At the time when we built the frame - steel was much cheaper than it is now!
We paid just over 300 for ALL the steel!! One recommendation - use 1/8 in
wall box if you decide to do it - I used 1/4" and it's just overkill.
Yes - I did get the kit from Jason at Suicide Doors. Great service and an
outstanding product.
- Ryan
Ps... Will be wearing my oletrucks shirt tomorrow down in Lewiston, ID for
Hot August Nights! See you there (I'll be in the white el camino - VISIONS
cc)
On 8/27/04 8:47 AM, "Alfredo S Barrenechea" <bigfred@unm.edu> wrote:
> Ryan, Wicked Truck.
> Looks like it's comming along. I remember looking at your
> frame a while back. It rules that you built your own
> frame! I bet it was a lot cheaper than buying one from the
> vendors!
> Did you get your hinges from suicidedoors.com?
> -alfie
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:24:35 -0700
> Ryan Sain <rsain@gte.net> wrote:
>> For those of you that are interested I have an update on
>> the truck. I've
>> recently been working on installing suicide doors on
>> Amy's 59. Driver side
>> went smooth - taking a total of 12 hours to complete (of
>> course that's over
>> two months time) - still need to finish the passenger
>> side.
>>
>> Latest pics online at..
>> Http://www.streetsourcemag.com/Profile.aspx?Home=true&ProfileID=20110
>>
>> I purchased the hinges online - but all the cutting,
>> welding, bracing,
>> aligning and, of course, swearing is done at home. The
>> door swings all the
>> way open (hinge travels a full 90 degrees from open to
>> closed) - and fits
>> beautifully - no need to cut any of the door post off as
>> was needed in the
>> "Truck Builder (November/December 2002 issue)" suicide
>> door install.
>>
>> So, moral of the story; with a little planning, tackling
>> the suicide door
>> project is quite doable for anyone with basic fabrication
>> and welding
>> skills. And it will likely only take a couple of weekends
>> of hard work.
>>
>> The rest of the truck build is still located at
>> http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain/apache.html and will be updated
>> soon (couple of
>> weeks).
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