St. John's C-Bone Build

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Oh man, that thing is going to be sick!

[uglyota]

Ryan on those upper link mounts, you do realize that fitment is a lot harder on curved surfaces than on flat ones, right?
Freakin sick....

[Graystroke]

Are those rear links temporary...I mean after all I would expect some kick ass speed holed thing that was attached under the driver and about 5' long!


looks good. I like the way it sits w/ the wheels stuffed.

[Fredo]

Here's a few more pics for an update. Ryan welding on the rear bumper/spare tire rack.

[Fredo]

Here's a couple of the mounts for the bedsides. It's a bushing and insert setup for the front edge for easy mounting and removal.

[robertf03]

Is that tire carrier new? didn't notice it last time i was there.

Looks like the parts from the really advanced lego sets.

[Fredo]

Here's St.John's battery box he's building. There will be two of these. One mounted on each side of the fuel cell. Pretty slick.

[KrazyKarl02]

Can the battery hold down bar hit the posts of the battery? Or is it held in there tight enough where it will not move?

[Fredo]

It'll be held in tight enough where it won't hit the posts, and there is no room for the battery to move in the box, but on top of that, there is that ridge below the terminals in the mold of the battery top that the bar sits against that won't allow it to pop up into the top terminals.

[Graystroke]

idea for you ryan...on the bedsides, why not weld some kind of bracing w/ studs or post closest to cab attached to fender. run some kind of cam over latch or pins in the rear. This way you just stab in the fender toward the cab firewall and swing it in and latch them up. no tools needed. Kind of like how a lot of radiators are done w/ the bushings and post on the bottom.

[tigweld]

thats how my radiator is done too. I want something much simpler and cleaner in rear for when the bed sides aren't mounted than a any sort of latch setup I can think of would require. i have yet to finish what I have in mind but it will require a wrench to get the bedside off. even though i think it will be super clean when the bedside is on or off

[Graystroke]

here's a neato sketch to illustrate what I was talking about

[Graystroke]

put the latch(s) on the qtr panel. then all you have is a loop or something that the latch grabs

[tigweld]

you still would have something sticking out besides the loop for the latch to pull tight against. I looked though the austin hardware catalog for quite a while trying to find something that didn't have anything sticking out when the latch was removed and most of the latches I found(with lock) wouldn't fit in the space available because the lever would get in the way. I think I want all the bedside attachment hardware on the bedside and only a single hole on each bumperette for a bolt.

[mudtoy67]

Latches sound like a good way to lose a bedside when you're bouncing around the desert at 100mph.