"Z" progress.

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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby Rapid Randy Baker » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:29 am

Nice work Landlord! Looking Goodda 8)

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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby pro70z28 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:59 pm

Thanks WC & Rapid. I had a truck lined up to lift the shear onto the truck, but I know those guys are busy this time of year & I hated to bug them about my little project. So, tonight I got this bright idea to build brackets for the floor jacks that would pick the shear up, but would not get in the way when I rolled the truck under it.

I used some scrap stuff, nothin' pretty, but it worked. The bottom angle iron that slides under the shear between the feet has a lip that wraps around to the inside of the shear. When I jack it up it locks onto the shear, simple but effective.
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Slipped it in place, drilled the mounting holes & bolted it in place.
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Even the shears pedal linkage clears. Once the swivel wheels get straightened out it rolls surprisingly easy for 3,000 lbs.

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Table fits. Needs an aluminum top & there's a little more to get the fence finished.

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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby Billy Mac » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:41 pm

Gary... Your "mind's eye" vision is 20/20!! Great job on makin things accessible/functional AND useable...you make a fellow...(ahem) "fabricator" proud to know ya :mrgreen:
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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby pro70z28 » Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:18 pm

Thanks Billy. Sorry about your carnage, hope you can round up some parts.



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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby pro70z28 » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:07 pm

Are you sitting down?



I did some work on the "Z" today.



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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby draglist » Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:58 am

Wow... what didja do? bp
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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby pro70z28 » Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:22 am

Messed around with the font end alignment (fiberglass front end). Once I got it lined up a little better it looks like it will fit better than I had thought.
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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby Iowa Al » Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:29 pm

The caah is looking good Gary! New plates are right on.
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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby pro70z28 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:26 pm

Jeff got his bottle warmer installed today. I'm about to order a shifter & cooler for the trans. We'll have to make some brackets to mount the stuff to Jeff's caah, eventually it all goes in the "Z".
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Re: "Z" progress.

Postby pro70z28 » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:57 pm

Well, since the "Z" isn't going anywhere anytime soon, We're going to stick my Rossler 210 in Jeff's camaro for a while just to see how it works.
Today we ordered a nitrous converter & an SFI flex plate & shield along with a Hurst quarter stick & CO2 shiftnoid to tie into Jeff's MSD box.
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