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Thread: Battery box cover
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Fd3BOOST
Hauling
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posted December 17, 2003 03:08 PM |
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Battery box cover
Where can I find one.
Anyone wanna sell me one off of their parts trucks?
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Fd3BOOST
Hauling
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posted December 17, 2003 08:38 PM |
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Wha,no love amongst scavengers?
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nwaco
Redlining
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posted December 17, 2003 09:00 PM |
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Sorry, Man, even those with many trucks...
need them too.
Hoods, valances, battery boxes and covers, bumpers, grills, emblems, headlight bezels, fenders, radio surrounds, hood chrome, dash pads, tailgates, Flasher units, etc.
Now you know why some of us need lots of trucks. When ZERO parts are available from the manufacturer or suppliers, every major key part supplied from one truck to another possibly takes a truck off the road for good.
If you give up a good part too early, your hosed.
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Fd3BOOST
Hauling
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posted December 17, 2003 09:32 PM |
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Well lucky for me I am good with my hands.
Worst case scenario I have to fabricate something to make it fly.
Still willing to pay if someone wants to share the love..
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rotormunky
Redlining
Orlando, Florida
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posted December 18, 2003 03:57 AM |
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This seems like a decent fiberglass candidate since its not really structural.
One more thing to go on my secret list of porjects I'll probably never get to complete :)
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-Martin
Orlando, Florida
http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU
'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)
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brad
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posted December 18, 2003 02:20 PM |
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grassrootsmotorsports
had a recent article on hammerforming
take a flat piece of metal and hammerform a lip all the way around it.
like what the battery box cover has.
that lip makes the metal less likely to flex.
do that and you'd have a simple lid for the bat.
fo course it would be flat and not curve outward like stocker. but readily available. make it out of aluminum and save a pound.
brad
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74 REPU Lawn Green
81 Rx-7 racecar. 12a J-
Bridge
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rotormunky
Redlining
Orlando, Florida
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posted December 18, 2003 03:51 PM |
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That's definitely an option. I might put a simplex curve in it with a roller (or you might be able to just bend it by hand since the curve is really slight) and then use a flanger to form the lip (20 bucks from Habor Freight).
That's about all I could think of that would get you close to oem without requiring too much crazy stuff.
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-Martin
Orlando, Florida
http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU
'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)
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Fd3BOOST
Hauling
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posted December 18, 2003 03:56 PM |
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Could someone supply me with a couple of close up pics of the cover from all 4 sides.
RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, UNDERNEATH.
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rotormunky
Redlining
Orlando, Florida
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posted December 18, 2003 09:53 PM |
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quote:
Could someone supply me with a couple of close up pics of the cover from all 4 sides.
RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, UNDERNEATH.
All I got are these right now:
But I'll take more over the holiday for you.
Looking closely its not a totally easy piece to fab since its curved up there in the top corners, but still doable. If you get creative and aren't afraid to eat up a lot of sheetmetal experimenting, I think you'll manage something pretty decent. If you have a Harbor Freight or Northern Tool Supply near you, you'll probably find whatever metalworking tools you need for a small job like this without spending a tonne of money.
Good luck and please don't forget to take tonnes of picks of your work. If you need to a place to post them email me.
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-Martin
Orlando, Florida
http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU
'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)
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Klaus43
Rotorhead
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posted December 19, 2003 11:25 AM |
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Looks easier to reproduce
than the earlier version...
What, no one wants to pay for shipping cross country to convert to an early '74 bed? (One of the two b-box lid hinges is non-stock...) Fairly straight, and not too rusty to restore just yet...
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Fd3BOOST
Hauling
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posted December 19, 2003 11:11 PM |
 Edited By: Fd3BOOST on 19 Dec 2003 23:15 |
Actually that looks pretty simple.
All you need is the metal, a brake, the mandrel and the roller. Oh and a saw ;)
Hinges are nothing fancy, and those latches have lots of room from improvement.
Any shots from the front so i can see what that is supposed to look like?
I'll take pics. I always do.
I have a web site (who doesnt).
Its old and tacky like late 90's style but it works. So I can host the pics.
http://www.fd3boost.com
http://www.fd3boost.com/album/photos.php?baduser=0&randval=1
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rotormunky
Redlining
Orlando, Florida
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posted December 20, 2003 08:10 AM |
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quote:
than the earlier version...
What, no one wants to pay for shipping cross country to convert to an early '74 bed? (One of the two b-box lid hinges is non-stock...) Fairly straight, and not too rusty to restore just yet...
Personally I'm hoping that no one takes you up on that until I'm able to do it myself. It took me a couple months to scrape together the dough to get a welder tho (Santa is bringing me one I believe).
I'd REALLY be interested in someone with a real rust-bucket of a bed that they want to give me so I can cut it up for patching up my '77.
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-Martin
Orlando, Florida
http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU
'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)
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rotormunky
Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
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posted December 20, 2003 08:17 AM |
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quote:
Actually that looks pretty simple.
All you need is the metal, a brake, the mandrel and the roller. Oh and a saw ;)
Actually you can use a decent pair of metal shears and a bench top vise and that would get you most of the way there. Probaly need a grinder/wirewheel too. If you have access to compressed air I'd look into an air flanger/punch for $20 @ Harbor Freight.
And the metal is small enough that you can buy it at your local home improvement mega store.
I say give it a shot, you've got nothing to lose.
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Any shots from the front so i can see what that is supposed to look like?
I'll get more for you next week. Its off the bed now so I'll get some decent ones that focus on the cover.
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-Martin
Orlando, Florida
http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU
'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)
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Fd3BOOST
Hauling
Posts: 114
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posted December 20, 2003 09:02 AM |
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I have just about every tool you can think of.
Sandblaster, check.
Air compressors, check
Plasma torch, check
Mig welder, check
Lift, damn no lift ;)
And please do take the pics, It would be greatly appreciated.
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