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Old 03-04-2017, 03:40 PM   #701
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister

I decided I needed some inner fenders so we dug out some old ones from my 67 pick up. I think with some cutting and patching we should be able to make these work.
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Old 03-04-2017, 05:10 PM   #702
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Always something happening ehhh Dale.


Rain here.

No progress on the truck yet, but the little Berlingo van is making me smile.
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Old 03-04-2017, 10:29 PM   #703
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Now that is interesting.. Like the way you are going
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Old 03-05-2017, 12:43 PM   #704
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With your metal working skills this will be eazy~peezy.
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Old 03-06-2017, 08:33 PM   #705
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Always something happening ehhh Dale.


Rain here.

No progress on the truck yet, but the little Berlingo van is making me smile.
Hi Rian. Ya we're always doing something.

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Thanks Bomp. It's all just cutting and welding.


We spent most of the afternoon trying to center the front wheel. We decided that moving the fender forward 6 5/8" was about right. So we cut the back off a couple of old fenders. Next we'll clamp them in place and start welding.
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Wow you guys rock!!
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Old 03-06-2017, 09:14 PM   #707
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Those fender extensions are gonna look great
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Old 03-07-2017, 05:21 PM   #708
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Love it
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Old 03-08-2017, 08:27 PM   #710
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Wow you guys rock!!
Thanks Lower. We 're trying our best.

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Those fender extensions are gonna look great
Thanks Nik Should be interesting when we get all the pieces welded together.

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We got one of the fender extensions on. It turned out pretty good. We also fixed the panel alignment issues where the fenders meet the grille surround.
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Bravo, Nice, clean and straight. Perfect.
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Old 03-08-2017, 11:58 PM   #712
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Bravo to the metal magician!
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Re: My suburban's Twisted Little Sister

Very Very Impressive.

I guess a bit of practice does help.

That looks like a no filler join.
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Thanks Bomp. I'm quite happy with the way it turned out.

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Thanks Nik. No magic just a lot of time.

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I guess a bit of practice does help.

That looks like a no filler join.
Thanks Rain. It's a case of spend time now getting it strait or spend time later. And I hate sanding bondo.


We finished welding the second fender extension. Then we started making some brackets to mount the front sheetmetal. First two brackets with slots to mount the rad cradle. Then a bracket to weld to the inside of the fender and one to weld to the frame to attach the fender.
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Love the creativity. The fender came out looking good!
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We spent some time mounting brackets. We tacked the rad cradle brackets to the frame. Then we tacked the lower fender bracket to the frame but the placement was off so we'll have to try again later. We also started fixing the rust on the fender tops (hood sides )
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Old 03-16-2017, 07:26 PM   #717
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We got the fender mounting brackets tacked in place and bolted the fenders on. We also finished one of the patches on fender tops and set it in position.
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Looking good
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I continue to see a Hotwheels special edition with the lines you have created here Dale.

Looking good team.
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We continued working on the front sheetmetal today. To start we made some brackets to temporarily hold the front of the hood in position.This piece will become part of the grille surround. We then set the fender top on to check the placement. We found that the fender top needs to move forward 2 3/4 inches to align properly. We decided to cut a slice off a spare set of cowl extensions. That was as far as we got today we'll start tacking next time.
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We got some more of the welding done. Still a bunch more to do
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Will the hood hinges be able to take the weight of the added Steel
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Hey Pirate. The hood will just be the small section in the center. The sides will be part of the fenders and the front will be part of the grille surround.


Just a small update since we've been doing a bunch of welding. We did make a 27" plywood wheel to figure out back spacing and clearance.
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Wooden wheel.....Yabba-Dabba Do!
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Do you know of a shop to get it balanced?
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