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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/03/11 10:06 AM
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Nice fab work,Raff! It should look good with that diamond plate!! 
Well I decided to cut the back wall under the tubes
so I can drop the chassis in tack and weld it all up
then on the install I'll weld the upper bars via the
back window area then weld the back wall back up...
I'm going to do that today and drop the chassis...
thanks Ted... it'll look much better once its welded
and painted... the tubing thats rusted at the back was
in the pole barn and got wet... oh well a scotch brite
will take care of that
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/03/11 10:16 AM
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What are you using for paint on the bars? 
Its like POR-15 but its called Chassis Saver(alot of
semi shops use it)
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
[Re: tboomer]
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05/03/11 10:29 AM
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I saved that thread about roll cage paint...I want to redo mine.. 
One thing about the POR-15 and Chassis Saver types
they brush on and lay out smooth... I painted the
trans with it and it layed out nice... I have to touch
it up where I didnt clean it too good and it pealed
some but I did a POOR job of cleaning in a couple of
area's... I wanted to sand blast the case but was leary
of getting sand in places
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
[Re: Labratt]
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05/06/11 01:56 PM
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Awesome pics!
Keep 'em coming!
Drag Week 2011 - 77th place - DD
Drag Week 2012 - 2nd place SRBB N/A
Drag Week 2014 - Kapooya
RMRW 2018
RMRW 2020
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/06/11 08:31 PM
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Well I have the body up on the hoist with the chassis on the floor and have been welding all day for the last 2 days... till I ran out of argon this evening... I'll pick up 2 bottles tomorrow... hope to have the chassis done by next weekend... this is what it looks like today
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/06/11 10:41 PM
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But..... theres no gun rack 
Here in Mich cant have them exposed... but there's
enough tubing to hang some hooks on 
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/11/11 01:02 AM
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Chassis is completed... I started painting it today just to see what it looks like in the morning(dry)... I'm using a sort of POR-15 but this is called Chassis Saver that semi truck shops use... I'll see tomorrow... I still need to weld in the trans cross member in the morning... other than that I THINK its done... I'll get some pics tomorrow
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/11/11 01:52 AM
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Wow, you made great progress! At this rate, you'll finish in time to make Drag Week with time to spare!
Gone to the dark side with an LS3 powered '57 Chevy 210
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/11/11 02:23 AM
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Wow, you made great progress! At this rate, you'll finish in time to make Drag Week with time to spare!
My buddy and myself made the decision not to go on
drag week... we will go to one that a guy puts on
in this area... 5 tracks BUT you can trailer the car
to each track IF you want... if I'm done I will drive
the route... its in the Mich and Canada area.... next
year we will do drag week unless its farther out west
OR fuel prices are too steep.... I have to true the
rearend in the next day or so and weld the brackets
on it... then it'll be a rolling chassis 
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Re: Started My Build For Next Years Drag Week ...UPDATE
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05/11/11 07:02 PM
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That is nice work Mr P. Wish I could do that.
Stupid question time.....How do you mount the body on a tube frame car?
I have 6 tabs that I weld on to the chassis then weld
to the sills and back end... the front end bolts on...
I was hopeing to be done today with the trans cross
member but I'm 1 part short
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As soon as we get a day where the humidity isn't so darn high..I'm going to POR-15 my roll bars. 
With the way that's been going...might be a while! 
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