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[cooperS]

excelent Job! I read your post on a Chilean forum and all your problems with a chap right there....at the end of the day the work on your pick up is awesome!

[fwdracer]

Brilliant

[David128]

So much skill shown and no new panels it is a credit to all involved. Just goes to show what can be done with imagination and talent. So impressed

Edited by David128, 06 December 2015 - 07:00 PM.

[minipete]

Thats brilliant.

[slidehammer]

Very nice looking project indeed

[Richard1]

Did a few small things to it:

 

Made a vinyl cover for the bed

 

Put an oil temperature gauge in the transmission

 

 

Lined the hood/bonnet with Dynamat hoodliner to cut the engine noises

 

 

 

And a skid plate, after replacing the flexible coupling on the exhaust and cutting the exhaust shorter to raise it.

 

 

 

 

adding a fuel pressure regulator

 

[pete l]

You really need to get more overlap in any joins than that, weld is weaker than pressed and rolled steel sheet.

 

 

Is this true ? I'm starting to worry about my car now !

[MacGyver]

Depends where... But Not necessarily.

[Ethel]

Weld thins, by the surface tension pulling the melted material in to the bead, and anneals the metal it's joining. A thicker, more rigid, bead is also a stress riser. Welding is still going to be stronger than many other ways of sticking components together, but joints should be designed accordingly - look at any production car and you'll see the joins are dispersed with maximum overlap.