!New Improved! "Last Minute" buildup thread

[BMFScout]

That's it. The next person that writes Stacey Bars is going to get pistol whipped!

STACEY BARS!!!

...and if you try to pistol whip me I will roman candle whip your ass in the parking lot of the A&A!

[DRAGOONRANCH]

What size tubing is those stacey bars?

are = plural
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Sounds like good ol' plain southern speak to me. Of course you would have known this had you been from a 'real' southern state and not one just pretending to be....

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Oh, and STACEy BARs!!!

David, you bring the piston and the man in the chicken suit, I'll bring the baby oil and the camera. What goes on in Clayton stays in Clayton.

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[Reckless]

That's it. The next person that writes Stacey Bars is going to get pistol whipped!

What size tubing is those stacey bars?

STACEY BARS!!!

...and if you try to pistol whip me I will roman candle whip your ass in the parking lot of the A&A!

Beat ya too it

[JeepPhisherman]

Sounds like good ol' plain southern speak to me. Of course you would have known this had you been from a 'real' southern state and not one just pretending to be....

Texas is overrated.


"Long live the Confederacah"

[mudtoy67]

You guys are totally ...


Anyway...


The crossmember that I removed was a tube that went through the two brackets on the frame. So I removed what was left of the tube where it was welded, cleaned up the holes, and slipped the crossmember back in to the brackets. I'll weld this in at the same time I tack the bumper in place. I also flipped it around, since with the new wheelbase the upper shock mounts are in the right place to mount the lower shock mounts on the front of the axle. I probably won't use the stock upper mounts though, I'll put some new mounts in the center of the crossmember.



Let the obligatory mock-ups begin...

This is the spring at 105" center pin to pin. I used a high tech spring mock-up system to hang the spring in its approximate position.



Here's where the fuel cell will be. I'll have to wait till I get a drivetrain in to see how high it will need to be for driveshaft clearance. I want to keep it as low as possible for COG and so that I can run a regular filler neck on the cell.

[mudtoy67]

Here's a little bed mock-up. I threw the LUV bedside up to see if I could get an idea what it would look like...but it's about 41" too long.:P From the back of the cab to the back of the bumper is about 36.5".



I through the sides of the FJ body I cut out just for fun. This gives a little better idea of how it may look.

[AggieTJ2007]

looks good

[Shaggy]

this is gonna look cool

[mudtoy67]

Got LUV?

Tacked the two ends of the bed together. My thought was to try without the wheel well first, then if I still want it I can add it in there.

I'm not sure about if the wheel well will look better or not. If I put the wheel well in I'll have to put in a fill panel behind it anyway to cover the frame. I chopped a wheel well onto one of the pics...thoughts?

[agjohn02]

you should dove it from the edge of the bulkhead to the width you have it at the rear now. sorta like jimmys scout.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I like it with out the wheel well, if it's going to be that far inboard anyways, do you really need it.

[mudtoy67]

It's a little late for the dovetail now. I think dovetails look good, but I was looking at doing something a little different anyway.

I didn't really measure, so the tire may actually sit in a little closer to the body. Still, the wheel well would be more for looks than function because it would only be about 1-2" deep.

[jerryg79]

i really have no idea what you are doing to this poor thing.

[mudtoy67]

Preparing it for the scrap yard, but making it look like I'm doing something to it so I don't look like a quitter.