OEM-quality pickup mods

[aerohead]

Ran across this. Really nice build quality.
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/fo.../176802/page1/

[freebeard]

That is a Ute conversion? It's really bad. Compare: https://www.smythkitcars.com



This was on Just A Car Guy today:


door panels and center console pieces created with Precision Board PBLT-25 (25lb)

I think this is the same stuff Arcimoto use for their fenders and door panels. Thermoformed Urethane foam come to the masses.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

That is a Ute conversion? It's really bad. Compare: https://www.smythkitcars.com



This was on Just A Car Guy today:


door panels and center console pieces created with Precision Board PBLT-25 (25lb)

I think this is the same stuff Arcimoto use for their fenders and door panels. Thermoformed Urethane foam come to the masses.

Did they use a $250,000 five-axis router to create tooling from the 25-pound density board, from which they vacuum-formed the pieces?

[freebeard]

Arcimoto use such routers to make aluminum forms for the sheets to be thermoformed over.





You can see a pallet of sheets in lower left. Upper left you have a yellow robot arm which will eventually take the formed sheet output and place it on a new machine to the left where it will be trimmed and holed with a CNC router. That station uses a less expensive form as it only holds position.

[kach22i]

Interesting but often disturbing topic.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/fo.../176802/page1/


https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/05...little-pickup/



https://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/04...impersonation/






https://www.holley.com/garage/view/4...rolet-caprice/




More my style below.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/08...s-up-for-sale/

[me and my metro]

Those are disturbing on many levels.