no bendtech or 'real' bender? That's crazy man, you are so damn impressive with such basic tools. that hood bar. Jeez. I don't think a lot of people get what went into that bar. you could fawk that up 20 different ways.  |
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definatly love it though, what'ca gonna power it with??? keepin' the 4.3, or going for something different?
