What have you done to your square lately??

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Nothing to mine but helped some friends work on her '86 yesterday. New interior, body side molding, grille, bumpers, RH fuel tank/sender/switch valve/dash switch.
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Her '86 looks like my '84! I want to trade her doors real bad lol. I also would like to see it on the ground with those big ole ralley style rims.
 

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main hoop on still want to add a few more bars notched the stock bumper and I don't think it looks half bad :cool:
 

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Put a good used scrap yard dual post battery in her. So now she needs no jumpin!


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We call those dumptimas lolol. Then after you're done with it, they're worth pretty good money for recycling, maybe not money to weight ratio.
 

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We call those dumptimas lolol. Then after you're done with it, they're worth pretty good money for recycling, maybe not money to weight ratio.
It came in a scrapped car and was a dual post with good amps so i snagged it lol. Weight to money is crap for batteries right now. I believe 13 cents/lb...
 

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main hoop on still want to add a few more bars notched the stock bumper and I don't think it looks half bad :cool:
nothing meant but is there a reason why the top center bar isn't level with the rest? Sorry if I missed a previous post that said so. For me, otherwise it kicks ass. Wish I had those welding skills.
 

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Finished painting the inside of the front fenders and the radiator support.
(The sun/shade made weird designs on the painted areas)

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It came in a scrapped car and was a dual post with good amps so i snagged it lol. Weight to money is crap for batteries right now. I believe 13 cents/lb...
I got more for my scrap batteries than a whole stock trailer of aluminum cans and some scrap aluminum. Last time I went anyways. Which woulda been a year or two ago.
 

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I got more for my scrap batteries than a whole stock trailer of aluminum cans and some scrap aluminum. Last time I went anyways. Which woulda been a year or two ago.
Prices arent crap right now. I got $9.25 for 23 lbs of beer cans today.
 

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Today, after some family stuff that needed to be addressed, I snuck out to the garage. I started the process of removing the bump stops above the rear axle. I went after one of the rivets with an angle grinder and ground it flat. I can see the outline of the leftover rivet.

I’ve tried beating on it with a punch and a 3 lb hammer. I was hoping it would move but to no avail. Before I go forward, is there an easier way to go about this? I don’t have access to an air compressor or chisel.

Am I now in drilling mode?
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Today, after some family stuff that needed to be addressed, I snuck out to the garage. I started the process of removing the bump stops above the rear axle. I went after one of the rivets with an angle grinder and ground it flat. I can see the outline of the leftover rivet.

I’ve tried beating on it with a punch and a 3 lb hammer. I was hoping it would move but to no avail. Before I go forward, is there an easier way to go about this? I don’t have access to an air compressor or chisel.

Am I now in drilling mode?
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Drill a hole up through the center of the rivet. 1/4" is enough to help relive the pressure, on the sides, the rivet has when it was installed.
 

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Drill a hole up through the center of the rivet. 1/4" is enough to help relive the pressure, on the sides, the rivet has when it was installed.
Awesome, thanks!
 

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nothing meant but is there a reason why the top center bar isn't level with the rest? Sorry if I missed a previous post that said so. For me, otherwise it kicks ass. Wish I had those welding skills.
The step up reminds me of the bull bar on my mom's and mine old 74 burb(sold sadly love square body burbs) I'm thinking about adding a small 45° to cap it/gusset here's some more pictures extra bars not welded on yet more to come
 

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nothing meant but is there a reason why the top center bar isn't level with the rest? Sorry if I missed a previous post that said so. For me, otherwise it kicks ass. Wish I had those welding skills.
Something like this little 45° gussets
 

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