"Half an inch off" (budget) rockwell build

Eddyj · May 12, 2015

Thanks. You "rockwell guys" are cool as the other side of the pillow.
It was built in an abandoned barn on my families land. I think only two other people's hands touched it during the build. Mostly my fault, I had plenty of people offer but I enjoyed the process of building it.
It still has a long list of "must be done" and "should be done" before wheeling.
I'm hoping I can get it over to Murrah motorsports and have him do an engine cage and maybe rework the windshield area.
I know it isn't cutting edge. He'll as far as Im concerned it is the simplest buggy you can build.
I promise as soon as I get home I will beat it like a "welfare, American flag walking on, drain to society"

fordcontraption01 · May 13, 2015

Rockwells607 said:
Rig looks great , you should or prolly will wanna put some sort of guard under your brake rotors, they break easily if a rock hits them

x2 lol ask me how I know this and my brakes are inboard :woot:

Eddyj · May 13, 2015

Eddyj said:
List of things to do:

Secure brake lines
Change springs
Rotor guards
Axle boots
Charge shocks
Master kill switch
Exhaust
Lights
Engine cage
Skid plate

It is on the list. :****:

spclzedland · May 18, 2015

Killer Job Man!!

kl001 · May 20, 2015

Looks brilliant. Nice project.

Eddyj · May 22, 2015

kl001 said:
Looks brilliant. Nice project.

spclzedland said:
Killer Job Man!!

85toyo said:
Looks good man

Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate you guys tagging along in the build. It will be a couple of month, but I will continue this thread once I start wheeling it.

Eddyj · Jul 4, 2015

Happy independence day.

FlatlandFSJ · Jul 4, 2015

This thing turned out awesome man. Out of storage?

Eddyj · Jul 4, 2015

No I'm working in central Missouri. Just missing her... :'(

417chevy · Jul 5, 2015

Re: "Half an inch off" (budget) rockwell build

Eddyj said:
No I'm working in central Missouri. Just missing her... :'(

Ha how you liking all this damn rain

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Eddyj · Aug 30, 2015

Little tube work being done.

96crawler · Aug 31, 2015

Budget builds are my favorite!! Looks good man. I would add some kind of support to the rear lower link mount x-member, hard to tell if it has any support on it.

Eddyj · Aug 31, 2015

Yeah I got a mad scientist going through and fixing all my half assed work. He said "you really should have put a little more thought into bracing the sub frame while building chassis." Which translates to "what in the actual f&$k where you thinking?!?!?"

Thanks for the comment. I checked your Bean out at bikini bottom looks even better in person the cage work inside is awesome. You got my vote for TTC if you submit.

Eddyj · Oct 4, 2015

Hopefully I'll have this back and finished by next week.

Beerj · Oct 4, 2015

Holy cow! You really did change things up a bit. I'm really digging it. Especially the double eyebrows.

nhl_bullitt · Oct 10, 2015

Definitely dig the changes eddy!

kmcminn · Oct 10, 2015

Side shot? It looks good!

Eddyj · Oct 10, 2015

I'll get some pics this week. It's still at Murrah motorsports. ( rocfun )

The redo on the roof wasn't "necessary" but getting in and out sucked. Plus there was some additional bracing that needed to be done all over the chassis. So I figured why not. All the work that rocfun has done that I've seen to this point has been better than I expected. I would recommend him to anyone.
If all goes according to plan (hahaha) should be riding by Halloween.