Recent content by fuel

Thanks, man. I appreciate it. My dad was an old millwright so that might be where he got the idea from. He traveled all over Texas and even Canada, so no telling if he saw it somewhere or what. I just know that he was the only one I ever saw do it, but then again, I was born in the 70s...

Don, that rpu is killer. Ya'll are doing an EXCELLENT job on it. As someone is that is building a truck from the ground up, I know how long it takes to do something the right way. There is a lot of things on my project that took a lot of time to do and I still had to rush because I have a...

I've never seen anyone do door hinges like this before. My dad (RIP) was the only person I've ever seen use them as hinges and he used them on bbq pits. Worked great. So I had some 80 roller chain laying around and made some door hinges in kind of a tribute to him. They work awesome. This is...

Built a steering box mount out of 1/2" plate. I gussetted it as well. Do you think it is stout enough? It was the only plate steel I had laying around that was close enough to the right size, so it is what I used. It's a little heavy, but it'll work. The first pic is of the steering box mounted...

Front engine mount is made from 2x4 mild steel tubing that was mitered, holesawed, and welded in place. Total number of pieces to make the part: 9 The suspension is a semi-elliptical type design. We capture the front middle and rear of the spring. The front spring mount is at an agle because...

I posted this on another site, but was told this site might be more appropriate/receptive to this kind of build. So sorry, if you've seen this before. This is a project me and a student of mine have been working on the last few months. I wish ya'll had seen it before we started. We are...