1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

The dude that runs the page? Yeah, he's turned it into a huge thing alright. I started following his page several years ago when he was just some guy taking portraits of random people in NYC and writing a blurb about their life story. Now he's got millions of followers, publishing agent and book deals galore. He really built it into something which is cool to see

 

A friend got me the Humans of the World book he put together, its quite good.

 

Yea same, I think the raising money for people is cool, I think it actually gets used for what he says too.

 

The woman he featured last month, Stephanie, that was her 70s or 80s but told all about her life growing up in NYC as a stripper/dancer and all the crazy people she met over the decades. Was really good. She was struggling though and had a host of health problems, he started a fundraiser for her from his fans and got her all kinds of money for the medical help she needed. I think a portion of all those book proceeds went to it as well.

 

i know im going to have to do this to the mercedes.. but it scares me.. only because everything is sheet metal screwed in.. no nice fancy welded on nuts or anything. you know how annoying it'll be to remember where everything went

 

Now you’re just making excuses. Even this car has a lot of stuff just screwed into the sheet metal. Hell the Tacoma does too.

 

Huh? Zero self tappers in my taco

 

The only one in my taco is for the ground on my stereo

 

I'm guessing $2k for a front and $4k for the rear.

 

Jebus

 

@Empty_Lord

 

I don’t mind frame rust.




Body rust? No fuck thag.

 

Weird thing to say considering body panels are easier to replace than frames lol.

 

Incorrect. Frame would take me a day to swap if I’m in the zone. Body work costs more and is WAY more time consuming

 

well I think you're a special case being you and all

Plus that's assuming you can just find a good frame for cheap, body panels are widely available in most cases

 

of course depends on what vehicle we're talking about, how close to original you want it to be etc.

 

Labor is what would kill me on body work. That’s not my forte. Frame swap? Hell yea easy ass shit

 

If work said ok, or I have a rack up at home? Yes..

 

It’s been 4 years since I’ve done a first gen... but second gens are usually a 8 hour day or 2 to get done

 

Engine and trans stays in the cab. Supported. Frame rolls out after you disconnect a few brake lines and the electrical connectors. Plus some other little odds and ends. Roll old frame out, transfer stuff from old to new, roll back under truck, reassemble