The Jalopy Journal
Looks like Cameron is still a member of this site but has not been active since 2008. I do want to answer the original question posted about...
@4EyedTurd This is of a 1959 but the mounting bracket is the same. Extra ones at the end of the tunnel for the convertible. You can also see...
@oldtom69 It was a challenge to put a roll bar in but it is the body of the car being protected. The attachment points were where the sill had...
@4EyedTurd Which make and year of car?
@2OLD2FAST Actually, Ford did precede A.O. Smith with the assembly line in 1913 (Smith in 1921). It is just that Ford was buying their frames...
They sure were. An unsung American institution. In 1979, an A.O. Smith publication stated that when they opened the World's First Automated...
Let me answer the second question first. A.O. Smith has always done more than build vehicle frames. In 1921, they made high-pressure tanks for...
As far as interchangeability, each General Motors division had their own design which means, different lengths, wheelbases, widths, kickup...
This is an old thread but since I am the X-Frame expert and have been studying them for the past 9 years in preparation for writing an academic...
Thanks for the lead. I sent Charlie Chops 1940 a PM and see he is here every day, and offered to help with his own 1940 Convertible, but still...
Charlie, sent you a private message on this board.
Come to think of it, was a Pyro model of a Ford pickup. I still have two Pyro builds stored away - the 49 Ford (red) and the 52 Chevy fastback...
The yellow chart I posted myself years ago and the ones below it in b/w is the 1941 replacement chassis. The topside of the 1940 looks like this:
Thanks X... I am always seeking better bare chassis photos of unaltered frames but not as much as trying to solve the puzzle about this 1940...
Ray, I have been gathering information the past 6 years for an academic book about the design and development of x-brace (cruciform) chassis...
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