Team Stampie Project T&A

maschinenbau said:

In reply to nocones :

I wouldn't hold your breath...Stampie might be only GRM'er slower at building Challenge cars than AC!

Even I laughed.

Today I kidnapped Lil Stampie and his friend to help move the rear subframe to the build area. At least I feed them good pizza first. 

The other day I ground off the last bolt holding the old battery tray onto the frame. 

I spent some time this week figuring out the front subframe mounting. I think I have it figured out. One of the reasons we brought out the rear subframe is so I can do the same with it. 

We've decided that Tuesday evenings are our main work day.  We'll still do homework during the rest of the week to catch up.  Today we had an all hands meeting, Lil Stampie and I discussed how to go forward.  I saw two ways.  One mock it up, disassemble it, address all the little things, then put it back together.  Second plan was work on each subassembly at a time and put them all together done.  It was decided to go with mock up then rebuild it.  That meant we needed a frame table so cue the montage of Lil Stampie welding.

And the final product for the day.

We still need more cross members and we need the wheel landing pads.  We ran out so I'll hit up Alro this week and get more.  What you see is 2x1 tubing that I've had around for a long time.   The bottom rail is flipped to give us a 3 inch ride height and we'll set the Model A frame directly on the top vertical rails.

I hit up Alro. They were out of 2x1 but I got 2x2 a little cheaper anyway. I grabbed some remnant round tubing to make crush sleeves. That'll be the only thing that I need the receipt for at $1.15 a pound. Damn steel has gone up. 

Sweet to see you guys have a dedicated work night scheduled every week.  Monday garage nights sure helped Team Barely Functional Racing™  get the P1800 to the Challenge.

Also, I LOVE seeing 'Burbans doing Truck stuff 👍

In reply to Indy - Guy :

Yeah I rednecked it and cut the pieces with my sawzall so they'd fit.  Wasn't gonna pay them $5 a cut for that.

Dusterbd13 said:

That's the most Florida and grm thing I've heard in a long time. 

"I couldn't find the rear subframe"

 

You gotta break out the brush hog as part of the build process! Love that E36 M3! Hate your ecosystem. I thought nc sucked....

This reminds me I need to move my spare subframes and the 2J core motor in the next couple weeks before nature reclaims it otherwise I will definitely need the brush hog.

It's funny, I've been largely absent since '21, and it seems like you're also picking up where I left off. 

In reply to Crackers (Forum Supporter) :

Yeah, Stampie has mostly just focused on buying up everything in sight since you went inactive.

Stampie, you're up to what? 16 cars now?

In reply to Crackers (Forum Supporter) :

It just wasn't the same without you.

In reply to Indy - Guy :

I just counted and I'm at 16 plus two bodies and a broken up frame that doesn't have a home.  That's not including Lil Stampie cars.  It does include two parts cars.

This evening we jumped back on the frame table.  First we put Lil Stampie in charge of measuring.  That way I can blame him if stuff isn't right.

Gratuitous welding picture.

And then we ran out of welding wire right here.

Here's where we stand at the moment.  It is upside down in case you are trying to figure it out.

Never fails. You get the settings just right, you get the parts clamped up, you get comfortable and ready to make some nice beads, then the wire or gas runs out...

In reply to stafford1500 :

I think we're going to use this as an excuse to convert the welder to MIG since we'll need that later in the project anyway.  Also it was a happy accident as that one it ran out on is 12 inches behind where it should have been.  Yep I did the math on that one.  It'll be easier to cut out since it wasn't fully welded.

How long before we stop calling him "Lil Stampie"? I remember when he was little.

In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :

You know I started doing that because he was a kid and all that stuff.  He is named Asa after his great grandfather but most people call him Ace.

In reply to Stampie :

My kid also has an uncommon "A" name he got from his great-grandfather. 

In reply to Crackers (Forum Supporter) :

Aloysius?

In reply to Recon1342 :

As a Primus fan, I could never. lol

Y'all can ignore this post as it's just a house keeping receipt post.

Jeep wheels - https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/parts-sale/jeep-wrangler-yj-wheels-15-5x45-free/257948/page1/

Kind of a small update this week.  I've been helping a neighbor with his F150 off and on this week.  That took my homework time so all I did during the week was cut off the piece I had Ace put in the wrong spot.  Today we converted the welder to MIG.  Most of it was already done but we had to follow each step to make sure.  After messing with it and a run to Lowe's for welding wire that's about all that got done today.  Picture of a converted welder for the visual.

I have a lot of angle steel stock and other steel that I got from a friend -- I just had to haul it out of his driveway, where it had been for ~5 years.  If you need heavier stuff for the frame table or for the frame itself, I can probably help you out.  I can also MIG or TIG stuff if you need.  

In reply to Kendall Frederick :

I appreciate that.  I think we have enough to get it done.  Funny I have free scrap here but I don't want to waste it on a frame table.  The free stuff is for the car.

In reply to Stampie :

EDIT: Hey, if you (or anyone) still need some 15 inch alloys, i've got a set of 15 X 8 5x4.5 ultra wheels model 50 sitting in the yard for free.50 , actual pics.

No center caps, but not bent. If you want PM me at darryldotfloydatgmaildotcom

In reply to 06HHR (Forum Supporter) :

I might take you up on that.  I'll email you in a min.

Today we started working on our welding cart.  A few months ago I bought this from my scrap guy for $5.

Our very first MIG tack.

The cart was a little long.

We probaly could have moved the cart to get a better welding position.

One bobbed cart.  Still needs some finishing.

Ace has been under the weather the last couple of days so it's been me working.  I welded in the rest of the bottom rails and then today I put in some pockets for the stands to locate on.  MIG isn't as easy as I thought.  Of course my eyesight isn't as good also.  I think I need to experiment on it more.  Because just me there's only the done for today picture.