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.
skiroule
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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.
