all about the building space
From all the prep work done, the day has arrived! Some of the guys from Factory Five Sacramento arrived at 9am and we got busy! The prep work the night before paid off and we got the engine up and swiveled over to the chassis. Super stoked! I can’t believe the engine is in the…
My son and I have been going bonkers on wiring, trying all different connectors, heat shrink, etc. I think we finally bottomed out on a few great options to have a solid, nearly indestructible solution. This is nothing new for the veterans out there, but this has/is the biggest wiring project I’ve ever experienced. So…
With the help of my son and one of my friends, we were able to successfully re-assemble the body buck, pull the body, and strip the panels to get to the base frame! first we assembled, and tested to make sure it fits in the garage – yay! body removed and resting on the buck!…
I’m hoping to finally re-assemble the body buck and mount the body so I can finally get to the chassis to start building! Recommendations of the build school are to tag and bag all the parts, keep them together so they don’t get lost. I noticed the front body mounts were raw metal, so I…
I was fortunate enough to find a local guy who was donating his body buck! Don’t worry, I’ll pay it forward as well for the next guy when I’m done! It’s awesome, it holds the body up high and leaves room to store the chassis (or in my case) BOXES of stuff that will be…