My hand built Rat.. or whatever it is

[Matt167]

guess I should put up a build log for this, being Brent provided the space

first was to get the steel. which I can't remember what all I got, but I know I got 24' of 2x3x11ga rectangle tubing. 4 sheets of 18ga sheet steel and some 1x1" square tubing

then I got the parts for the frame cut out of the 2x3



squared up the rails and welded them


cut the holes for the front tube and cut rear crossmember.. clamped it all togther and then squared it


welded it, being careful it maintained square



then welded the perches


next was to cut the firewall.. this was done by using a stick cut at the right length and was allowed to spin at the bottom.. draw it out with a sharpie and cut on the line.. I also trimmed 6" off

next welded on the bottom rail of the firewall



next drilled and tapped the frame and the bottom rail for 3/8" 16 thread ( I will also have some other body mounts that mount from the below ). mounted firewall 44" back on the frame

started welding in the window frame/ upper body structure... pics are missing of the lower body structure. but it's just a basic framework of 1x1x16ga tubing. drilled and tapped just like the front.