He called the last one a "Mutt". Maybe this one will be a "Frankenstein". Born a John Deere and with parts from here and there, Kelly creates a scary ride for a dark winter's night! Stay tuned for the madness!
Fear the Deere
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skiroule
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The hood is a little reminiscent of a GPX, which, in my opinion was the coolest Yamaha of the 70’s
No glass or lithium batteries planned for the opening but I am looking at grill options. The opening will be somewhat functional because I had to remove the cooling air flow shrouds to make room for the scoop.
These Liquidator look-alikes have become so popular that one enterprising young fellow has been producing these scoops that can be easily retro-fit in a Cyclone/Liquifire hood. He even provides a template for cutting the initial hole.
After cutting the hole and flipping the hood over, I laid down a layer of fiberglass mat/resin around the opening, installed the scoop, and laid another layer of mat/resin over the flange. Then I weighted the scoop to maintain good contact with the hood. Probably the most times I’ve lifted the dumbbells in the last five years.
Good one Gary. There could be a bit of Frankendeere going on. I’m glad you used the term “madness” rather than “insanity”. It sounds so much more, well, sane. Time will tell if there’s a difference.
No glass or lithium batteries planned for the opening but I am looking at grill options. The opening will be somewhat functional because I had to remove the cooling air flow shrouds to make room for the scoop.
These Liquidator look-alikes have become so popular that one enterprising young fellow has been producing these scoops that can be easily retro-fit in a Cyclone/Liquifire hood. He even provides a template for cutting the initial hole.
After cutting the hole and flipping the hood over, I laid down a layer of fiberglass mat/resin around the opening, installed the scoop, and laid another layer of mat/resin over the flange. Then I weighted the scoop to maintain good contact with the hood. Probably the most times I’ve lifted the dumbbells in the last five years.
Good one Gary. There could be a bit of Frankendeere going on. I’m glad you used the term “madness” rather than “insanity”. It sounds so much more, well, sane. Time will tell if there’s a difference.
skiroule
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Lucky you! Have to love the shakers. How fortunate were we to have experienced that period of automotive history first-hand.I was going to say a “shaker scoop” like I had in my 69 Mach 1 big block
Body work finished, time to throw on a little primer.
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Just to prove I’m not in the boat all the time, I tackled a small, but necessary detail. I mentioned that I planned to put a screen/grill in the scoop opening. I needed to make some kind of frame and I originally planned to use a thicker hex-type material, which is why I used angle channel instead of a flat frame.
Once I saw it, I really didn’t like the thicker material so I went back to the thinner style hex grill. I will eventually paint it all flat black. Not fancy or very precise but the only thing that will be visible once it's installed will be the grill material.
Once I saw it, I really didn’t like the thicker material so I went back to the thinner style hex grill. I will eventually paint it all flat black. Not fancy or very precise but the only thing that will be visible once it's installed will be the grill material.
skiroule
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Now that you point that out, it does look like a bee thing. Guess I better get it painted before I have the makings of a hive.
Sooner or later, the tear-down of the actual project sled had to happen. It mostly went without issues and it didn’t take long to get quite a bit of the disassembly done.
I always thought this sled had decent jump for such a heavy machine. Now I know why. Apparently, it had a few extra squirrels under the hood.
I do pride myself on keeping a clean and tidy workbench.
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I can't believe I haven't seen this thread yet! I've read every post and will be following it closely now.
"I do pride myself on keeping a clean and tidy workbench."
You know what the say Kelly, if a messy work bench is a sign of a messy mind, what is an empty work bench the sign of?
Did you ever see a photograph of Einstein at his desk? It was a complete mess! That makes me think Kamala's desk is completely empty and the drawers are too!
"I do pride myself on keeping a clean and tidy workbench."
You know what the say Kelly, if a messy work bench is a sign of a messy mind, what is an empty work bench the sign of?
Did you ever see a photograph of Einstein at his desk? It was a complete mess! That makes me think Kamala's desk is completely empty and the drawers are too!
skiroule
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I have not heard that saying but I appreciate getting the benefit of the doubt. As my wife always says though, "You're no Einstein."
Considering how much of my life is consumed looking for my glasses, I shouldn’t find this funny but it still made me laugh. Leave it to you to pick that out.
I figured that if it was important enough to add a special instruction to the label of the color, I should pay attention.
So I primed all of the areas that will receive color with a combination of white primers – bare metal primer, bonding primer, and just plain white primer.
skiroule
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I sold my enclosed trailer that previously served as a temporary paint booth so I had to fashion one in the garage. It was probably overkill but it seems like the airborne spray gets everywhere.
I don’t have a fancy rotisserie to rotate the chassis so I have to paint the chassis in two steps. I’m OK with the first phase of the paint job but it really shows how crude these chassis stampings were back in the day.
The paint supplier wasn’t kidding about painting over white. This was the most transparent paint I think I’ve used. The first coat looked like window tint. I eventually laid on four coats on both the hood and the chassis.
I don’t have a fancy rotisserie to rotate the chassis so I have to paint the chassis in two steps. I’m OK with the first phase of the paint job but it really shows how crude these chassis stampings were back in the day.
The paint supplier wasn’t kidding about painting over white. This was the most transparent paint I think I’ve used. The first coat looked like window tint. I eventually laid on four coats on both the hood and the chassis.
skiroule
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Managing the hose takes patience (something I’m a little short on). If you get a kink that hooks on a sawhorse and you just give it a yank, the outcome could be very disappointing.
Your shoes do start to stick to the plastic, in varying degrees, depending on how much paint you are spraying. I use heavy mil plastic, which helps but sometimes it sounds like you’re walking on a giant sticky trap by the time you’re done.
The paint supplier has stopped selling the hardener separately and I didn’t want to pay for one of his expensive kits that has the hardener so I went to another source and was pretty happy with it. I think the hardener contributes a lot to the end finish.
I'm having trouble locating some track drivers and I might have to find a Cyclone parts sled at some point. I thought I had picked one up but it’s complete and runs so good I don’t have the heart to tear it down. I wouldn’t be scared off thinking you have to put a ton of work into one of these to have some fun with it. I’m going to put a used windshield and seat on the other Cyclone and just ride it.
Looking back on this, It makes one wonder if I have any thought process at all at times. I figured that since I was painting the chassis in two steps, I should mask all the holes before painting the underside. There is really no logical reason for doing this.
