Pigpen

but you are not putting that much of a load onto that engine, so prob a smaller radatior will work, i might be able to find ya one if i look hard enough

if you get really desperate you can borrow the one out of the bronco, i wont be going to clayton and its already out cuz of the motor swap

ive got a couple of z28 radiators. ill let you have one for scrap price if you want it.

Got the boatsiding on the driver's side mostly done. Sliders are 3x6 1/4 wall and the frame runners are 2" 1/4 wall tube. I have one more runner to make and then patch up the floor before moving on to the other side.

you need bigger tires

i'm not sure thats heavy enough

We checked it out Sunday when we were trying to find you guys to buy beanies. Looks cool. I want to do something like that to the Belle.

I thought boatsides were more angled, like a boat's side to slide off rocks.

Anyway, you think that tubing to frame connection will stand up to a good hit, or are you going to gusset it up some.

Did you weld the cab to the 3x6? I was wondering if you were going to try to seal it back up with some sheetmetal, or if you were not putting doors back on and just not going to worry about it. You may regret the holes there if you hit any mud again, ask me how I know.... :gigem:

Yea this is more of just higher clearance rock rails. How much clearance under the rocker did you gain (lose?) from this?

Yah its not very extreme as far as "boatsiding" goes but I gained about 10" of clearance, and to go any higher would have required alot more work. Yes, the cab is welded directly to the 3x6. The holes between the floor and 3x6 will be filled with sheetmetal donated from my old hood. I am not worried about the durability of my welds. I chamfered the ends of the tube, cleaned everything off to bare metal, and set my miller 210 on 5. Unless a chunk is ripped out of the frame, they aint goin anywhere.

I agree, I need bigger tires. Much...bigger...tires.

I see the fenders and hood missing, is there some tube in pigpens future? I am leaning more towards the truggy every day. Seeing the room and access you have with that stuff out of the way is a big selling point for me.

Fenders and hood are off because of motor swap and they are getting replaced with unsmashed ones too. There will be some tubage later but I cant afford it right now.

53" XML's?

I may have found a radiator...