new project!

cool40 wrote:.......but the struts only have 3/4" left to go down so.............

If you're talking about having 3/4" snubber to strut body clearence don't forget that the soft spongy Koni snubbers that come on the Strange drag struts with continue to compress a fair amount after making contact. They aren't like the hard rubber snubbers you find on some other strut brands.

I did'nt want the motor any higher than it had to be so its gona be close at best.a drysump pan would help

i have 3"on the oil pan with 3/4" on the struts. the body is gona fit too

Looking good Lee

69F100 wrote:Looking good Lee

thanks Jim. check out my redneck skills!

Nice!

I like it when we set my cab on mine my brother and his stepson helped me,we picked it up by hand and set it over the cage.Talk about a job and trying to be real careful not to scrath the paint while doing.I wanted to kick his stepson's ass after he dropped it and scrathed my paint talk about being pissed his stepson I don't think he has said a word to me sent that night but that fine to.

69F100 wrote:I like it when we set my cab on mine my brother and his stepson helped me,we picked it up by hand and set it over the cage.Talk about a job and trying to be real careful not to scrath the paint while doing.I wanted to kick his stepson's ass after he dropped it and scrathed my paint talk about being pissed his stepson I don't think he has said a word to me sent that night but that fine to.

it could use some new paint but i'd not planned on it.lol. I did'nt have any help so......

i finished the body mounting and got the rear part done.... i started some tin on the floor.under the seat was a good place to start,if it looks like shit the seat will cover it. i dont mind tin work but its another one of those things where the tools make all the difference.

Looks good so far. I hate tin work. Of course I don't have the tools for it either.

whatbumper wrote:Looks good so far. I hate tin work. Of course I don't have the tools for it either.

i realy dont either i have worked with good tools before,just makes me wish i had them

From the looks of it you have a bead roller. You're one up on me. All I have are tin snips and a 36" brake.

hell igotta use a trailer door for a brake.........your one up on me lol.

i do have a bead roller and a 4'brake. i got some MADE IN USA Wiss snips today! i almost bought 2 pair when i saw the USA on them the bead roller is gona take some practice.its power and realy too fast for me.a variable speed would be nice.

I like some of the cheap Chinese tools from Harbor Freight, like their 4.5" disk grinders. You can buy 3 or 4 of them cheap and have a different type disk/wheel on each so you don't have to keep changing out wheels. But their cheap tin snips are pretty much useless on even paper thin .032 Aluminum, they fold the metal over instead of cutting it.

So with the reworked new/old crash chassis will the body be sitting higher/lower off the ground, or about the same as before?

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:So with the reworked new/old crash chassis will the body be sitting higher/lower off the ground, or about the same as before?

Dave the body will be a little higher at the rear but lower in front. on the old chassis i made the rockers run with the 2x3 rails,not knowing how it would end up. the chassis is lower to the ground now than the 2x3 was.it has more head room i let the body down as low as i could but the front bar on the f/c cage is 1/8"from the top.

put a sunroof in it and lower the body more, then do a repost......

Cut the roof off and make it a Roadster.

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:Cut the roof off and make it a Roadster.

ragtop and do a burnout............

Looking good though Lee... Is that aluminum you bought from a kit or did you buy some 4x8 sheets?

greaat chassis skills Lee

jbozzelle wrote:Looking good though Lee... Is that aluminum you bought from a kit or did you buy some 4x8 sheets?

all that i've done so far is .024 steel.the floor and firewall will be steel but i have 4x8's of aluminum for the rest.i had a customer give me a big roll of the steel and i got the 2 4x8's from a local circle track guy for $100.he had it in colors too. i worked on the trans tunnel today

this part was easy,the trans cover will be aluminum and it's a F'n pain!

i have the steel work done! thank god for silicon bronze rod! that .024 is a PIA to weld now for some paint and the body goes on for good.....