I bet that if the X-Camino was at the 2021 GS Nats it would get as much, or more attention than any GSX in attendance for the GSX reunion. Your X-Camino has been away for so long that many don’t know it exists.
Well done Duane. I enjoy rebuilding supports myself, very gratifying. Only replace what’s needed too.
Thank you Duane, You saved alot of us time by sharing and I much appericate it. By the way I think the coolest thing going would be to install a hitch on the X-Camino and tow the GSX. I mean how cool would that be?
Dwayne, It's funny you said that. I used to have an Original 70 Yellow GSX, and when I was first looking at building the X-Camino I wanted to do exactly that, get a picture of it towing the real car. I do have a Factory tow hitch for it, but it is not a Class 3 hitch, so I was just going to "bluff" it up for the picture. The other thing I always wanted to do was fill up the back of the truck with presents, hop in it with a Santa suit and use the pic as my Christmas Card. I thought that pic would be really cool. Duane PS. I will be making up a template to locate the 1 1/2" hole in the mounting cup, and will post it here. That should give you guys everything you need to fix them.
OK, Here is the Mounting cup Pics and template. When you put the template on the part you need to align the edge of the template with the edge of the cup where it gets attached to the vertical brace. Then align the template so the edges of the 1/2" hole match the alignment marks on the template. That will give you the center spot for the hole. Now I took my template off a "rusty mounting cup, so if you measure the hole it will be 1 3/4", as some of the edge has rusted away. Regardless, you need to drill a 1 1/2" hole for the bushing. Again, the template is on an 8 1/2"x11" piece of paper, and has a 1" scale drawn on it. This should give you guys everything you need to fix them. Enjoy. Duane
Hi all. Duane - did you use a brake to bend the metal? I need this exact piece for my original SAE 70 support.. Not the isolator "cup", just the metal... Any insight from any fabricators would be appreciated!
"..did I use a brake to bend the metal" I had to laugh at that. I used a vise, a pair of vise-grips, and a ball peen hammer, then kept flattening it out by beating it against the cement garage floor and a piece of railroad tie. I know, real high tech, what can I say. Duane
No Duane, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for! The other other piece of this is on your sheet of paper above, what were the overall dimensions? I was counting lines, doing some math, and broke out the protractor... And still couldn't get the dimensions!!!
Duane Heckman, thanks for the drawing, worked great. Made one obvious oops let me know if you see it.
George, I posted the templates of the pieces I made as pdf's on the first page of this thread. All you have to do is save the files to your computer and then print them off on 8 1/2"x11" pieces of paper. I also included a 1" scale on each sheet, so you can make sure the size of the parts is correct. If it is not correct the scale will allow you to resize the pattern until the 1" I have drawn there is exactly 1" long. Then you know the outlines are to size. Duane
Dwayne, Did you use the smaller hole for the earlier 70 supports, it's hard to see. Either way it won't matter because it will be under the battery tray. Duane
...I suspected as much, that can loosely be defined as a brake, do you have a chunk of rail for an anvil. Seriously, great work, TTU...
I actually have 2 different pieces of railroad rails. One is off a narrow gauge, like they used for ore cars in mining, and the other is the full size. I use either one or the other depending on what I am doing. My Dad cut and made them for me when I was a kid. I guess he figured if I was beating on them I was not getting into trouble somewhere. Duane PS. My bench vise came from my Grandfather. He worked at The Phila Navy Yard and took it off one of the ships they were decommissioning. He used it, then Dad used it, and now me. You could probably beat on it for another hundred years and not hurt it.
Well Duane, since you're not making boot rings any longer, you might as well make these patch pieces... LOL. Understand I am 100% bustin your b*lls...
Yeah, well you and everyone else need to get in line behind Beth. After 30 years of marriage she is finally putting her foot down and is making me finish a few projects. I finally re-finished an old Mahogany pump organ case that was built in 1876. I actually got it pre-Beth, and made it into a cabinet for my dvds. When it's all closed up it looks like an old organ and matches all the other furniture in the house. (Just another form of recycling) We live in an old 1888 Victorian house. Duane
Very nice work. No one will ever knew its been repaired. Evcept you and us. Excellent fabrication skills you have.
