1964 Dodge A-100 Hot rod sort of rat rod build thread.

Wow, that is a heck of a lot of work for a decorative piece.   Keep after it, I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out.  

 
Bobalos said:
Wow, that is a heck of a lot of work for a decorative piece.   Keep after it, I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out.  
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Thanks. The 17 tubes will get spotted from the back side with the MIG.  Then I will smear some body filler inside each one and smooth it out with sandpaper. Rest of the piece will be sanded and smoothed with body filler. I am liking it. It will be at least a week to build this piece the right way this time. 

 
Inching along. Once I have all four sides tacked on both sides I will then remove one side at a time and spot weld the inside of the tubes on the opposite side. Six tacks on each tube now on the one side. Super accurate doing it this way. I have been using a square and dial calipers coming up and measuring to the edge of each piece so it is very close. It will just about look like a manufactured piece when I'm done hopefully.

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Well after talking everybody and reading it seems like the Garrett intercoolers are still the best. So I bought a 20x11 by 3 in Garrett core. Good for 600 horsepower but everybody says they are underrated. Then we will build some tanks for the ends. Found an old Ford Taurus fan in our parts pile that still runs. Kind of cool looking and I might build a shroud for it. Then just put it on a toggle switch so the fan will only be running when you want to get into boost.

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Pressure switch starts a timer that runs for x amount of time...

Temp switch bolts to IC outlet tank and fan turns on and off based on tank temp.  

ECM controls fan based on IAT sensor. 

 
Absolute obscene amount of work. Especially building this twice. At least tomorrow I can start doing the finish work on it. I ended up pulling each of the four end caps off one at a time to weld the other plate on the inside of each tube. Oh and of course I put the long tubes where the short tubes go in the short tubes were the long tubes go causing extra work. Lol

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Well that was sketchy. Then no big deal. A good 3/8 warp in it both sides. I jump back and forth all over the place with short beads on all the welding but it still warped all to heck. Put it on some blocks of wood and started jumping as high as I could on top of it. Didn't budge LOL. So into the press and probably 10 presses at over 2,000 pounds sneaking up on it. Now I can metal finish and slap some putty on this thing.          Who wants to guess what this part weighs.

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Another 16 hours to body fill,sand, and putty. Today my arms are ready to fall off. I use some high build primer surfacer from SEM. Ready to hit it with some 400 and spray it bronze. I absolutely love it. Hopefully nothing else out there like it.

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Pretty cool truck. Still has the traditional steering and small front wheels. Looks like a Ford motor and a V Drive. 



 
This truck has some special features. 750 CFM Edelbrock Carbs, C6 Automatic Transmission, 460 V-8 Engine, Basset Boat Headers, Dana 60 Posi Traction Rear End, 8 Way Air Ride, 4 Wheel Disc brakes, Suicide Doors And more.
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I still play with mud. Just did some last week. Ambient temperatures make a difference in the amount of hardener also.  You get used to the amount for summer temps and the next thing you know it cools off. Use what your used to and then you wait for an hour for it to setup. 

 
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