MACKDDY build thread

Slednut10 · Aug 4, 2016

Congrats on the graduation! That's a helluva milestone by itself!

EB's looking good too! Going to do another wrench-a-que again this year?

hankjr · Aug 4, 2016

YES for a wrenching day. im thinking perhaps september 17.

maybe we can build up a set of doors and to the seat covers!

Hank

hankjr · Sep 18, 2016

So I spent the better part of yesterday welding in a vent to gas tank and shooting a coat of primer on it. It came painted but had the imprint of the cardboard box rubbed into it from shipping = not acceptable appearance

Today I'm thinking to fix the fuel feed line I damaged and get the body down onto the cart to get the rockers ready to weld. Then clean up the shop and get ready for wrench a que next weekend.

Roll cage is at powder coater and should be done this week.

It's been a busy summer work and personal life wise but still a lot of progress has been made. Just the rockers and some clean up welding and the metal work will be done!!

Hank

langester · Sep 18, 2016

Looks like its coming along nicely. Its sure nice when you can say that you are done with at least one part of the project. It makes the whole thing feel less overwhelming. Good luck with the rest of it and keep the pics coming.
Have a good one!

hankjr · Sep 20, 2016

some pics.

roll cage ready to go to powder coat. hoping to sneak over and pick it up this afternoon.

getting ready to recover seats so i fabricated new under foam wire frames. still need to fab the wire frames what add support for my a$$

the new 23 gallon tank i got from a member here a couple years ago was all rubbed from the cardboard box so i scuffed it and resprayed it.

managed to sneak in some whale watching with number one daughter, cool beverages in El Paso after hitting the pull-a part, some hiking in the whites, and caught the Springsteen show at Foxboro.

damn im tired

Hank

tasker · Sep 20, 2016

WHO has it better than Hank San Diego?

hankjr · Sep 22, 2016

i fetched the roll cage from powder coater yesterday. very pleased with the results.

fatboy · Sep 22, 2016

That thing is down right sexy! History on the cage? Who welded that? WOW

duffymahoney · Sep 22, 2016

You grinded all the welds on the cage?

Slednut10 · Sep 22, 2016

Are we putting that beauty in Saturday? I hope so, as I want to try it out for headroom!

hankjr · Sep 22, 2016

Slednut10 said:
Are we putting that beauty in Saturday? I hope so, as I want to try it out for headroom!

not going in on Saturday. sliding seat frames not ready for prime time.

duffymahoney said:
You grinded all the welds on the cage?

yes, started as just cleaning up booger welds and i just kept going

fatboy said:
That thing is down right sexy! History on the cage? Who welded that? WOW

its a BroncoBob cage. came with the partially welded option. i welded the front bars and most of the bungs in.

Hank

duffymahoney · Sep 22, 2016

Got any pictures of the grinds before powder? You are making me want to get my grinder and flap dish and sanding disks out!

hankjr · Sep 22, 2016

they mostly all looked like this.

i have a wee bit of OCD sometimes.....

Slednut10 · Sep 22, 2016

hankjr said:
they mostly all looked like this. View attachment 404115

i have a wee bit of OCD sometimes.....

But you let me weld on your rig.......;D

Nice job, Hank!

duffymahoney · Sep 22, 2016

hankjr said:
they mostly all looked like this. View attachment 404115

i have a wee bit of OCD sometimes.....

How many hours of grinding is that!?

hankjr · Sep 23, 2016

Probably close to 25 hours including cigar and beer breaks. Knowing what I know now, and having found easier methods etc it can be done in less. Totally worth the effort in my mind now that it's done.

Hank

Slednut10 · Sep 25, 2016

turbotim2 said:
Looks great!!!

You should see it in person. OMG.........

fatboy · Sep 25, 2016

slednut10 said:
you should see it in person. Omg.........

u n d e r s t a t e m e n t !

hankjr · May 1, 2017

so folks, long time since last posting :-(

so wrench a que back in September was a great day. Turns out that Tasker is particularly skilled at hold stuff while adhesive spray sets up

i got the rest of the seat covers installed. just need a warm sunny day to set the backs out to warm up for a last adjustment

i scored a set of mustang headrest and installed those

by then it was essentially xmas time and i was in Berlin for a work conference

Hank

hankjr · May 1, 2017

Christmas time rolls right into ski season. While working the day job, i also skied 72 days, gave over 125 hours of lessons, and passed a couple of instructor certification exams.

just at the end of ski season i figured life wasnt busy enough so i went ahead and fabricated a kidney stone. damn that hurt......

i've been busy catching up on travels since ski season ended. I popped into Michigan truck to get some 2020 intel

(they weren't sharing...)

Hank

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