TerribleTom wrote:
>
> Michael Maskalans wrote:On 28-Apr, 2010, at 23:13 , TerribleTom wrote:
> >I think you're absolutely nuts for thinking about getting a used frame
> >from CA or AZ rather than a whole truck, or rather than just building
> a >frame from scratch. It just takes some steel box, a welder, and a
> tape >measure - you'd be spending the same money and gaining a skill....
> >Didn't Xtreme 4x4 show building a frame for that garage built
> Scrambler >project? Or did they do a catalog frame? meh, I'm sure
> they've done it >before. It's not as big a deal as even rebuilding an
> engine or doing a >full motor swap.
>
> Ahh perhaps for someone like you it is not an issue Mike, you have the
> fabrication skills and resources to take on something like that. Also
> my goal here is to maintain a stock factory suspension (for now). I
> simply do not have the skill or time to build a frame. Also... me?
> Absolutely nuts? Umm yeah thats about right :)
>
Uhm, Tom, I am with Mike here. Fabricating a frame from scratch might
be a bit much, but you still have Christine's frame to use as a model.
You can do a decent welding job with a comparatively cheap welder.
Actually you can pick up a welderator for under a grand and you don't
even need to re-wire the swamp. The second component is skill, and that
can be learned. Mike and I are decent welders [Mike is probably better
than me] and Josh is better than both of us. Heck, you can't swing a
dead cat on this list without hittin at least two people that can weld.
Even if you have never done it before, if you are smart enough to swap
a motor, you can teach yourself to weld...
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