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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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Twins

Heres my first twin build.






Although they worked like a charm, they are not completely sealed. The were great keeping the elements out and oil on but, the seals would not work submerged or upside down.

So I made twins #2











Ok, I needed bling knobs, these are maybe too bling. Some billet, a lathe, some 0-rings (thanks Ed for his old school idea).



Notice the the Chevy Badge (read my sig), it was a toss-up between Toy and Chevy.




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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 06:58 AM
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right on thats awesome, its always nice when you fab something up that most people just go and buy. especially something like this. i really dig the custom aluminum cup holder you got there.. iv been debating building something similar.. i think thats my biggest complaint about the 1st gen runners.. NO CUPHOLDERS!!!
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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x2 on the lack of cupholders. I don't have a pic but I also just welded another to my center console (that I just finished. Two cupholders woohoo.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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Nice work. I hope someday i'll have some machining equipment.
Nice cupholder i'm gonna make one soon
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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that turned out great! nice work. i really like the o-ring idea. i've never seen a marlincrawler twin stick, but this is what i envisioned theirs being like. how many hours do you have in the second design?
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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I have a days work on the thing, next one will be alot less. Good news I got paid to do it.
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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impressive, dunno about the bow tie though but i've seen shift knobs A LOT worse than those. I'd hang on to 'em. Three cheers for DIY
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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impressive, dunno about the bow tie though but i've seen shift knobs A LOT worse than those. I'd hang on to 'em. Three cheers for DIY
bow tie nice one hahaha
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:10 AM
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It was a tossup between the Bowtie, or Toy symbol. I picked the bowtie cause the shifter is hooked to a 700R4 . Since I have access to a vinyl die machine, anything is possible.
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