A half million holes and screws, 4 taps and a big PITA still looks cooler than pop rivets would have in much less time.
I'm breaking taps because all I get is about 10-12 holes to one of them. One was purely my fault, the other three just decided to go probably because WD 40 isn't sufficient to lube it.. The holes are not that tight it's just that that tap is so damned little.Mike, if you are breaking taps, you CAN use a tap drill a few thousandths larger. It makes a world of difference. I wouldn't hesitate to oversize up to .010 for something like that. 4-40s are ridiculously small, anyway. I wouldn't chance it by sticking to a chart next time. Give yourself some leeway. It's not aerospace.. no sense in breaking a million taps. In mild steel one should do dozens of holes. find a good lube. Tapmagic is worth the money.
I was thinking the same thing for the whole dash (including that new piece). I thought what if I just sanded everything real good, and just cleared all this s hit....Even taking all day, that is a one off piece that, again, just ties the whole custom job together. Too bad you are painting/wrapping in leather. It looks pretty damn cool as raw metal.
Your first time driving it would be like this:I was thinking the same thing for the whole dash (including that new piece). I thought what if I just sanded everything real good, and just cleared all this s hit....
Then I woke up.
I get that it will look much more finished with leather and paint, I just have an appreciation for metal work. Here in a month or two, you are going to have something else to laugh at me for. I plan to cut the nose off the ranger and hang it in the garage over my work bench, after transplanting the 351/4R70W into a new 4X4 project. There wont be much metal work, other than hauling whats left of the Ranger to the scrap heap, or making a trailer out of the bed like you see down in... Alabama.
Iowa. The reason why small children still work in salt mines. So the department of roads can dump metric tons of it on the streets.When I bought it, it looked straight as an arrow. Well when I felt inside the fenders, I felt the in tact inner fender lining. Now that I have driven it through two winters, all the body work it has had is falling off. Needless to say, its rotting away and I cant justify putting any money into it. Plus, as you know, 4WD comes in handy in IA. All that being said, I love the front end of it, and thats why its gonna be garage art. The trailer thing, that was a joke. I'll be selling the 9" rear end and scrapping the rest, unless you want the tail lights for the GM????
You cannot wait 3 days and offer an opinion. I have already decided to agree with you before you even formed the thought in your head.I prefer the original straight lower bar. More simplistic.