A taurus wagon? Really?

[Mr. Rictus]

You have got some serious skills and vision!

Your grandma would be proud.

[Fuzzy Bunny]

Hello all, no I'm not dead... I hope every one had a nice holiday season. Well I guess an update is in order. I started working on my management set up. The challenge has been making everything disappear. I'v been tucking things int o every nook and cranny to keep it as stealth as possible. There is a pretty good sized space in between the spare tire well and the rear bumper,under the car. Its about 7inches by 31inches. There is just enough room for a three gallon tank, the compressor, the moisture trap, and various sensors. I started by making an aluminum place in the shape of the opening and I will build a splash proof box using that plate as the foundation. As of right now I have it all laid out and bolted together but I still have to plumb it and hook up all of the wires, relays, and pressure sensors.





Since I need the bumper off to do the initial install of the of all of that shit, and for felt it necessary to make you remove the entire rear interior to get the bumper off I decided to do all of my shaving and mods to the bumper while it is already off. The car has factory duel exhaust, so why hide it? I have to nice stainless oval exhaust tips and might be getting so all stainless magnaflows in the next week or so. This can go one of two ways. Either It will look like a schukes mobile or it will be awesome. Lets hope for the latter. I started by marking where the exhaust needs to exit the bumper.



I acquired a bumper, of unknown origin, with some pretty bitchin' factory cut outs. I want the exaust to look O.E. so this was the best root.





Trace, cut, plastic weld...












Repeat on the other side. I'm also shaving the rear stem pads and the side markers.





I hope to have it all rapped up for the most part in the next couple weeks.

[Fuzzy Bunny]

i wanna see the rears tuck rim! great progress so far!

Might need 20's...

[Fuzzy Bunny]

so when your are down that low is it aired out?

good work keep it up man!

Yes. Its not as low as I want so I'll have to pocket the lower control arms. I'll buy a new set of course. Everything I have done so far is completely undo able. You never know what might happen.

[Fuzzy Bunny]

M-I-C........K-E-Y.......... M-O-U-S-E (sorry, that's what first popped up in my head when I saw it. LOL)

Been watching this. Love the work and dedication your putting into this unpopular (stance wise) chassis!

I'm just curious as to why you didn't incorporate the mounting ear into the top mickey mouse part as one piece and then bend the end up. The mounting tab seems thinner than than mickey mouse. Will that joint be a high stress area?

Well good sir I played with ideas for making this for several hours before actually pulling the trigger, as they say. I made everything you see, with the exception of the "mounting ear" with a few hole saws and drill bits. It was the easiest way for me to make nice clean circles without spending days cutting them out with a cut off saw and grinding them smooth. which necessitated making the ear as a separate piece. Also the only purpose that the ear serves is to keep the bag from rotating and to hold in the correct position laterally so the bag cant change position. Any stress that is put on that ear will be sheer and I'm confident enough in my welding ability that it wont come loose.

Thanks again to every one else who is staying tuned. Management next weekend! Yes!!!

[SCHEI3E]

this project is coming along nicely

[mshriver]

I like it. +1 for working with a blank canvas

[MommysLittleMonster]

So dope! Props to you for your welding skills and persistence, your wagon looks so boss with it's current stance and wheel combo. Keep it up!

[electricalbox]

The bags are so awesome!

[Mr Ganja]

interesting

[Chuckdee]

i wanna see the rears tuck rim! great progress so far!

[los02]

Then I added the mounting ear and painted it.

M-I-C........K-E-Y.......... M-O-U-S-E (sorry, that's what first popped up in my head when I saw it. LOL)

Been watching this. Love the work and dedication your putting into this unpopular (stance wise) chassis!

I'm just curious as to why you didn't incorporate the mounting ear into the top mickey mouse part as one piece and then bend the end up. The mounting tab seems thinner than than mickey mouse. Will that joint be a high stress area?

[cobrawannabe]

This shit never gets old.

[D&W]

so when your are down that low is it aired out?

good work keep it up man!

[cm_weiand]

Like a Boss!!! keep up the great work.


you dont know how many times i joked with friends about slamming a Taurus Wagon. LOL