The "trophy husband" pro mod buggy build

N-Smooth

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It seems like every post starts with me not having enough time to work on it and today was no different. My wife had to work for a few hours (unexpectedly) and that really killed the middle of my day. Itā€™s cool though I got a fun part done- the middle of the back section. It seems like a lot of the buggies I like are equal (or near equal) in size when it comes to the middle and back sections so I went with that. Itā€™s something I can easily change down the road if I want. The back tube isnā€™t final cut Iā€™ll probably match the angle of the tubes going into it.
This ratchet strap is todayā€™s MVP. I made a joke on social media about how itā€™s my only friend. The truth hurts lol.
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Oh and I also posted about my BendTech Poverty.
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It is really hard to get a picture of this from an angle that makes sense. Deal with it!
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N-Smooth

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Location
UT
Yesterday I ran to Midnight for some more DOM. Itā€™s amazing how little traffic there was, especially during rush hour. Iā€™ll miss that. It was the only progress I made yesterday.
I messed around with it a little tonight but mainly stared at it and then my neighbor came over and we stared at it together. Iā€™m really at a point where I need to pull the trigger on an Atlas and Iā€™m putting it off so I have to find other parts to work on. So I started on the top part of the back section. I think I have the one side about where I want it but Iā€™ll probably mess around with it a little more and get the notch perfect before mirroring it for the other side.
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N-Smooth

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Location
UT
aint that the truth! its taken me a month to do maybe 8 hours worth of work on my build.

It gets worse as they get older and start sports and other extracurricular activities. My weeknights are usually packed right now but without any of those things happening (thanks, 'rona) I have lot more free time at night so I'm taking advantage of it where I can.
 

N-Smooth

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Location
UT
Yay it looks like a chassis now. I welded a couple inches on the middle and top tubes where they meet the middle section to make sure they stay put. Iā€™m very pleased with the progress! I was going to finish cut the rear tube but my portaband blade was like yeah Iā€™m not doing that and it was my last one.

Okay hereā€™s a bunch of pictures of the same thing. Huzzah!
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N-Smooth

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Location
UT
Looking good man.

Thanks Bart, hope you're doing well

I am jealous of your Baja Blast stash.... I cannot find cans down here anywhere! *insert UT county joke here*

You don't choose the Baja life... it chooses you.

Diggin it!

Thanks!

Man, making me want to build something new. Love it!

Thanks! You should build a pro mod! hahaha I'm pretty much obligated to tell errrrybody that
 
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N-Smooth

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Location
UT
I didnā€™t know what to do on it tonight but wanted some garage time for my mental health so I decided to actually work on a project Iā€™ve been putting off. Itā€™ll mainly be for mounting the notcher but also just for whatever I want. Iā€™ve never had one before so Iā€™m excited!
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