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27th June 2023, 05:59 PM #1
Rat Rod Truck
I have started the Instagram #offcuts only challenge put up by Mark Dainer, a maker from Townsville.
Thank you to Dean & Francine of Living Timber in Penrith for some of their larger offcuts.
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I’ll be doing a Rat Rod Truck with inspiration from Steve Darnell of "Welder Up" along with a few other Instagram older trucks, as a gift for our newest grandson, Marcus.
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Let the fun begin, I have plenty of offcuts awaiting a project.
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We have the bones of a sleeper cab for this Rat Rod Truck underway and the shed supervisors are already looking impressed.
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For sleeper cab I used the timber offcuts from Living Timber in Penrith, then the roof of the cab will be off the remaining offcut of a piece of “Blackwood” I was given by Liam & Molly of Goat Works in Penrith.
The Rat Rod Truck for the continues with the piece for the engine coming the offcuts from Living Timber in Penrith along with another piece for the chassis rails, though the radiator is from the underside of an offcut of Merbau Decking.
The cab roof is some of the slab offcut of “Blackwood” from Goat Works in Penrith.
So far this rig will be something like 660mm long x 240mm wide x 200mm high
The progress on the Rat Rod Truck continues for the build making the tray from some offcuts of Merbau Flooring.
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Still heaps to do but a good start.. Cheers crowie
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27th June 2023, 06:34 PM #2Senior Member
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Will look good when finished do you have a plan or just wing it.
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27th June 2023, 06:38 PM #3
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1st July 2023, 01:10 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Its coming along nicely Peter
Good stuff mate
Regards
Keith
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2nd July 2023, 12:01 PM #5
I made a miscalculation
I made a miscalculation!
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Papa Smurf is always telling me to "Measure Twice and Cut Once"!
I tried to blame Handy Smurf but he said I just do the cutting, you do the measuring!
The miscalculation has occurred on the rear mudguards/fender in that either the inside diameter of the guard is too small for the wheel diameter.
It's a cutting the guards using two [2] holesaws into old Aussie Hardwood so I've got out of jail by adding an internal rim to the guard.
The guards are made as one full piece with a snug fitting blank though the back to make a dish.
The will be cut in half later.
I'll use a forstner bit to hollow out the centre of the wheels later too.
Rear Mudguards/Fenders - 130mm x 122mm [plus the inner rim] by 76mm wide
Rear Wheels - 90mm dia x 75mm wide
Front Mudguards/Fenders - 120mm x 100mm by 65mm wide
Front Wheels - 85mm dia x 45mm wide.
Cheers Peter
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No one will ever know when it is all finished we all make fopars some we can get away with, some not. Never done a rat rod.
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12th July 2023, 11:11 AM #7
We have a rolling chassis
We have a rolling chassis...
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12th July 2023, 11:13 AM #8
The tray is finished, now to work out the fitment of the mudguards/fenders....
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12th July 2023, 03:39 PM #9Senior Member
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Looking good you must be rat rod king.
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12th July 2023, 07:57 PM #10
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14th July 2023, 07:53 PM #11
We're about half way done!
We're about half way done!
Papa Smurf and Handy Smurf are pleased with the progress, posing for photos!
Both the front and rear mudguards [fenders] are in place....
The Sleeper Cab is in place with the roof & walls completed....
The tray/bed has had the cutouts done to accommodate the mudguard [fender]....
Cheers Peter
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14th July 2023, 08:18 PM #12Senior Member
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Looks great will look smart when finished.
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Looking Tremendous Peter.
Great job
Keith
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19th July 2023, 10:13 PM #14
Did the Cab Sleeper line with a thin inlay strip of Walnut...
Now the front and rear bumper bars are done;
as are the side steps and fuel tanks....
Cheers Peter
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Looking great when is first qualifying run.
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