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Your money, your time, but I would find the correct roof and correct roof/turret support.
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The adapter you speak of is called a slewing Ring, they are about $1500 and used on late style aluminum roof.Well I have time tools and ability, so making a $400 brand new roof made of good real steel work vs a $1500+ roof , that's alot of $ I can spend on other parts, I was hoping from what I read on the previous page that there was in fact a bearing adapter to bolt right to the roof, guess I'll have to make an adapter when I get to that point or build a bearing support
Trying to ore figure out as much as I can while I wait for warmer weather![]()
So...are you going to narrow the roof to fit ?I have an 1114 roof I'm going to cut to fit my 998, I have the
stamped cat ear turret with 2 piece matching hatch, silver bearing, lock ring, curved pieces to bolt the bearing down, manual lock this was all a matching set from another vehicle
Also have the gunners strap with mount brackets
I have no bearing support and will need to make one to fit the roof when I do my slant conversion
Everything is packed away right now
Yes, once set in place I will take measurements and slice the roof front to back on each side out past the roof mounts ,remove the excess material and reweld, this sounds alot more labor intensive than it is,So...are you going to narrow the roof to fit ?
That's my assumption, wish I knew what type of steelThat 1114 roof is probably aromored steel .
Find a local scrap yard with one of those metal analyzer guns.That's my assumption, wish I knew what type of steel
Where are you located? I’m on Long IslandYour profile needs to include your city and state.
If you are in Washington DC, feel free to drive to NYC and see my fully operational early turret.
If you're in Washington State, it might be a long drive.
Best,
T
PM sentWhere are you located? I’m on Long Island
I just did the EUC on this one today. So it's gonna be a min before I have it. Was just trying to learn the ins and outs of the later style turrets. My GMV I built on a 1025 roof and A2 black bearing. So the RevB trucks are all new to me. Any info for how things fit would be appreciated.What are you needing? I sell and assemble late model turret along with GPK,OGPK and MCTAGS
I just did the EUC on this one today. So it's gonna be a min before I have it. Was just trying to learn the ins and outs of the later style turrets. My GMV I built on a 1025 roof and A2 black bearing. So the RevB trucks are all new to me. Any info for how things fit would be appreciated.
I see on FB, you have a 1/4" thick repro listed in black too.
i just realized that this thread you created some time ago has all the information you might ever need…its quite informativeDoes anyone have some inside/outside or part pics for later turret setup? Looking for info on a RevB setup for m1151A1 trucks...
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