Cherokee Chief Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Well its time to start a new build thread. The ole Cherokee Chief had a Doctor's visit a month or so ago and well it wasn't good. He condemned it. So I went for a second opinion and well that one was no better. I have sense tore apart and sold off some of the ole Chief and started to rebuild her. The ole Cherokee Chief will be getting a face lift, tummy tuck, boob job, nose job and Lypo suction and any other plastic surgery I can come up with. All staying into the Jeep theme by using the Cowel, hood, front fenders, and front header panel with lights. I am basing this buggy of a 1/10 scale Axial Wraith. It will be a 4 seater and its power plant will be a 4.0l auto with a 231/205 doubler, D44up front and a 9" in the rear gearing will start out with the stock 3:55. Tires will be 37"MTR of course. Chassis will be built by Andy (geaser). Andy will be taking pictures of everything being done as he goes along with the build. After he has made me a rolling chassis I will bring it home to finish the buggy's interior, engine wiring and all the other thousand of things to be done. This is what its going to look like when done. Here is all my parts loaded up and ready to go. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 ooo looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Can't wait to see it, it should be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well lately its been like Christmas around here with receiving all my parts I've been ordering. 2 RCI poly seats and 5 point harnesses. Lots of switches, master disconnect switch, 5" tach with shift light (useless for me I know), Oil pressure and volt gauge ( temp gauge not in yet) Hurst shifter (used). Orbital valve and double ended ram for the steering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Andy started my chassies last night and this is how he made out. First thing was to get the drivetrain up on the table.This sets the drivetrain at ride height which is 20" at the skid. Then started to bend some tube. The main rails mocked in place. Then I bent the front cross member/winch mount.The front rails are not cut to the correct length yet. Stuck the seat in place to help me "visualize". made up some tube supports. Then added the rear cross member. Bent up the outer chassis rail. And started adding floor supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoodsxj Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hey not a bad start Andy and Darren.Keep it coming gonna enjoy this build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yes, a very good start. Nice to see you keeping us up to speed here too for your project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished. Are you going with the same color scheme as the RC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished. Are you going with the same color scheme as the RC? yes Florescent yellow frame and black panels with Cherokee hood and grill and fenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I went down to Andy's place tonight to help out on the Buggy Build. Andy gave me the job of assembling the front clip so he can visualize and measure for the tubing. So I spring into action and quickly assemble the fenders and hood and tack them all together so its easier to handle. Then it was on to the 9" cutting off the old spring perches and shock mounts. Wont be needing them any more. Lots of dust in the air, making the pictures turn out funny. All cut off now just have to clean it up. Andy stood around and talked all night :, but he did manage to bend up some pipe. He made the B pillar bars and the lower skid bars for later installments. We installed the front clip and set the wheelbase to 110 and stuck some 35" tires up against it to get a visualization on what she going to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 A little pre mature, sense I had some free time I decided to make a Drivers Seat slider today. Found some tubing and some angle iron, so I cut them up and welded them together. All welded up and painted. Installed on the seat lubed up and sliding good, ready to be installed Just need the buggy chassis finished. Oh and once its installed I will drill holes for me and for Alex's positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 WOO HOOO A package came by courier today, I wonder what it could be 8-) ;D All nicely individually wrapped, Here is my spread . This is all my parts I have got to order for a while. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97 cherokee Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Ooooooooh! Ahhhhhhhh! Pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Sick! I bet that set you back a few dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Sick! I bet that set you back a few dollars. Actually not bad, $480.00 including shipping and taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Andy got some more done on the chassis this week after taking a week off to get his own crap done. Got the floor section all done and started on the right side door bar. Got the B-Pillar in place 30* rake. Don't know what the hell I was doing here. lol Getting set up for the A-Piller, with the ole masking tape to see if it will work. Got the A-Piller bar all bent and tacked in place to see if its OK. At 50* rake its looking good. A little smokey in the shop. ;D This things going to look fast sitting still. 8-). i wanted to keep the front sheet metal full width, but due to the front diff being set foreword quite a bit, I had to pinch the front sheet metal so I will be able flex withe the big boys. So with a bit of measuring and staring at the front we decided to remove 18" out of the center. So out comes the saws all and cut off wheel and ca-ching its in 2 pieces. no turning back now. All narrowed Installed the fenders and cowl to the front header and installed on frame to check it out. Crap now the hood won't fit, hood is now 3 inches too long, so now we got to lengthen the fenders 3 inches now. That's better. 8-) From the drivers seat. Cut the grill to fit, looks good, 4 sections exactly. I'm really impressed on how it turned out, really ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 looking awesome! keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Looking good guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Digger Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Looking awesome, that is going to be some lean, mean offroading machine there . Can't wait to see it complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Went down to Andy's today to get some more done on the buggy. I started the day off stripping the guts out of my D44 and swapped them into a D44 that Andy had kicking around, it has stronger tubes than mine but the long side has to be shortened about a inch to fit my axle shaft, no biggie. then I cleaned up the diff of all its mounts that I will not be using. While I was doing that |Andy was working on the tubing for the cabin portion of the buggy. I just had to take it for a spin. lol Vroom Vroom Coming along Slowly but Surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 I just had to take it for a spin. lol Vroom Vroom Nice steering wheel !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Andy was back at it again tonight and installed the DS A-Pillar bar in along with the door "X". Next he bent and installed the "Angry Eyebrow" next he dug out the tubing roller and started rolling the dash bar. nice even roll pulled the 2 A-Pillar's together to set the width all set in place matched the curve pretty good This picture showes another A-Pillar bar installed just for cosmetic reasons, The cabin starting to come together rather nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Looking good! I like the rolled tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97 cherokee Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hey Darren if you still have the tj flares send me a pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Chief Posted October 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Well another trip to Andy's tonight to get more work done on the buggy. I had to shorten the long side of the front diff so off grinding I go. Knuckle off, now I have to cut off 1" and re install the knuckle. I forgot to take picture of it reinstalled but its on there. I finely got to bend some tube, not as easy as I thought lol I bent the tube for the top portion of my dash. Andy cut out the rear bar behind the seat and bent up another one to add some more length in the cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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