1996 2 door flareside TRX KILLER!

[Roert42]

All the people I see keeping rusted junk going from the rust belt makes me strongly question why they live where they do constantly... I mean I understand the drive but question the motive to keep ruining all the good stuff... all my junk is older than most of what I see here and I can pick any random bolt and just pull it willy nilly like... my '97 ranger has factory exhaust at 240k, '00 Explorer has factory exhaust at 260k...

I mean you do you bud but dang... no envy

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Plus, we have great weather here.

 

[Blmpkn]

Finally got my big fishplate welded on (I radiused the corners )

I cut it slightly undersized height-wise so when I welded the top&bottom the bead would hitting both the web and flanges of the frame. Also got the extra strip welded on the bottom flange because it was starting to get thin in spots and I figured it this whole area could use as much reinforcement as possible. Did two passes along the 'crotch' of the fishplate & bottom strip for the same reason.. whether or not the extra pass will make any real difference or not I have no idea sounded like a good idea though.

Gonna put another strip along the upper flange of the frame next weekend and hopefully get the crossmember burnt in as well.. I have a trick up my sleeve with this crossmember that should add quite a bit of rigidity too.. just gotta find a 2.5" hole saw..

 

[rumblecloud]

Nice work !
Sneakers...not so much.

 

[Blmpkn]

Nice work !
Sneakers...not so much.

Thank you! It's my first time really doing this caliber of frame repair.. learning a lot and enjoying myself (for the most part lol)

Ha.. yeah.. not only sneakers but sneakers that are well past their experation date

They've been relegated to only being worn on days that are nice and dry lol. It was definitely a mistake wearing them in the garage though.. absolutely no support. My legs were killing me at the end of the day.

I'd buy a new pair but... They cost the same amount as the fuel cell I'm gonna buy so... Priorities! (Lil bit of cheap Yankee too honestly)

I DO wear real boots whenever there's risk of dropping something heavy on my feet though.

 

[Rick W]

Thank you! It's my first time really doing this caliber of frame repair.. learning a lot and enjoying myself (for the most part lol)

Ha.. yeah.. not only sneakers but sneakers that are well past their experation date

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They've been relegated to only being worn on days that are nice and dry lol. It was definitely a mistake wearing them in the garage though.. absolutely no support. My legs were killing me at the end of the day.

I'd buy a new pair but... They cost the same amount as the fuel cell I'm gonna buy so... Priorities! (Lil bit of cheap Yankee too honestly)

I DO wear real boots whenever there's risk of dropping something heavy on my feet though.

E6000/GOOP Can fix those.

And then mix up some 50-50 brown rust, oleum, and mineral spirits, and just lightly dashed them with a cheap brush.

They’ll be like new

 

[Blmpkn]

E6000/GOOP Can fix those.

And then mix up some 50-50 brown rust, oleum, and mineral spirits, and just lightly dashed them with a cheap brush.

They’ll be like new

I e6000'd them a couple years ago lol.. suppose I could try another application though.