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We dug into this thing hard this week and got a lot of the stuff out of the way that we wanted to change. We decided that we wanted to move all of the suspension points on the chassis except for the rear lower link mounts. We jumped in and removed everything that we wanted to and cleaned up the frame where the mounts were. We measured and figured we can get 6.5" of up travel in the front of the buggy with a 22" belly height. The rear will easily get 8' of up travel. The front axle is re-tubed now; and it will be going in next week along with setting up the front suspension. Hopefully, by the time the front axle is in place and the front suspension is done the rear axle will be re-tubed. Then we can carry on with the rear suspension. We are leaving some of the tube work in the rear until the new radiator gets here and we see how it fits. Richie really wants to mount it down low, so we are going to see if we can make that happen for him. As soon as we get that crossed off the list we will go into mounting the shocks. We are leaving some of the current tube work until that happens. The plan is to do a pretty cool rear shock mount that is kind of desert inspired. That will give us a good place to end the old tube work and start off with the new tubes. We also cut out the front shock mounts on the front of the chassis. We only cut out a portion of these right now. We needed to leave enough to visualize the theme of the buggy throughout the rebuild. It's just a little easier to see where you're going with a few tubes out there for reference. All of the front tube work from the frame rails up will be replaced before the build is done. It's been a nasty week for these guys getting this thing cut back to where we can work with it. Next week will get back to fabricating. Hopefully, next week we can make the turn and get this thing headed back in the direction of running and driving again. From all of us here at Wide Open Design have a happy Thanksgiving; and if you're headed to RBD afterwards, look us up. There will be a few of us from the shop out there trail riding and having fun.Check out a few more pics at http://www.wideopendesign.com/Project/24/PlowBoy-KOH-Rebuild-Version-3-0.aspx
We dug into this thing hard this week and got a lot of the stuff out of the way that we wanted to change. We decided that we wanted to move all of the suspension points on the chassis except for the rear lower link mounts. We jumped in and removed everything that we wanted to and cleaned up the frame where the mounts were. We measured and figured we can get 6.5" of up travel in the front of the buggy with a 22" belly height. The rear will easily get 8' of up travel. The front axle is re-tubed now; and it will be going in next week along with setting up the front suspension. Hopefully, by the time the front axle is in place and the front suspension is done the rear axle will be re-tubed. Then we can carry on with the rear suspension.
We are leaving some of the tube work in the rear until the new radiator gets here and we see how it fits. Richie really wants to mount it down low, so we are going to see if we can make that happen for him. As soon as we get that crossed off the list we will go into mounting the shocks. We are leaving some of the current tube work until that happens. The plan is to do a pretty cool rear shock mount that is kind of desert inspired. That will give us a good place to end the old tube work and start off with the new tubes.
We also cut out the front shock mounts on the front of the chassis. We only cut out a portion of these right now. We needed to leave enough to visualize the theme of the buggy throughout the rebuild. It's just a little easier to see where you're going with a few tubes out there for reference. All of the front tube work from the frame rails up will be replaced before the build is done. It's been a nasty week for these guys getting this thing cut back to where we can work with it. Next week will get back to fabricating. Hopefully, next week we can make the turn and get this thing headed back in the direction of running and driving again.
From all of us here at Wide Open Design have a happy Thanksgiving; and if you're headed to RBD afterwards, look us up. There will be a few of us from the shop out there trail riding and having fun.
Check out a few more pics at http://www.wideopendesign.com/Project/24/PlowBoy-KOH-Rebuild-Version-3-0.aspx
