Getting there! Over 18,000 views let's just say they are a few people anticipating the final build pics and see this thing getting abused,lol.nice work mike! Chad

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You need to add some foam padding and a pillow to those tree bars in case you need a nap!

Looks good. I just measured mine from tree bar to tree bar yesterday and I think it was right at 87. You could haul some serious coolers at least.

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Very nice as always. I assume on the Wings you are going to add a brace from the knife up to the vertical?

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Lookin good mike!

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Mike Excellent fab work as normal!! but I noticed the pic of the left frt and the bleeder is on the bottom of the caliper and it should be at the top but in the mock up stage it doesn't matter

Man , your really moving along good mike !
Car is looking sweet !!!!!!

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real nice work!! cant wait to see it all finished

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Yep, I bought the Jammars and love them. Couldnt afford the machines to make em See you in May I hope!

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Big bump for Progress report !

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Not a lot to share. The throttle issue is solved by mounting the drive by wire throttle in a water tight box. It turns into a standard throttle cable and foot pedal up front.

I have the cutting brake installed.

And I'm working on a dash, floor tabs, Dzuse tabs for the fiberglass and seat belt tabs.

Real soon here it will be time to take it all apart, do all the final welding and get it to powder coat.

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The baddest build thread on here! Finish this beast already, I wanna see some test runs

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mike just sent over the revised pic of the proposed dashboard. personally i think the oil gauge should be a little bigger

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laughing my butt off. thats funny but believeable considering that would be the least overdone part on the buggy

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I know Chad needs the altimeter and Yaw gauge.

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I can't help if I start off with a cardboard dash and it ends up being the cockpit of a Boeing Dreamliner. Start off not wanting any gauges at all, just a couple of switches and maybe an idiot light or two and call it a day. But no, I'll end up with the dash out of the fricken space shuttle. Good thing I don't have a bunch of room, not sure where I would put the ghetto blaster.

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Lmao! Don't they all start out just going to be simple,best of the basics projects. Then it's well I need this or I can add this and well since I've did that I might as well go ahead and do this also,and on and on and on,damn I need to drink a beer and think about this one more time,lol. Don't forget the drop down oxygen mask for those high altitude hill climbs. Chad

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Or the way mike talks he may ad a sauna in the cockpit .

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im wondering when hes gonna start working on the flux capacitor

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classic "drink and think" syndrome.... happens alot out in the garage during the winter months. be careful because its as contagious as the flu but unlike the flu there is no known vaccination or cure. it has been said that to ease the pain one must spend time out in the garage with others that suffer from the same ailment.
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Nice work madmike. Love all the custom work. Hope to see it in the woods and thanks for the phone call and info you gave me very much appriciated thanks

Nice build Mike. But where did you get the 1400# at. I've tried keeping mine as light as possible and I would say mine will be close to that mark.

Terry I have been thinking the same thing it looks like 1500# with no driver. But there must be some light weight parts that we ain't seeing. And it is coming along nice.

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This is what I said............
"I'm shooting for #1400 trail ready with my ass behind the wheel. Not sure if that's possible or not anymore. Since I quit smoking 16 months ago, I was packing the pounds on."

Terry what makes it possible for yours to be close to "that mark" and this one can't? Is it possible I know what the bare frame weighed before I started and have been keeping track of weights throughout the build? Is it possible that I have a set of scales here and I can keep track as I go? OR was that a projected weight, something I'm hoping to obtain and If it does weigh what I'm hoping, great if not that's great too. I'm looking at your build, nice work by the way, but I'm not seeing a 1400# car there either but then again my eyes are not calibrated for weights, just measurements. I think your seeing the fiberglass and thinking weight.

Hows about a gentleman's wager? I'll bet you a dollar mine is lighter than yours when it's finished. I'll back it you with a photo of it on a public scale with the weights. You do the same when the time comes.

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I need to get my car on the scales come spring. I figure it weighs around 1700 lbs but it is a big guess.

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