Im in need of some channeling ideas. Ive searched the forum and theres only one thread from kustomkoupe showing how he channeled his body. Nothing in the Tech Archive either. Im just looking for some pictures showing YOUR solution of how you mounted the body to the frame. Thanks
I just left the floor attached and dropped the body. sectioned the fire wall and back of the cab. stop by next time your in Oregon City. I have some photo's under "shop truck build" on my web site www.oldcargl***guy.com Jim
Check out Rolf's build. It's in the first 1/4 page or so. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104922&highlight=rolf+coupe+build Probably not helpful, unless you want to replace the whole floor, but hope it helps.
OMG!! The thread you suggested on Rolfs build is great! But even better, would you believe that I liked the car so much, Ive had the center fold pic out of the rod and custom mag on my wall above my computer for months! Had no idea all this time that I was looking at a HAMBers car! haha Thanks so far Anyone else have pics of their answer to channeling??
Heres some pix of my floors... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=198776&highlight=evel as for mounting I bought tabs X 6 from the metal store and weleded 1 to the frame structure and 1 to the frame and bolted it together.... make sure its all lined up before its weleded so when you put the body back on it will all allign.. I'll see if I can find some pics of the mounts..
Here's what I've been doing on my '31 roadster. I'm pretty much learning as I go. It's hard to find definitive answers on this subject. good luck! http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb107/devinknell/
evel, Nice work! How did you go about attaching and sealing the floor to the sides of the body panels?
not sure if this is a "gold-chainer" response but horsepower tv did an episode on channeling an A roadster. I know you can buy the episode at i-tunes for $1.99 or so. I think it is pretty well done as far as channeling process goes. i would have bead rolled the floor and severl other details differently but you can get a pretty decent idea of one of the channeling processes. escuse the ***le:raunchy rat gets framed, is the one that has the channeling.
If you do a careful job of your tubing, the sheetmetal will fit nicely. It takes a helluva lot of time to channel a car and make it as uncomfortable as I did.
All the pieces of sheetmetal were cut from carboard templates I made them as close to the body as possible without any gaps.. If your asking about the structure its weleded in several places..Kinda hard to explain in a post but mainly where alot of the original structure was I weleded **** to..it was allot of work and i'm glad I don't have to do that again. The Sheet metal was weled on by drilling holes where the structure is and spot welding and then grinding...
6 inch (frame height) channel on F1 pickup. Cut out everything that is in the way of the body falling over the frame. Put a step in it and weld it back in! CHAZ Please no solicitation of my "mad welding skills." I am not for hire. LOL CHAZ
This thread has helped me out more than you guys know! Thanks to all that posted so far! It seems I get a little idea from each and every picture and each truck/car!
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