Scott's Patrol Progress

[redcagepatrol]

more progress...
http://www.offroadrepublic.com/galle...um.php?page=17

fuel cell in
front axle back together
rocker panels done less some extra bracing

[Jackasic]

Always nice when the grinder skips off and hits you in the shirt. Mine bounced off my arm before binding up in my shirt. Left a sweet scar

[Jackasic]

BTW, linky no worky

[Jackasic]

so is the metal you put on the rockers sheet metal or plate? Seems like it would get destroyed if it is sheet metal, when your sliding over rocks. are you going to mount some rock slider below them?

[redcagepatrol]

it's 1/8" aluminum. I plan on sliding on the outskits where the tubing is. It will get bent a little between the braces if I land on the peak of a rock but i am not worried about it, there is plenty of support on the back side.

I am also going to bend the edges up with a hammer so they don't catch on anything.

[Krawler68]

1/8" is plenty thick for aluminum...if it was steel I'd say go thinner, it'll be impossible to tear it up over the long run... especially with as many braces as your ran on the back.

[BigRedFord04]

lookin' good scott...i really like the fuel cell and the LEDs

[redcagepatrol]

a few more pics up of the floor and front shock hoops

http://www.offroadrepublic.com/galle...um.php?page=19

[rjlynn67]

Nice work! are you going to make a cross bar connecting the two hoops over the engine? Maybe with it removeable so access is still easy when you have to pull the little bastard and rebuild it for the 8th time?

[redcagepatrol]

Originally posted by rjlynn67
Nice work! are you going to make a cross bar connecting the two hoops over the engine? Maybe with it removeable so access is still easy when you have to pull the little bastard and rebuild it for the 8th time?

I thought about it but the cross bar would screw up axcss to the oil fill cap and the distributer so I just added some bracing going to the motor mounts.

I only rebuilt it three times, it would only be four

[Krawler68]

it's starting to look REALLY good scott... it's amazing how much work we can get done when there's money around huh?

[redcagepatrol]

what money? Steel and aluminum is cheap - it's my time and labor that is hard to come by...

[rjlynn67]

A Men to that Brother! I haven't even toched the new XJ yet! Although the lift we want has been determined, just waiting to buy.

[Krawler68]

I call BS... you've been spending some money on that thing, and aluminum ain't that cheap unless you're buying scrap...I distinctly remember you bitching about how much money you had spent on just metal.

Besides i see you have made plenty of time to work on it lately... just as I have been makin plenty of time to fiddle with my pile. Nights and weekends allow for a lot of work. Having the shop to work in helps even more.

Doug

[redcagepatrol]

spent $120 on a sheet of aluminum... relatively cheep. SSS steel knows me pretty well though


I redid the rear exo-cage bars and made them removable - like the body panels.