Here it is, only took like 2 years with everything else in life getting in the way. Still need to make a couple of stops in the back of everything to keep things a little quieter, but overall I am very happy with it. Based on a slightly modified Tuffy box for a Jeep. Added cladding, built the mini storage compartment which holds 4(!) folding chairs. Then built the custom pull out shelf using slides from McMaster plus lots of aluminum and stainless fasteners. Finished it off with the different latches to hold things closed, and open. Really a stupid amount of work, but that's the way it goes.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
New Roll Cage & Headliner for the Super Rover
So, after many months of thinking about doing this, and being somewhat discouraged about what I have seen out there, I decided to take the plunge. I am posting this stuff in case there is anyone else out there that wants to tackle this, or if I can answer any questions for anyone crazy enough to go down this road.A huge THANK YOU goes out to my buddy Brian Smith, Fabricator Extraordinaire, who if he never sees another Rover in his whole life, it will be too soon. I think he might listen to me a little closer next time when I tell him how cramped something is. This started as a trade because he owed me a small favor, now I owe him a huge one.The whole cage is 1 3/4 .120 wall 4130 chromoly. We used almost 90 feet total. The cage is fully tig welded around all of the joints, and wherever possible, stitched to the body itself, so it won't rattle. We really wanted to make sure that anything we did didn't impede the already ridiculously tight openings in the truck, or make it any less civilized. After pulling the whole truck apart, Brian was able to fit most of the cage behind the headliner, including the gussets.Since the headliner was falling down when we started, it seemed like a good time to fix that too. Special Thanks to Eric Thorsen from the Upholstery Shop for fixing up the headliner, which was also way more work than it should have been. Not to mention the scavenger hunt to find the perfect material, and enough of it.Start to finish was 3 ½ weeks total.Anyway, here is a link to the pics with a couple of notes.
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Friday, September 14, 2007
New Team Fusion Website
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