Project ROKTOY - Tube Chassis - Part 2
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By: Jay Kopycinski - 7/2002
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| Chassis still in progress sitting on dolly |
With the main cage complete, I turned my attention to adding secondary
structures and bracing. After seemingly putting a lot of cagework together in a fairly
short time, this is where things start to slow down again. There are all sorts of small
items to consider adding. These all need mounting brackets or tabs. Some of these details
will be shown in subsequent sections of the build.
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| Mount under "hood" area for winch solenoid |
Passenger grab bar mounted to dash bar |
After much work on the chassis details,
it was time to do a lot of final welding on the chassis. Myself and some friends
pulled the chassis out on the driveway for what would be a long series of welding
sessions. After tacking items together for 3-4 months, it was amazing how many
joints there were to final weld. With the chassis in this condition, which is near
complete.....the weight is right at about 600 lbs. That being about 340 lbs. front
and about 260 lbs. rear. I neglected to weigh the stock frame but would estimate its
weight to be about 150 lbs. in factory trim and maybe 120 lbs. stripped of all extraneous brackets.
I don't know the weight of the cab itself, but it is quite heavy. My chassis is definitely
lighter than the stock frame/cab combination.
More pics of the chassis......
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| Using the engine hoist to help move it |
Friends came in handy for moving the chassis |
Up it goes to roll it over on its side |
Laying chassis on side for better weld access |
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| Front/side view |
Interior view |
Rear/side view |
Rear view |
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| Rear/side view |
Driver side view |
View to inside |
Frontal area |
More to follow........
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