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The offroad rail project

Postby MacUser » October 8th, 2008, 4:39 am

Ok, ok. I'll admit. I wasn't even looking for this one. My wife doesn't want it.. but my SON wants it BAD. So whom wins in this complex situation? You guessed it.. DAD.

I mean... what's a Dad going to do? A good friend of mine.. just found this somewhere and actually DROPPED it off at my house. This project found me.. literally.

So it's been run hard and put away wet several times.. but the foundation is still fantastic to build it up to a very cool off road rail. Sorry Honey.


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Postby pastorables » October 8th, 2008, 4:49 am

Poor wife, God bless her. :( :wink: :D

A little restoration and you have this:


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Postby MacUser » October 8th, 2008, 4:53 am

Hey... not a bad idea! Any rear pictures? :wink:
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Postby pastorables » October 8th, 2008, 5:02 am

MacUser wrote:Hey... not a bad idea! Any rear pictures? :wink:



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Postby Paully_44 » October 8th, 2008, 5:14 am

That is awesome!!! how could your wife think that wasnt an essential family feature?
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Postby MacUser » October 8th, 2008, 5:30 am

Paully_44 wrote:That is awesome!!! how could your wife think that wasnt an essential family feature?


Exactly. And plus they do fantastic wheelies..
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Postby macgulley » October 8th, 2008, 11:40 am

Just to keep the peace in your household, I'd be willing to take that eyesore off your hands. :D
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Postby MacUser » October 9th, 2008, 5:17 am

macgulley wrote:Just to keep the peace in your household, I'd be willing to take that eyesore off your hands. :D


How bad do you want it? $$$ :lol: :lol:
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Postby macgulley » October 10th, 2008, 10:33 am

I wouldn't charge a fellow Mac enthusiast anything to haul it off :wink: :lol:
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Postby MacUser » October 13th, 2008, 6:46 pm

I had a bad CV joint near the tranny and replaced the entire axle with a spare from my vw stash. The wheel side came off easy.. but the blasted tranny side didn't want to cooperate.. so I had to take the alternative route and grind the bolts off and cut the hardened axle. After all that I was able to repack my spare and easily replace it back in today. See the pics.

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The new axle was installed and repacked with grease. Yes that is Por15 on the center axle to keep it looking it's best!

It drove great.
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Postby macgulley » October 17th, 2008, 5:41 am

Would Por15 make a good basecoat for bedliner in a vehicle that has some surface rust?
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Postby MacUser » October 17th, 2008, 6:21 am

Por15 is amazing stuff.

I took my rear hubs from my project beetle and totally coated everything in the stuff as I rebuilt it. I took a torch to it for a few minutes to see if heat affected it. Nada.

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I then took a old rusty gas tank and boiled it out with muriatic acid and after drying coated the insides. Silky smooth and sealed against rust.

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So yes on your truck bed. If you first get as much rust out as possible with a sander, wheel grinder or acid wash. The key is cleaning properly and then it seals it basically for the rest of our lives anyway.

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Postby macgulley » October 17th, 2008, 7:57 am

Sounds like great stuff. Thanks.

BTW, have you ever tried Evaporust for rust removal. That stuff is amazing!
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Postby RamboPreacher » October 17th, 2008, 8:00 am

looks really dangerous. :) you don't really ride it do you? :)
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Postby MacUser » October 17th, 2008, 10:23 am

No I have not tried it. Does it eat away rust? Curious

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Sure! And this coming from someone whom wants a HPV? It's nearly the same thing right? Except this thing can run with the regular traffic!
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