Denny
Canned Monster
The one thing you’ll probably need more than anything else you glued to the kart. And your going to skip it?
Grand Daddyish build
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TNThomas
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I have the mounting plate, so I'll likely just weld that on for the heck of it. My logic is to carry a hand crank pulled and mate to a male 2" insert. That way I can mount it to the front or rear in the 2" recievers. Something like this from HF. Use a longer strand of sythetic rope. Apparently this one will hold about 80' of that.
Master Hack
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For a coupla bux more. These are not bad for the dough. I have 2 one is antique, and both work well and trouble free since new.
No big circuit required, 1 - 12 or 10 gauge wire from the battery, one to ground. No turning cranks, and gettin all sweaty and stuff.
2000-lb-utility-trailer-winch-with-steel-rope-57365.html
No big circuit required, 1 - 12 or 10 gauge wire from the battery, one to ground. No turning cranks, and gettin all sweaty and stuff.
2000-lb-utility-trailer-winch-with-steel-rope-57365.html
TNThomas
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Planning on painting the swing arm this weekend. Getting last minute welds on the back. I won't likely set it up this summer, but I want to get the starter/flex plate "push button" reverse figured out. I'll get some sort of bracket on there for the starter before paint. Starter came off a V8, hopefully it's enough to push the kart backwards. Flex plate I.d. is 2.5" weld on hub o.d. is 2.5". Disregard the sprocket, I need to buy another hub do it's being used for mock up.
Denny
Canned Monster
Hurry up dad. Summer is almost over!
TNThomas
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Saving the swingarm for last, painting the body this weekend. I'll zap on the last few things tonight to the body.
Denny
Canned Monster
Can’t wait to see it all together in color!
TNThomas
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Got all the last little things welded onto the frame today. Mounts for mirrors, tail lights, brake lights, 22 "zip tie tabs" to keep wiring/lines clean, a few gussets/triangulation, closed a few open tubes, touched up a few things I missed here and there, got two more shackles mounted down low on each side. Cleaned it up good enough. I am not going to grind every single weld on this thing, I could spend a week doing that. Just going to run with what I got, time to move on and drive this thing. Good enough, and I have already far superceded my original build goals.
Master Hack
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Yer not gunna grind and fill and radius all those welds? AWWW C'MAWN!
Purdy dang nice!
Git it purdy then Git it durty
Purdy dang nice!
Git it purdy then Git it durty
TNThomas
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No time, too many kids! First black coat down, pretty thick. I'll do one more light coat before the flake and clear coat. Happy with the results so far. The welds are cleaned enough, still aesthetically not the vest, but good enough to paint for functionality.
Master Hack
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Function is mo bedder option than purdy anyway.
A little extra paint on the welds and nobodys gunna see anything!
Nice work!
A little extra paint on the welds and nobodys gunna see anything!
Nice work!
TNThomas
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Its true! The black and flake hide alot, part of the reason I went with these colors. Mo bedder!
Denny
Canned Monster
Can’t wait to see it with the glitter all over it!
TNThomas
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Flake down, clearcoat in the next few hours...
TNThomas
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Clearcoat on and body is done. Pics just don't to the flake justice. It's a totally different look in person. Very subtle violet, deep. Pops in the sun but looks black in this overcast.
Denny
Canned Monster
Yay, glitter! This is a milestone! Looks good!
TNThomas
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Garage queen is getting fancy. I burnt off the black powdercoat on the shackles and re powdercoated them in Sinbad Purple from Prismatic Powders. My go-to PC for cast bullets. Not the best pc job, not the worst, but it looks cool! Helps your eye see the violet too. You can see the flake better in the garage.
TNThomas
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Bells and whistles:
-Amber light bars under the dash and in front of the steering wheel.
-2 pods on the front bumper are white and/or amber.
-4 pods on the rear are red. 2 lines, one for taillights, one for a brake light.
-And whip lights, still have not turned them on, but they supposedly have infinite color options.
-Amber light bars under the dash and in front of the steering wheel.
-2 pods on the front bumper are white and/or amber.
-4 pods on the rear are red. 2 lines, one for taillights, one for a brake light.
-And whip lights, still have not turned them on, but they supposedly have infinite color options.