My '75 2002 Sleeper

[Alberthype]

Bravo!!!

[Simon S]

Labor of love there..

[tinkwithanr]

Took a break from sandblasting today, but got some parts ready for the next small project with the help of one of my friends.





Lets see who can figure out what these will become in the near future....

Hint: While the parts pictured won't end up on the car, what they make is directly involved with the project as a whole.

[Massimo]

Took a break from sandblasting today, but got some parts ready for the next small project with the help of one of my friends.





Lets see who can figure out what these will become in the near future....

Hint: While the parts pictured won't end up on the car, what they make is directly involved with the project as a whole.

Pipe bender?

[pandaboo911]

Rotisserie?

Edit: Nvm you already have one

[jakeb]

Pipe bender?

2nd

[Den_k321]

daaaang!!! this is amazing!!! love it!! keep us updated!!

[tinkwithanr]

Pipe bender?

2nd

Soooo close, I'll go ahead and say you got it right lol. Technically it's a tubing bender (yup there is a difference) but it's really just splitting hairs at that point.

Congrads! You get a big Thumps Up! :up:

daaaang!!! this is amazing!!! love it!! keep us updated!!

Thanks!

[tinkwithanr]

Good guesses. The correct answer is.... Tubing Bender!!

After not finding a good used one locally and not wanting to pay out the a$$ for something I will only be using to make one roll-cage for, I decided to make one following a set of plans I found online (Also known as the Go Trikes Bender). A few key elements that I really like about this bender in particular is the vertical bending angle lets you easily measure your bending angle as you go. Another plus is you don't need to support the far end of the tube on larger pieces, like you would with a horizontal bending position. It also runs off a pneumatically controlled hydraulic cylinder, so there's no need to bolt it to the floor or use a huge breaker bar like you would on most cheap, manual benders. All in all I have about $100 in parts (not counting the dies). Not to shabby considering it's only two days of my time, and it's something I enjoyed making.

This also gave me another chance to use the GoPro for a timelapse movie. I think the stationary camera position makes the video much easier to watch. FYI, there's no audio on this video. I got lazy and didn't feel like finding a good song lol. Oh, and you'll notice that the video stops before it's fully assembled. That's because the battery ran out lol. Looks like I may need to get the extended battery pack or remember to plug it in before shooting.

https://vimeo.com/46112411

And here are some pictures of it mostly assembled. I still need to paint it, but I'll get that done here in the next week or so.

Retracted Position:





Fully Extended Position:

[SirWolfian]

Sir Kudos for you for your own fabrication and you have just inspired someone else to fix their cars by themselves

[tinkwithanr]

Finally finished with the media blasting. This past week I finished hitting the rest of the underbody as well as some of the interior. I did skip over some parts of the interior, but they will just take a little bit of work with a angle grinder and stripping pad to get down to where they need to be.


The Results:













Overall I'm pretty happy with the results, although I can definitely say that I will gladly pay someone to do that the next time. Next will be fixing up the rust spots and fabrication that needs to be done so that I can lay down the epoxy primer. That should keep the body from rusting away until I can get the interior, engine and suspension sorted out.

Thanks for looking!

[Y30]

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[Jean]

Impressive is going to be understating the level of your project a bit!

[MC Hammered]

Great work.

I wish I had the room, tools and welding skills to attempt the work you have done.

[mitchlevy7]

wow. very impressive project.