Features Truly Traditional, Period perfect 1932-34 Chassis Picture thread.

Yeah, here is where interpretation comes into play. What is a "truly traditional and period correct" arrangement? Traditional at one point seemed to mean the years leading up to and immediately after WW2, a style that continued into the early 50's. In a way, once OHV's became the norm the idea of "truly traditional and period correct" ends.

Do you have any photos of F1 box's with the welded kick outs between 1950-56? I never cared enough to really analyze every photo.

 

I love old ford chassis ! subscribe

 

Come on Plan9, your picking the fly shit out of the pepper now.

 

Here's a chassis from a former record holding B/Gas coupe that was on ebay a couple years back. It's not the prettiest but shows how thing's were done in the early/mid 1960's. The disc brakes are Hurst Airheart's. Please ignore the horrible looking radials tires.












Here is a photo of how the car looked in 1963.

 

so long as people keep their emotions in check this can turn into more than just another loosely interpreted picture thread. then again, we are talking 40s-60s.... a detail ive overlooked in the original post.

 

'32 I built in 2006. '39 Trans, '40 Box and Pedals, '39 X-member, brakes, axles, and wide 5's. Gotta love wide 5's.

 

I need some more

 

Loving this one.. If I were building deuce rails for my A build, this is almost exactly what I would do.

 

Current project, 30 Model A, deuce frame and grill shell, Nailhead, 5 speed and a quick change.

 

This. Thread. Is. AWESOME.

 

so do you have the rest of the cool old drag coupe?.
Al.

 

Would'nt that make rodent rods traditional?

 

These are crappy cell phone pictures, But I got this chassis from an old friend of mine that a lot of people know,.. and everybody knew his brothers name ,... well in the 40's these guys liked Hot Rods and built one or two,.. Well my ol' pal calls me one day and said this has been buried in the corner of his garage for decades,... "come get it out of here",... It's very used and abused, 32 Frame, 40 rear, Ed Stewart Dago axle, 40 brakes,..... 100% authentic from back in the day...... This old chassis was there doing it, back when Hot Rodding was waiting for it's first whisker.

Used, abused, lumpy, not perfectly engineered, and certainly not real pretty, but the real undeniable deal with Detroit street history,...... This is NOT exactly what I was talking about when I started this thread,.... What you guys are posting is exactly what I was talking about. Is this kind of lumpy old frame welcome in this thread ??? ABSOLUTELY ! ,.... Keep posting guys !,... so far EVERYTHING posted meets the original posters criteria ...

I know this is all about chassis,.. but this is what it's holding up,... just some more ol crap from the back corner of the barn.




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i love this thread!,,i picked up a stocker 34 a few weeks ago,,ive only seen it once sience its arrived to an undisclosed location,,but just started collecting parts and buiding it in my head,,,,one of the things i have been really contemplating is if i really need to box the frame on a it,,,i can see some really beautiful ones not boxed, but yet a bunch of them boxed that probably dont need it...(was a boxed frame TRADITIONAL?)

 

I am 72 years old and what I recall as traditional was taking a stock frame and adding anything you could find in the junkyard or trade for that would fit under the chassis. I still feel the same way about using original chassis for a feeling of nostalgia. I have a great respect for the super new chassis that are being built by some of the professionals and home builders alike, but I really like the old cars and chassis that were built in the garage or driveway after school. I hope to see some of both on this great new thread.
Lynn

 

Most awesome.

 

Cherry picker...? we don't need no stinkin cherry picker...!

 

Here's a few of the '32 Chassis I've built. Some could be considered "period correct", some are not so period correct, but just my "style"...for lack of a better description.

I suppose these three would be in the "period correct" category:

Texas Playboy (Theoretically nothing newer than '59):



Swiss Model A Coupe (Theoretically nothing newer than '53:







Sam's Roadster (Theoretically nothing newer than '54):







Not so period perfect:

The Wade Coupe:





My '29 Coupe:







My '29 Roadster:





-Brian

 

I wouldn't be able to pick from any of yours, Brian. They're all just too good to pick one over the other.

 

Whoa whoa whoa!!! What's up with the Swiss and Sam's coupe Brian? Those are pretty rad.....simple compared to your other stuff but rad none the less! I'm still digging your '29 Roadster chassis as well. I talked to E.C. at the Roundup and he mentioned the possibility of getting back on that soon??

 

Words are not needed, the pictures say it all, the best builders are members of Hamb and share everything... thanks for all guys...

 

Ken Crawford sent me these back in 2010. The restored '32 chassis of the Ken Crawford/Jerry Stroner roadster by Chuck & Mike Longley.

 

That '29 chassis is ridiculous, it's perfect.

 

Definitely some reference material here to be filed for the future. Is that '40-style cross steering tucked in the Crawford/Stroner chassis above? When was it originally built?

 

What we started with & what we ended up with.......wish I still had it!

 

That is street rod not traditional.

 

Well according to OP thats ok...................I say change the title!

 

Here's one that is "Questionable" on the Traditional side.. But it's worth showing cause of some of the neat stuff on it. The Front suspension is an exact "Rip=off" of early MILLER race cars. The cross members were cool. The Holes in the frame were "fun"... Had to find all the different size tubing so they "tappered" and followed the width of the frame. The Last Hole in the back was the actual cross tube that held the Drive shaft loop. This car was concieved, and design to be a 32 Ford roadster "Drift car" to take to SEMA and run with the Imports.. (Hence the Sway bar, and "beafyness" of everything) but, half way through the build the Owner ($) took it in a "European sports car" direction and it lost its magic.

(I did NOT do the clunky, big front shock mounts. Those were done after my construction of the chassis)



...Okay, back to "Buggy spring fronts, Drum brakes, and WISH BONES!!!

 

What a cool concept. Was it going to run tall-and-skinny tires like that?