90's throw back....Manche build

LightBnDr · Jan 1, 2017

Dang man, just some killer craftsmanship. You must be single with no kids

mcutler · Jan 1, 2017

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LightBnDr said:
Dang man, just some killer craftsmanship. You must be single with no kids

Thanks.

No, married with 3 boys; 2 step sons 11 & 16, and a 4 yr old of my own...

That's why it's not done yet, lol. I built my buggy in 5 months, single and no kids in 2010-11.

Matt

jp fan · Jan 2, 2017

It would be a shame to paint that rear diff, that's pure art work :dblthumb:

mcutler · Jan 7, 2017

3 years in a row, we have good snow events, and I have no functional of road toys....

Matt

The Luke · Jan 7, 2017

I feel your pain. This was the first year I had one ready and I had to work all day. By the time I got home it was all gone.

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mcutler · Jan 16, 2017

Redlyner Racing bomber is now ready for the desert and back at home, and so is the manche! Time to get back to metal madness...

After I clean up my shop...

Matt

5BrothersFabrication · Jan 17, 2017

mcutler · Jan 18, 2017

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5BrothersFabrication said:

Hear ya go brother!

Doing ****...

Accumulator mounted, was even able to reuse the plumbing from the copper crawler buggy...

Getting started on the bump pads/steering protection/ truss system...

Matt

LightBnDr · Jan 19, 2017

Like I've been saying. If you would just slow down and really put some time into the small things, it would turn out waaay different. Lol

Man, just a sweet freakin build. Love it

Again you gotta be single with no kids ?

jk101 · Jan 19, 2017

LightBnDr said:
Like I've been saying. If you would just slow down and really put some time into the small things, it would turn out waaay different. Lol

Man, just a sweet freakin build. Love it

Again you gotta be single with no kids ?

No he is not. Has two kids for sure.

P · Jan 19, 2017

Beautiful build ! I love it, I also have been eyeballing the goatbuilt subframe. Very cool to see someone using one and doing a top notch build off of it ! :woody:

mcutler · Jan 19, 2017

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LightBnDr said:
Like I've been saying. If you would just slow down and really put some time into the small things, it would turn out waaay different. Lol

Man, just a sweet freakin build. Love it

Again you gotta be single with no kids ?

jk101 said:
No he is not. Has two kids for sure.

Dang man, just some killer craftsmanship. You must be single with no kids

Thanks.

No, married with 3 boys; 2 step sons 11 & 16, and a 4 yr old of my own...

That's why it's not done yet, lol. I built my buggy in 5 months, single and no kids in 2010-11.

It's a struggle sometimes to have time to work on it.! Thanks guys!

P said:
Beautiful build ! I love it, I also have been eyeballing the goatbuilt subframe. Very cool to see someone using one and doing a top notch build off of it !

Thanks p, you won't be disappointed with goatbuilt products.

Matt

mcutler · Jan 21, 2017

About one more day on the finishing the front axle. Had to plug the oil fill, will move it toward the center of the housing later.

Matt

The Luke · Jan 22, 2017

Yew gohna tayk dis tang muddin??? Woowoooooo!!

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onepieceatatime · Jan 22, 2017

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Dumb question, are those weld washers on some of your bolt holes? I was gonna use some grade 8 washers to help reinforce my bolt holes but I buddy told me to use weld washers.

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mcutler · Jan 22, 2017

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The Luke said:
Yew gohna tayk dis tang muddin??? Woowoooooo!!

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In my best macho man Randy savage voice.....ooooohhhh yeeeeaaah!

onepieceatatime said:
Dumb question, are those weld washers on some of your bolt holes? I was gonna use some grade 8 washers to help reinforce my bolt holes but I buddy told me to use weld washers.

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Yes, ordered them through Ruffstuff, they're 1/4" thick. You could do the same with a heavy washer or make some from plate. The thicker are a little easier to weld.

Matt

mcutler · Jan 23, 2017

Photo dump

...before it's asked, yes the impact fits...

Matt

MihlfeldL2005 · Jan 23, 2017

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Just the design is beautiful. Good job man

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mcutler · Jan 23, 2017

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MihlfeldL2005 said:
Just the design is beautiful. Good job man

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Thank you!

I still plan to lop the corners off and cap the upper link mounts like the rear, (I left that extra meat there cuz I wasn't sure how I would finish it out at the time. ). Also some plating on the inside of the upper mounts. Still need to cap around the shock mounts, plate the diff, and gusset the steering arms, (they have been torqued at some point).

I also got the bottoms of the bash tube supports plated and corner gussets done today as well.

Matt