Recent content by DesertGoat

Smog laws are exactly the reason why my current project & the truck before it were both pre-1976. I've heard tales of other dudes doing remote AZ or South Dakota registrations though

I've used solidworks & NX profesionally. At home I use fusion 360 for all my truck projects. Good community support & free without drama. I was real grumpy about it at first, but that's going from being a power user on highly capable programs down to a free software. I like it now that i've...

yep - i agree with ya'll. it was too close for comfort. Fortunately since I drew this whole thing in fusion it was pretty simple to raise it up 1/2" with some new tabs. it's less coplanar now with the tubes, but by the time I box everything in it'll be plenty strong enough to deal with the...

hawt damn. definitely missed that from earlier in the thread. Swanky. so, then, follow up question. Something I've seen happen to carbon after lots of time in the sun is some ugly yellowing & fading. Do you already have something fingered out for UV protection?

sneezus that looks awesome. is it dry carbon vinyl on the fuel cell?

I decided to err on the side of more structure instead of less. Staring at it some more - it was also going to make the hose routing a bit easier anyways so the hell with it. I wanted to re-do the condenser mounts anyway. and then i ran out of tubing - so i'm still missing a tube here. also...

Looking for feedback. last night i tacked up 1/2 of the mounts of the AC condensor located right in front of the radiator. I realized as I was cleaning up for the night that I may have made a mistake - but I want everyone's opinion. I'm worried that the location I picked precludes me from...

you're talking about the bent filler plates, right? i agree - those need some better fits for the welds. When i take it apart to actually weld I think i'm going to just bevel the bent plate. maximize the space available for the bolts (you'll see what i mean later)

Went to cycle the suspension with the tire on to plan for oil cooler clearances & discovered that the fender mounts were built asymmetrically. Andrew & I had picked up a feature on the body & a bolt hole in the grille previously but it turns out that we picked some unreliable features. it was...

excuse me, an offset what now? is that also a solution for the D44 stuff on that inner axle joint that has to be ground out usually?

pivoting off the radiator mount a little bit & working to get all the front body panels mounted so I can mock up all the front end coolers & things for packaging work. A buddy helped me get the hood mocked up, then decided I need to get the fenders back on so I can cycle everything & see how...

Making some progress on radiator mounting. Gonna have the homie come weld these out for me next week once i'm done with the mockups & test fits. I gotta make sure I can still lift & wiggle the radiator out with these wings on it. Also trying to get the hood mounted to double check clearances but...

lower radiator mount work in progress AC compressor mount - was originally a Kwik performance mount provided by vintage air. I needed more clearance to the bypass on the passenger side so I had china make me a bracket that scooched the compressor more inboard. I have a scary tight clearace to...

ya know... if you call her Baja Betty - you're gonna have to actually take her to Baja. progress looks good!

@ tommy - that's definitely cool. i'm definitely not doing any of that shit at home. @cbrewer - cool idea, but the tires would make those compartments very small. small enough that i'm not convinced the extra work is worth it.