Rear upright profiles finished

Today we finished machining the profile for the second rear upright. The initial bearing hole has also been drilled and the uprights are now ready to be faced to their final sizing.

Rear upright profile machined

Today we machined the profile for one of the rear uprights. We have also test fitted in the rodends to ensure that they will function correctly.

Our frame is also about 90% done with welding. We plan to have the frame fully completed by the end of this year.

Upright holes drilled

Today we drilled holes into the aluminum stock for the rear uprights and machined their thicknesses closer to the desired thickness.

We have also drawn onto the stock the general shape for the uprights and they are now ready to be profiled.

Machining the uprights

Due to a sudden change in our CNC options, we are now deciding to machine the uprights, kingpins, and hubs manually ourselves. We have already machined the two aluminum blocks for the uprights to the desired thicknesses. We are hoping to have a functional upright machined and ready by the end of this year!

Suspension end caps machined

Today we machined most of the suspension end caps. These will be welded onto the ends of our suspension links and hold our rodends in place.

SIMs complete

Today we finished machining the side impact member supports. They are now ready to be welded onto the frame.

In addition, we are preparing our car from last year for testing this Saturday. We hope to give our new potential drivers a chance to get familiar with a driving a Baja vehicle. Hopefully our new car will be finished soon and we can start testing it soon!

Welding started

Today we started the process of welding the frame together. Prior to this we had only been tack welding, but now that the frame is mostly complete, we are starting to fully weld the frame together.

In addition, we have cut members out for the rear suspension and are in the progress of machining them into shape and the threaded plugs that will hold the rod ends that interface with the frame.

Front SIM bracing members complete

Today we completed the front SIM bracing members. Remaining are the back SIM bracing members.


In addition, we have also built a jig for the rear uprights in preparation for machining the rear suspension members.

Lots of tack welding

Today we tack welded our side impact members, and re-tack welded our front bracing members.

Unfortunately, as a result of gaps between members that arose during machining, our tack welds were not the best. However, we believe that these problems will be eliminated when we move on to the final welding.

Both left and right SIMs machined

Today we machined the left and right side impact members. They are now ready to be tack welded to the rest of the frame.

Lots of tack welding done

Today we tack welded the front bracing members and the rear of our frame. In addition, we have also machined the cross member for the front bracing members and that piece is now ready to be tacked on.

Left FBM done

Today we finished up the left front bracing member. Now that both of the front bracing members are complete, we can proceed with tack welding together more of the frame.

With more of the frame assembled, it is a lot easier for us to visualize the amount of room we have. This will help us a lot as we design the internal components of the car.

Front footwell and right FBM done

Today we tack welded together the front footwell members of our frame. Thanks to one of our new members, who had prior welding experience and practiced on pieces of scrap metal, we were able to finish up the footwell area and progress with the overall baja frame.


In addition, we have also finished up the right front bracing member. The frame is coming along nicely!