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15x10 4.5" bs 295/50 not very big, but plenty to get the job done.

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picked up some tubing..


did a lil work.

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glad to see ur started again on ur luv

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77-luv-stock (Selling or Parting out motor blew up)

75-luv mikado-V8 350 soon

looking good. what do you have in mind on the back half. crazy set up or keeping it simple. how much did the tubing cost you. I need to get some, but with the price of metal going up I havent gone to check. just woundering.

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LUV is not just an emotion, its what you DRIVE.
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1975 luv daily driver.
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Project-soon to be revived

simple.. not totally sure on link setup yet... but simple, f9000's. ride good and hook up

cost 150$ for 60' of 2x3x.120

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man thats alot. well got a lot of saving up to do . well thats cool your keeping it smiple. if I decide to bag mine I plan on keeping it smiple too. I dont want it to be the main focus on my truck I want everything to flow with each other. well keep it up and Im sure it will come out great.

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LUV is not just an emotion, its what you DRIVE.
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1975 luv daily driver.
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Project-soon to be revived

thanks. 40' of it was for me, 20' for my dad.





going to get all that welded up tomorrow. tired of being in the garage for today.

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Mr. Mayhem,... I am extremely jealous of your metal skills!

Your thread has been one of the most fascinating to read, and your pictures are terrific!

I can take cars (1969 AMX's) and trucks completely apart down to the shell and put them back together
without any hesitation... but have never once attempted to learn welding - never even held one in my hand.

I think it's time for me to buy some more manly equipment and learn!
I'm 47, and this still somewhat young dog needs some new tricks in his resume.

Keep up the good work!

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1978 LUV Mikado - all stock with automatic/AC

thank you very much. i dont consider myself to know alot. i have looked at alot of builds and done some work like this, but still picking stuff up as i go.

made a little more progress. thats probably it for the night. i really need my mustang II crossmember before i can keep going. and i need to decide what air tank(s) im going to run before i mount the fuel cell.




anyone want a luv truck frame

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Makes me want to try that just to have such a beautiful looking frame. When are you going to offer on-line welding class?

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I've never been wrong! Once I thought I was, but I was mistaken.
Rick
Loranger, La
1980 Stepside LUV (Again)

hah. i wish i was good enough to give classes.

give me about 4 years and i can lol.. i just started a 4 year pipefitter apprentice program at a refinery. i will be a certified welder when done. woot!

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My biggest problem is I just can't see what I'm welding or the puddle even with my helment set to it's lightest setting. I have a MIG welder and can burn through metal with the greatest of ease! Just need to find someone with a LOT of paitience to physically teach me. But I can say I haven't had any of my welds catastrophically fail yet! They may be ugly, but I do my best to get proper penetration and then a good bead over that. Just would not want my welds to be seen on a chassis like your fabricating. It would be beauty and the beast!

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I've never been wrong! Once I thought I was, but I was mistaken.
Rick
Loranger, La
1980 Stepside LUV (Again)

put a spot light right up at the weld. will make life much easier.

A.j.

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Can't be that easy. Can it? By the way, posting without pics of progress? For shame, for shame!

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I've never been wrong! Once I thought I was, but I was mistaken.
Rick
Loranger, La
1980 Stepside LUV (Again)

I dont know if that will solve all of your problems, but it did mine... I couldnt see squat when the arc was struck. Put a nice huge spot light on the weld (use a piece of safety glas to cover the bulb) and I could see it..... and I have never doubted my welds since then.


Sorry to hi-jack!

A.j.

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good lighting helps alot. i used to work inside aluminum tankers i had the same problem but inste of using a spot light i took two tourch cutting lenses for my welding hood and put them together

I use a tripod stand with two 500 watt lights to help me see what I'm doing when welding. I usually only need to turn one on. Got it pretty cheap ( I think $39) at Home Depot a few years ago during their Christmas time specials. Until then I used the 150 watt clamp on's. The older I get, the stronger the eyeglass prescription, the more light I need. I need to buy a wire feed welder. I'm still brazing with my torch when I need to work with the thin stuff. My sons friends were over last week when I was repairing a fender and wondered what I was doing. It was funny to see them gather around and watch. I don't even think it's taught in schools anymore.

Now back to what brought me here. This is a completely Awesome Build you have going on here. That looks incredible!! Alot of fabricating and hard work. Unbelievable to start from ground zero and build what you have here.

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In life there is the "Way things should be" and then "There's the way they are".

2005 Silverado 3/4T Crew Cab
1981 Luv 2WD
1979 Luv 4x4 Currently going through Open Heart and Cosmetic surgery
1995 Roughneck JetBoat
1981 Luv parts trk

as amatter of fact they do teach brazing still im 22 and when i was in high school i had an agricultre class that we lerned how to braze in and two years of welding school thats how i lernd how to weld cast iron

Glad they still teach it. One of the kids who has been through shop class in High school and is in Auto Body school (he just started) had never seen brazing before. My son said they never brazed in shop class either though he has done it in our shop since he was old enough to be out there. Hopefully that's an isolated thing here. I'd hate to see it fall to the wayside, brazing still has it's place. Welding Cast Iron....did they teach you to pre-heat it and then use a needle scaler to ping it (tap it out) during welding or use a hammer?

Sorry Guys, I didn't meant to get off topic. It's just this project has alot of welding in it and it's a helluva nice job.

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In life there is the "Way things should be" and then "There's the way they are".

2005 Silverado 3/4T Crew Cab
1981 Luv 2WD
1979 Luv 4x4 Currently going through Open Heart and Cosmetic surgery
1995 Roughneck JetBoat
1981 Luv parts trk