- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Slowly but surely it's coming along. Here's a few pics of the latest progress.
NOT a budget buggy build
- Thread starter Goatman
- Start date
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
- Location
- San Bruno, CA.
Nice, I like the winch mounting location.
- Location
- Billings MT/Rapid City SD
Jes said:
Yeah, could you run the line out either end? Then you'd have front and rear winch capabilites, hmm.
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Weasel said:
No, it couldn't run out the back because the seat and the rear of the floor would be in the way. I've never seen a use for a rear winch, other than sucking the chassis down.
nhrocker
Jackstand wheeler
- Location
- Claremont, NH
Rig is looking great.
How much clearance is there going to be for the winch line once you get the coilovers assembled?
How much clearance is there going to be for the winch line once you get the coilovers assembled?
Matt S.
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fresno, CA
I am going to update the thread for him, cuz easier than sending him a HUGE amount of pictures.
You know this is bad news when a buggy built to roll over has its first near flop in THE GARAGE!!!! oops...
99% of the tube work is done, including seats and fuel cell. Small things remain, but just a few highlights of this thing.
There you go Goatboy, save those. To all the rest of the WCGIC... sucks yall are are "friends" with this guy.:cheers:
You know this is bad news when a buggy built to roll over has its first near flop in THE GARAGE!!!! oops...
99% of the tube work is done, including seats and fuel cell. Small things remain, but just a few highlights of this thing.
There you go Goatboy, save those. To all the rest of the WCGIC... sucks yall are are "friends" with this guy.:cheers:
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Matt came down and helped me again this weekend, and we got quite a bit done. It might actually be ready to run in Nov.....not finished, but running. 
The fuel cell and seat mounts are finished. The tube work is just about finished, just need two more roof bars and one rocker bar on each side, and finish the bar that goes across the motor. While I did the seat and fuel mounts, Matt built a very nice engine cage. One of the goals of this rig is to be able to take a beating without having to be rebuilt, and while there's no guarrantee of that happening, this rig is built very stout. Should be a good jumper.
Fuel cell mount:
Seat mounts:
The fuel cell and seat mounts are finished. The tube work is just about finished, just need two more roof bars and one rocker bar on each side, and finish the bar that goes across the motor. While I did the seat and fuel mounts, Matt built a very nice engine cage. One of the goals of this rig is to be able to take a beating without having to be rebuilt, and while there's no guarrantee of that happening, this rig is built very stout. Should be a good jumper.
Fuel cell mount:
Seat mounts:
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Lot's of nodes, as you can see in this pic of the rear and the pics Matt posted.
Battery box mounted:
Battery box mounted:
Ramsey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Shreveport, LA
a node would be a point where many tubes come together?
OT
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jensen, UT
That's an insane amount of nodes!
You designed that insane thing, Richard?
I'm insanely jealous.
You designed that insane thing, Richard?
I'm insanely jealous.
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Yes, a node is where tubes come together, and those are very strong components of a chassis. Basically, the more tubes that come together the stronger the structure is, since force on any one tube is transfered to all the other tubes.
Terry, yeah, it's my basic design, but Scrappy has been here two weekends helping out, and he had a lot of input into it. One of the design parameters was that there would be no dead end tubes other than for mounting things, so the only dead end tubes ended up being just a couple of joints in the front tube work. I made the front outer tube work so the hood drops inside of the tubes, which made it so I couldn't run other tubes to those tubes on the inside, so there are a couple of dead ends right in the front. Other than right next to the radiator, and on the winch mount, there isn't another dead end tube anywhere.
Another design parameter was to be able to roll and take some rock rash without the thing looking beat up after a couple seasons, so all the nodes really makes it strong so it has a better chance of lasting through many seasons of hard use. Additionally, it's all DOM tubing and the outside tubes are .188 wall. Might be just a touch heavier, but it should last well over time.
Terry, yeah, it's my basic design, but Scrappy has been here two weekends helping out, and he had a lot of input into it. One of the design parameters was that there would be no dead end tubes other than for mounting things, so the only dead end tubes ended up being just a couple of joints in the front tube work. I made the front outer tube work so the hood drops inside of the tubes, which made it so I couldn't run other tubes to those tubes on the inside, so there are a couple of dead ends right in the front. Other than right next to the radiator, and on the winch mount, there isn't another dead end tube anywhere.
Another design parameter was to be able to roll and take some rock rash without the thing looking beat up after a couple seasons, so all the nodes really makes it strong so it has a better chance of lasting through many seasons of hard use. Additionally, it's all DOM tubing and the outside tubes are .188 wall. Might be just a touch heavier, but it should last well over time.
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
cracker said:
It'll be just about 220' after I add the two other roof bars and the dash. I got 3 sticks of .188 1.5", 7 sticks of .120 1.5", and one of .120 1". I need a little more 1" to finish the dash/cowl.
vintagespeed
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Upland, CA
Lookin' good! :beer: I like the rear corners of that thing!
Nice job on this build, it's been fun to watch... especially after hearing you talk about not building it for so long. :laugh3:
I do have one question: What is the benefit of the winch mounting location? I re-read through this thread, and can't find any info on it. Care to explain?
I do have one question: What is the benefit of the winch mounting location? I re-read through this thread, and can't find any info on it. Care to explain?
cracker said:
I figured it would be nice not to have so much sticking off the front end-- but is the fairlead mount on the front corner going to make for weird pulls? Is there a benefit to the positioning of the fairlead, or is the benefit just in clearance gained from the mounting location of the winch?
