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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I would be lying if I said less than a few.
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I cut up some more steel and made some tabs and return gussets for the seat mount tabs. I promptly cooked the welds on the tabs, less heat next time. With the buggy upside down again, I burned in the extra pair of sway bar saddle mounts Goatbuilt sent out. I was missing the second pair in...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I received a set of seat sliders that bolt into the vertical tab style mounts on these seats and deliver ~5" of movement. I mounted them onto one of the seats and set it in the rearward position and set the seat in the frame 1/2" from the B pillar. With that mocked up I measured out and came...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I mounted some more sheet metal over the weekend. The rear sheet metal is now all tabbed in and I also got one one of the engine covers in. I had to come up with a solution to preload the panel inwards to keep the gaps tight while I was running a foot pedal, torch and filler rod upside down...
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    Milwaukee Power Tools Deal Permathread

    Strange, I picked up my 3 M12 6.0s and charger the other day. I would have had them shipped, but they didn't offer the option on that deal.
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I finished welding the engine crossmember out. It was clamped to the ****** crossmember while I welded out both sides and the exposed edges. When I flipped it to weld the inside seams I tried to fixture it to resist some of the shrink. I was unsuccessful. A fix was required as it drew in...
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    Show us your VFD conversions/installations

    Do you have a frequency output greater than 0 selected?
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    Made from pipe seems like a better reason to do it than from square tube even. All the copes you have to keep track of and the angle without a flat surface for reference. A tube laser job shop would make it a lot easier on you guys if you have standard designs you build to. There is a fan...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    It's a flat sheet crossflow skid, or will be when it's done. It's for clarifying wine/cider.
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    It's becoming an industry standard. We do a similar process for our frames at work. I have a vendor laser cut and tab and notch stock tubing so we're a day away from a welded out frame when an order comes in. The fabricator just takes a hammer and knocks out the wedges and then folds the tube...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    It was a weekend of project catchups. Cleaning up the garage, new tubes in the wife's bike, finally mounted the step on the trailer, did another wheel seal on the truck. It's not the buggy, but I unbolted the gas line and cut some 2x2 1/4" angle drops to make mounts for the trailer step we...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    No American vehicle is complete without multiple cup holders!
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    A few hours of time in the garage this weekend. I finished making the floor tubes removable for easier servicing and pulling of the transmission and cases as well as welded up the shifter mount. The center seat and console mount got welded out to fix the tubes together. Then I taped out the...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    Base cover cost was $200ea, we added pockets on the back for storage which was a $50 add. Not bad when you look at what a new comp pro seat with heaters runs nowadays.
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I haven't touched the chassis in a month. Lots of things going on, but I should have some more content this weekend. I rode with some friends and did a 4 day Con trip this last weekend. Fun not fixing everything all weekend :lmao: I did get the front seats back from PRP after recovering...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    Good input. The diameter of the cup defintely made the motion exaggerated. I tried several different stick out lengths, that one being the last, but not necessarily the best. I dont have any 1/8 ER70 on hand, which was why I was fudging with 2 peices of 3/32. A single peice of 1/8 and a little...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    Thank you. No idea. Wife has ixnayed green before we even started it, not that I'm much for flashy color. Friends suggested power coat which I honestly hate for a crawler. I'm leaning towards a weldable primer like Steel It. It is an option! Slow progress the last couple of weeks. Personal...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    Fortunately/unfortunately all of the first tube welds were roots and have been covered to get to a final throat. I did find this weld I made about the end of day Saturday which is right next to the welds I made to attach the link bolt doubler plates.
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    I finally reached the milestone of having all the tubes welded out end of day Saturday. Really glad to be done with that task. The over engine crossmember is the only one not burned in. I don't like it's fit as it's about a 1/8th short, but I picked up some weld in tube connector bungs in place...
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    Building a buggy: nobggrnchvy

    Just welding away, one joint after another. I learned a new trick from a friend, Furick 12 cup, 150a straight and 3/32 rod gets it done in one. Works pretty well for a cover pass on the other roots too, just have to be careful with the 3/32 overlay as you can **** enough heat from it that it...
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