Monday was the last day of school for the fall term. our instructor let us to have the last class at his open wheel race shop. one of my classmates' project is a pair of sliders for his single cab taco.
they are made of 1.75 OD HREW tubing, JD bender with hydrulic conversion power-in, power-out(awesome!!). notched on a vertical mill. I'm doing the welding and bending.
it's all tacked up, I'll be going back to his shop to finish the welding next monday. once these are done, they will be welded to the frame sometime during X'mas.
this is the very first time I'm involved in making sliders, I wish I have taken down the process, but time was limited, here are some poser picturs.
that's the instructor's FJ80('90) in the background, has a blown HG
the rear of this thing hit the wall at 150mph, but still bada$$
look at that ring and pinion
engine stand which can hold a 8.0L big block. the top ring is 3/8" wall DOM, and when finished, it can rotate and lock at any position 1-360 degrees.