Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

[67cheby]

Killer night last night....Thanks to my friend Tireblazin (Chip Fredrick) Square Peg's chassis is now wearing a body !

[67cheby]

and the body !!!

[oldman3]

That baby is looking sweeeet...Jim

[BigDaddyV]

/BOW to the Master! Love It! I agree Oldman, totally sweeeeeeeet!

[ddubbs]

Sweet!!! Coming along great!!!
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[67cheby]

thanks guys, this was a really HUGE milestone in this build for me, just setting the body on, tonight I will work on getting it bolted down !

[watahyahknow]

that truck is LOW if you would be able to pull the wheels up off the ground you prolly could change a tire without a jack the wheels are on garagerollers and its still laying rockers when aired out , prolly be a little less when the inner fenders go in there again though

[LODI3QTR]

It's coming along nicely.....

[fastcam1]

Damn that is sick!!!!!! Can't wait to see it with rims and paint
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[Rusbuilt]

Very nice Mike!

[nt30]

Originally Posted by LODI3QTR

It's coming along nicely.....

That is cool!

Oh yeah so is Square Peg! LOL
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[longbed67]

The vision is coming together!

[jlsanborn]

You're haulin a$$ Mike! It's already looking super cool - nice work!

[LODI3QTR]

Originally Posted by nt30

That is cool!

Oh yeah so is Square Peg! LOL
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Thanks......

[longbed67]

Here are some pics of what a guy did for the oil pan on his turbo build....

http://www.theturboforums.com/thread...ics-edition%29

[watahyahknow]

its realy hard to weld cast aluminium aspecially if its used coroded and soaked in oil you just never be able to clean it so mush that there whont be stuff oozing out of the casting and contaminating the weldbead , it might work but i think he be having leaks and cracks after only a little use with the heatcycles vibrations and other stuff that happens on the road
come to think of it you might have more luck using epoxi and gleu the plate on

[ryanroo]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

its realy hard to weld cast aluminium aspecially if its used coroded and soaked in oil you just never be able to clean it so mush that there whont be stuff oozing out of the casting and contaminating the weldbead , it might work but i think he be having leaks and cracks after only a little use with the heatcycles vibrations and other stuff that happens on the road
come to think of it you might have more luck using epoxi and gleu the plate on

you are right about the oil oozing out of the casting. that can be helped with a few warm ups with the oxy/acetylene rig. otherwise cast aluminum will weld just like sheet stock or an extrusion. but even as a used oil pan, it wont be to difficult to weld after a little clean up. if the outside is overly corroded, it would need to be sanded down till its clean regardless.

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

that truck is LOW if you would be able to pull the wheels up off the ground you prolly could change a tire without a jack the wheels are on garagerollers and its still laying rockers when aired out , prolly be a little less when the inner fenders go in there again though

LOL, that would be sweet !

Originally Posted by LODI3QTR

It's coming along nicely.....

Man, that is TOO COOL ! Thank you !

Originally Posted by fastcam1

Damn that is sick!!!!!! Can't wait to see it with rims and paint
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thanks man, me too !

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

Very nice Mike!

Thank you

Originally Posted by longbed67

The vision is coming together!

Thanks its getting exciting !

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

You're haulin a$$ Mike! It's already looking super cool - nice work!

Thank you

Originally Posted by longbed67

Here are some pics of what a guy did for the oil pan on his turbo build....

http://www.theturboforums.com/thread...ics-edition%29

Thanks I will check it out !

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

its realy hard to weld cast aluminium aspecially if its used coroded and soaked in oil you just never be able to clean it so mush that there whont be stuff oozing out of the casting and contaminating the weldbead , it might work but i think he be having leaks and cracks after only a little use with the heatcycles vibrations and other stuff that happens on the road
come to think of it you might have more luck using epoxi and gleu the plate on

Hmmm...I bet it would be hard

Originally Posted by ryanroo

you are right about the oil oozing out of the casting. that can be helped with a few warm ups with the oxy/acetylene rig. otherwise cast aluminum will weld just like sheet stock or an extrusion. but even as a used oil pan, it wont be to difficult to weld after a little clean up. if the outside is overly corroded, it would need to be sanded down till its clean regardless.

Great info !

[67cheby]

How about some weekend progress !!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

How about some weekend progress !!

That's awesome!!!!! Got to love being able to mix old school with new school!!! that looks sharp!!!

[67cheby]

Thanks man, I love it !

[watahyahknow]

nice...... looks like the idea is working , now to find an old corvette doghouse style injection manifold


if you try that it might be eazier to have sumtin made that only looks like it and hollow on a 3D printer so you can trim the bottom edge and stick it over the original manifold with some stuck on bolts or epoxy or sumtin like that you could hide a ton of modern stuff under there

[thor]

Saw the first pic and got excited about your custom LSx V-12. That is a really cool use of the old valve covers; very clean way to hide the coil packs. And I love that old GMC stamping. Too cool Mike!

[68Timber]

Looks good! Some of the infamous semi-hemi GMC heads, huh?

[superflysteiny]

great idea on the valve covers