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Fabbed up a pushbar.. Well half of one anyway...
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Author:  78pwxpress [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Fabbed up a pushbar.. Well half of one anyway...
Was going to buy one but since I already had this one thought I would just us it instead.. It's for show only, made from aluminum.. It was to short to start with and I could'nt use the lights I wanted to in between the cross bars so I fabbed up some new taller uprights from some aluminum flat bar and made new mounting brackets from some 2x2 angle iron I had lying around and just reused the cross bars.. This will be going on my green truck so I'm going to paint and stripe it to match.. Should look nice when It's painted and on the truck..

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Author:  macho4x4warlock [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fabbed up a pushbar.. Well half of one anyway...
Looks good! I like it!!!
Author:  palomino [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:29 pm ]
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as usual, you do excellent work !!!
Author:  RumbleFish [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:51 pm ]
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looks good. i like how you have a practice truck to mock it up on lol.
Author:  mopar340 [ Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:16 am ]
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How did you cut it out? Almost looks waterjetted or do you actually have the patience to bandsaw those?
Being aluminum had you considered color anodizing it? Might look even tricker than it already does.
Author:  78pwxpress [ Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fabbed up a pushbar.. Well half of one anyway...
Believe it or not I marked it out and layed 1/2 inch steel flat bar along the lines as a guide and cut it with a sawzaw.. The curved part that fits around the bumper I drilled holes next to my lines and then finish cut it.. I used a grinder to shape them up to the lines, then clamped the two pieces together and finish shaping them both with my grinder then my air file which made the edges straight and flat.. The orignial pieces were 1/4 inch thick, The new ones are 3/8 inch..
Author:  78pwxpress [ Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fabbed up a pushbar.. Well half of one anyway...
Well it's all done, I spent the weekend sanding, priming, and painting. I just put it on the truck today.. I think it turned out real nice, I may have to start making these. :mrgreen: Heres some some finished pics..

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Author:  rockhardplace011 [ Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:50 pm ]
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You got more pics of your truck? Mama likes it, says you don't see stuff like that everyday, lol.
Author:  78pwxpress [ Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fabbed up a pushbar.. Well half of one anyway...
rockhardplace011 wrote:
You got more pics of your truck? Mama likes it, says you don't see stuff like that everyday, lol.


Thanks, I've got about 500 of them.. I started taking pics when I first started taking this truck apart and rebuilding it.. I had them all on a website but forgot to renew and now my account is gone.. Heres a few pics, The links at the bottom are youtube videos showing the complete build..

Pics.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5133/0001164ir1.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8794/0001161ht6.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9117/435yi8.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4122/447cq2.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9353/1000745l.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6107/1000743e.jpg

Youtube vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XTmsvA4jLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_lG8_Ee6ls&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYi_tB-vYe0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3N0tPywHy4&feature=related
Author:  Tophand [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:56 pm ]
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Did you use aluminum pipe or steel?It looks great man! 8-)
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