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Got my new sparcos tacked in. Going to finish welding the new mounts tonight. New belts going in this week. Then it's just fluids and CVs and I'm ready. There's more cosmetic things i'd "like" to do, but unnecessary for the season.

I use the eastwood one (1st one in that screen shot above). It works okay. It's limit is 1/8 wall 1 1/2" 6061. I blew up the hydraulic jack trying to bend a tube for my boat tower. Mild steel it'll bend no problem. I upgraded it with a 12 ton jack from harbor freight and now it works much...

Fill the cup with belray, fill the CV with Swepco and call it a day. None in the boot

This is why I stepped up from WD40 to wheel bearing grease for my CVs, and from vaseline to WD40 for my hubs.

Just a good ole rehash of a 3 year old thread to argue about grease. LETS FIGHT. I say wheel bearing grease from autozone works just fine

ain't nothin to it but to do it!

Just shy of 2 gallons. Worked out to about 1 per coat and we did 2 coats

Forgot to take many photos of this past weekends progress. Roof is finished, Interior is just about wrapped up, and now I'm onto the exterior. Installed the new faucets, caulked all cabinets and trim, went back and sanded/repainted any drips or small blemishes, painted the trim, and installed...

Just look for our Palapa Whips this season!

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Was able to get quite a bit done this weekend. Welded in 2" L bracket to the added outriggers the entire length of the wheel well (8 feet) and added more outriggers to prop it up. This supports the entire wheel well and adds structure for the wall. It's rock solid now. Painted it all with...

Took a look at the Iroks at the sand show. They said they had a 36' (don't quote me) that had a 17' garage, but I don't know the door width. The composite walls were a nice touch. No lumber, just composite and aluminum. Looked pretty well built

That's why I put "new" in quotes. Mattox technically isn't "new" either. I more so mean new to the full size car/sand car platform. In an industry that is seeing more car builders switch to SxS, it's cool to see a guy go the other way. Even though he was building cars awhile back

Couple updates. Knocked out the wheel well delete and wall sag preventative gussets in the wheel wells. Still need to run a few more tubes, but it's way stiffer now. Cut out the old plastic wheel wells and left the lip to cover the sub floor: Jacked the trailer up and put it on jacks for 24...

Walked it Friday with @Reece Pettersen. Chatted with quite a few people. Bought some new Sparcos for my car. Drank many cold beers. The highlight of the show was Morgan Clark's Dakar. The best part of the show was the new builders. AZP Concepts and Mattox had two very nice cars. Quality builds...

Yea I didn't want to access my policy on this one since my premium is so good at the moment and I had all the materials to fix it myself. Few days of sanding was worth it

Thought I'd share some photos of this repair I just knocked out. I just recently moved into a new storage yard near my house and it's a tight squeeze. The first day moving in, the space the front desk gave me was technically 2 spaces, but was just large enough for 1. Luckily they guy who was...

Here's a few of your car when it was black. Thought i'd add since its a DD thread

At least going once, maybe twice, drinking at least 3 criminally expensive beers (probably more), and convincing @Reece Pettersen to buy 4 alumicrafts

Loved my DD. If I didn't blow up the damn 2D every season I would've probably kept it. That car worked well. Wish the build thread didn't get deleted awhile back Early on the build: When I first finished it The first makeover: And the second full makeover: