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[WyoIDI]

I like it!  The guy I bought my 88' grandby from had it sitting on a first ten tundra just like yours.  He built a flatbed out of wood and beefed up the suspension and never looked back.  He said he took it to baja several times and had no issues.  Good luck with your build.

[Ourayphotography]

I like it!  The guy I bought my 88' grandby from had it sitting on a first ten tundra just like yours.  He built a flatbed out of wood and beefed up the suspension and never looked back.  He said he took it to baja several times and had no issues.  Good luck with your build.

 

That is very cool. Any pics when you picked it up? Do you still have it?

[Ourayphotography]

Well she has landed. Wow, so much lighter. That was not a brilliant spot to mount the 3rd Jack. Next out, all of the wood tub structure

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[Ourayphotography]

No more floor.

A little sketchy, but the floor is out. 

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[Dphillip]

You sir are a brave man!

[shellback]

I was wondering what the jacks were supporting till I saw the last picture. I see you left some of the wing plywood. 

[Ourayphotography]

I was wondering what the jacks were supporting till I saw the last picture. I see you left some of the wing plywood. 

 

yes exactly. most of the alum in the area is broken too, so not ideal, but everything is light now, so should be OK til I can get it down to some frame work

[Ourayphotography]

Broken welds.

Well, the frame is in pretty bad shape. Many broken welds and quite a bit of missing sections. Pieces literally fall out to the touch. I am at the point of whether or not to upgrade to a new mig machine that can handle aluminum and teach myself. This tubing is very thin wall, so not even sure a good weld can be accomplished with all the age and contamination. A light steel frame is not out of the question yet, but it as well would require some repair to the existing aluminum frame before marrying the 2. Hmm

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[PokyBro]

Ouray,

Sorry to see the broken welds. Mine was pretty bad as well. I was able to find a local guy that was a master at tig welding. I beefed up the frame with additional aluminum square tubing, cut the pieces and positioned them where I wanted them, held in place with L-brackets, and took it to the welding shop. He charged me $50/ hr, which I thought was reasonable. MiG welding requires special equipment and I think with how thin this material is, might be difficult to not burn through. Acetone will remove the paint nicely, and clean the aluminum up really well. It has to be clean to weld.

Poky

[shellback]

I did the same as Pokey. Precut all the pieces and took the frame to a shop and had them do the welding. Here's my frame on a trailer ready to go to the shop.

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