Canadian built... Project Dool-Eh!... Lots of pics

Yep, I actually plan on cutting the front straight and taking a 1" strip outta the frame rather than cutting it back on an angle

i see...and I guess a one inch longer drive shaft?

I've gotta have a new rear shaft made up since I've shortened the truck a foot so I'll work it in back there

very nice build can't waite for more pics

nice topic

I've been really busy this past week but managed to squeeze in some garage time and work on this crossmember... Ive got a bunch of time into it so far and I definitely made it more complicated than it needed to be, but I just didn't want it to look boring.
Here's the start of the centre section

Top plate set on... It tapers an inch towards the middle

Welding it up

One piece complete...Just set in place for the pic... 2 more to go

Started making some more plates... Gotta make sure they're all the same

Tackin up

Bend... Tack... Bend... Tack ... Repeat

All fitted and prepped for welding

Welding time.., always set up your parts for optimal welding positions if ya can

All welded and ready to be cleaned

Now turning all 3 pieces into 1 as well as setting up the 4 link tabs

Tabs getting welded up

Close up after cleaning

And here it is finally set back into the frame ready to be welded in solid

Another shot of it in place


I'm happy with the way it's turned out although I think I'm gonna smooth out the welds around all the edges so it flows better with the rest of the frame rails (even though I hate seeing welds ground down but oh well)

^^^ Very nice I like the fab skills, everything looks awesome. Keep the pics comin....LOL

Ok, more updates... Here's the pieces I started out with to make the rear bridge between the rails

Welded the 2 halves together

Tacking in the tube pieces for inside each hole

Top plate on

Welded inside each hole... One pass without any restarts

Boxing it in with the side plates

Another shot of the holes welded up

Seams welded up and metal finished

Centre piece cut and tacked in for a test fit

Close up

Start of the outer pieces... Had to bend these all by hand

One piece all welded up before metal prep

Prepped and one side tacked in

All 3 pieces tacked


And there we have it, everything fitted and tacked in place... Obviously it's not fully ready to be welded in, but you can get the idea I'm going for... Eventually it'll be welded and smoothed right into the frame rails for a nice clean look. The bags are going to mount underneath of the outer large circles.

Couple more shots

very nice project man

freakin sick work! im diggin it! i like the creativity mixed with funtionality.