Glen's budget rebuild

[Gittinit]

That roll bar aint too bad. So where are ya gonna put the toolbox, there won't be any room for it? Have you heard from Josh?

[79coyotefrg]

actually  today  i was thinking about making the tailgate into a toolbox 

heard from Josh

Whatever you do, keep that hood ornament! Nothing scares those hamsters under the hood like a big orange cat.

[DTB]

i didnt see an option on the poll to get rid of the roll bar?

[YotaJosh]

That roll bar aint too bad. So where are ya gonna put the toolbox, there won't be any room for it? Have you heard from Josh?

Who, me?

[fatt_matt]

i kinda like that angle iron..

[79coyotefrg]

thanks FM,  i'm gonna do the same on the other side BUT  i gotta make some sort of  fold up step

[Rocksurfer]

Don't think you should cut off the supports without putting something in it place. Without the braces the rollbar  may collapse. It is a little tall, I'd try to cut it down a little.

[BLACKDOG]

Don't think you should cut off the supports without putting something in it place. Without the braces the rollbar  may collapse. It is a little tall, I'd try to cut it down a little.

x2 on it still being too tall  

[DTB]

x2 on it still being too tall  

what kind of roll bar is that?

[79coyotefrg]

x2 on it still being too tall  

yea  i thought so too,  so i cut  2 inches off,  im going to leave the legs for now,  but later on i might remove them  since i will have a large U shaped hoop  that hinges  from the brackets  in the floor of the bed  just behind  the wheel wells


angle iron side protection  is  reinforced  with  thick wall  1x1 square tube

[Rocksurfer]

what kind of roll bar is that?

You know you're a redneck if the rollbar on your truck is twice the size it should be.

[79coyotefrg]

what kind of roll bar is that?

  beats me  i saved it  from the crusher  at the  scrap yard 

[79coyotefrg]

i  have  cut  the width by  8 inches,  should finish welding it up this week,  it was just too humid  today


i think  it must have been for a  fullsize  ford  or chevy 

[DanS]

Glen, are the roll bars tied or plated to the frame? Are they for show or are you intrigrating some cool tire carrier or tool box?  

[79coyotefrg]

i'll be working on a  reciever mounted  or swing out  tire carrier,  and a integrated  toolbox

  anybody  got some 20MM  ammo cans 

[79coyotefrg]

yes DanS  the rollbar WILL  be  plated  on the floor  and  reinforced  to the frame

i sure dont need my head smashed  , im enough as it is

[DanS]

Glen, keep the pics coming you've got some great idea's 

[79coyotefrg]

Glen, keep the pics coming you've got some great idea's 

thinking about  making a "work tray"  out of the tailgate 

[Gittinit]

thinking about  making a "work tray"  out of the tailgate 

If you plan on hamering on it you had better make it strong. The stock attatchment pioints along with the flimsy stock construction won't hardly handle a load much less be strong enough to pound on.

[79coyotefrg]

If you plan on hamering on it you had better make it strong. The stock attatchment pioints along with the flimsy stock construction won't hardly handle a load much less be strong enough to pound on.

yea  i know  thats why my left hinge is cracked  and  my gate slopes  down like a dumptruck apron

[79coyotefrg]

cut 2 inches  of the height now  i think i need to trim the legs BUT  im gonna  put a  1/4 inch plate under the main hoop  and  heat  the legs  and  bend them to fit  the wheel wells


oh  and some paint

[79coyotefrg]

ok,  i didnt like the rollbar,  so i ditched it,  its  forsale if  anyone wants it


i scored some 1 1/2 inch square tube with .250 wall  so im gonna maybe build  a roll bar from that  and  weld it directly to the frame

[Lady Di]

 

[topar]

  Looking good.  I think you could name this truck Homebrew 

[BUBBA]

  glen is a redneck you know

[tom w.]

redneck is as redneck does.

and that's all i've got to say about that.

[topar]

Nothing wrong with being a redneck 

[79coyotefrg]

   you HAVE seen my front bumper  right 

[BUBBA]

you remember my 4runner right

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f36/bubba28904/000_0578.jpg

[79coyotefrg]