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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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Good deal dude nice update still love the truck and if I livedcloser I would definally have to help this build !!
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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your fabrication skills > my fabrication skills
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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Nice update!!!!! Every Damn part of this truck is insanely nice.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Here's a few sneak peeks, the first two are front and back pieces of the front most crossmember, housing the LCA front mount and the steering mount.
The last is the rear LCA mounts and Motor mounts above.
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Everything will lock together before it's welded, so some slots are specifically made for locating, along with the offsets on the edges.
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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Looks good, how long have you been using autocad??
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Only since Sept. I took a class to fill an extra spot specifically for this reason.
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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I think I will be making a trip to the north when this thing is all done and at a car show to check it out.

Keep up the awesome work!! Coming together so sweet!
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by GMracer
Only since Sept. I took a class to fill an extra spot specifically for this reason.
Cool, thats what i need to do. I just know the basic things, I guess just enogh to get me by with what I need. Its deffinetly better then drawing on some sheet metal and trying to cut out the brackets with a torch!!! hahaha
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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for sure, this will make EVERYTHING so much cooler, and easier from now on.
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Hey Nick. It's Tony form lateral-g.
What's going on? How's the truck coming along?
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