sincityshooter13 Posted March 22, 2010 Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) I finally have a sandrail... kinda. It needs alot of work, but i hope to have it drivable by Halloween 2010 it needs a new rear torsion setup, strip the house paint etc the main thing right now is the cage is to low for me, anyone with a bender willing to help for a couple cases of beer? my neighbor has a jd2, but i dont know him to well yet and he just moved in so its not mounted to the ground yet. i cant wait to hit the dunes oh and its going to be right hand drive lol Edited March 22, 2010 by sincityshooter13 Quote
Don29palms Posted March 23, 2010 Posted March 23, 2010 Good luck with the build. Take pictures and keep us posted. Quote
BLUE STEEL Posted March 23, 2010 Posted March 23, 2010 Congrats. I can't wait to see how it turns out. What color are you going with? Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted March 23, 2010 Author Posted March 23, 2010 gonna do orange and black theme i should have a jd2 bender soon... hopefully lol Quote
CharlesUFarley Posted April 5, 2010 Posted April 5, 2010 gonna do orange and black theme i should have a jd2 bender soon... hopefully lol Congrats on the new ride. Orange and black is awesome. Good luck with it and hopefully i'll see you at the dunes next season with my new car Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted April 11, 2010 Author Posted April 11, 2010 still waiting on the bender, but in the mean time, I cut the rear end out, picked up a new rear end and a dual port 1600 motor. This was the donor car for the motor and torsion setup. It took about an hour to pull the motor and trans, and to pull the body off the pan Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 WOOOOOO sold some parts, i can finally order my tube bender tomorrow Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Posted April 30, 2010 after hours of of staring at my frame and several beers later we decided the best thing to do is get rid of the frame and start fresh. I love the look of the 1/2 1600 class cars, so i plan to build a two seater for the dunes with the look of a 1600 car. Its just a matter of finding out some dimensions so i can start bending some tube. Id like it to look similar to this car other than maybe different sheet metal work.' Quote
DrakAttack Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 i don't know if you have thought about looking for a roller to get you started, but it will certainly be easier than going in without a good set of plans. at least the rollers are already set up for your drive train you specify and can save you a lot of headaches in the long run. Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted May 5, 2010 Author Posted May 5, 2010 main problem is lack of funds, and not being able to make up my mind. I cant decide if i want a 1600 car or make a new sandrail similar to mine but wider. Im leaning toward a sandrail because it would be alot simpler and it would be ready by halloween. Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted May 15, 2010 Author Posted May 15, 2010 Laid out the plans tonight and bent a few tubes. going to continue in the morning my seats will arrive tomorrow, he have decided to call them mastercraps... i will explain more when i get them Quote
Jakster884 Posted May 15, 2010 Posted May 15, 2010 Its called progress. Can't wait to see it finished. Its going to be a long summer... Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted May 15, 2010 Author Posted May 15, 2010 Its called progress. Can't wait to see it finished. Its going to be a long summer... hopefully it will all be worth it by the time dune season comes. I love building things, knowing and learning how things work, and being able to say i made that, mostly why i love working construction so much (if it would ever pick back up ) Ive also been working on mounting the bus trans in the bug torsion curious too see what you guys think of my welds, i just started welding in december I pulled apart the trans recently to replace the seal and bushings in the nose cone only to discover this nose cone damaged bearing destroyed so im in the process of learning how to tear apart the trans i picked up a new nose cone from RcTrans (really helpful people there) Quote
Kitcat Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 You're very ambitous!!! Black and orange will be cool for Halloween! Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted May 17, 2010 Author Posted May 17, 2010 gonna work on mounting the seats and get the beam and torsion on it soon. here are my new seats "mastercraps" :poop: to me they look like these mastercrafts minus the stitching lol Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted May 20, 2010 Author Posted May 20, 2010 It rolls!! tomorrow i will have the seats mounted, and start building the mid part of the frame. :poop: Quote
Just Mike Posted May 20, 2010 Posted May 20, 2010 It rolls!! tomorrow i will have the seats mounted, and start building the mid part of the frame. :poop: cool. Good start Quote
A-A-Ron Posted May 21, 2010 Posted May 21, 2010 It rolls!! tomorrow i will have the seats mounted, and start building the mid part of the frame. :poop: Looks good, keep us updated! Quote
dunefreak Posted May 21, 2010 Posted May 21, 2010 This guy doesn't even have his chit built yet and he's doing tricks in the garage! Quote
sincityshooter13 Posted May 21, 2010 Author Posted May 21, 2010 This guy doesn't even have his chit built yet and he's doing tricks in the garage! we talked about strapping it behind the truck and pulling it through the neighborhood, but the lack of brakes might suck tonight we mounted the seats and bent up some tube for the sides should have pics sunday or monday Quote
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