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Old 12-05-2012, 08:56 PM   #23
blue1969camaro
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Re: '80 C10 drag truck project

I'm doing a Cage. I don't need it now but I hope to go faster in the future and don't want to have to tear everything up so I am over building everything. My plan was to run the two down bars parallel from the top of the main hoop to the rear frame, then put an X between them. Also maybe some sort of crossbar to mount the shocks off of, this may be separate and further back I don't know yet. So I can use 1 3/8. This will be a mild steel cage, I can TIG but I am not confident enough to do a cage yet so I will stick to the MIG which I am getting very good with and definitely confident in my ability.

Also I believe your thicknesses are for moly, my book calls for everything mild to be .118 min wall thickness. Correct me if I am wrong, my book is in the shop.
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