home made tilt front clip?

So I had a great idea today, after perusing "mud truck" on my local Craigslist. I think a one piece tilt front end is just what I need. anyone here ever male one? Sure would be nice to work on stuff with all that out of the way. Not worried about slipping things up with no inner genders...I barely drive it anyway. Only thing I can think of would be this assembly will be hard to lift! What are some other bad points....I need somebody to talk me out of this!!

Auto correct plus this small font on my phone equals a pretty funny post. Sorry for the misspellings!

Well I've owned my truck for 15 years and finally built a flip open front end for mine... can't believe I waited so long to do it... of course the engine is very easy to work on now and love having it but now the engine seems to think it can break all the time now.. sure was/is a nice addition to the truck... sorry lol

The red bronco on the top of the page has one, I'll see if I have any pics left, or else the guy that owns it now posts on here as well.

Galaxie427 wrote:So I had a great idea today, after perusing "mud truck" on my local Craigslist.  I think a one piece tilt front end is just what I need.  anyone here ever male one?  Sure would be nice to work on stuff with all that out of the way.  Not worried about slipping things up with no inner genders...I barely drive it anyway.  Only thing I can think of would be this assembly will be hard to lift!  What are some other bad points....I need somebody to talk me out of this!!  

http://www.fourwheeler.com/features/131-0502-2005-ugly-4x4-trucks-readers-rides/

72 dodge club cab Tilt frnt

My old rig on page 2, scroll down to ( load more ) and there is a good pic.. I cut it on a different line than most
because I didn't like how the fenders on most tilts lined up,, plated the top and bottom of each fender where
it was cut, and the top had a pin witch fit into a guide hole on the bottom, welded the hood solid and it pivoted
off the front bracket just behind the bumper, used a small hydraulic jack to raise it ,, I couldn't work on the motor with out doing this as Im in A wheelchair,,, I'd have to dig for more picts

Thanks guys! Woke up today and it STILL seemed like a good plan. Guess I have a new project!!

Here is how I did mine. Un-conventional, yes, but completely opens up the front end. I made the core support out of aluminum to shave weight. I also added a momentary switch on both sides so I could run the valves without needing someone in the cab to bump the starter.



Alan

here is mine. You can remove two bolts and take it off and run the engine without it. My hood still opens normally with the clip down also.










More pics here

https://s211.photobucket.com/user/72puller/library/hood?sort=3&page=1