On my way over there now. Pictures will follow later tonight. SWF has a bum leg,so it's automaticly shifted... new fangled trans without a clutch..
Hey Vaphead/ SWF nice work. One tech question if you dont mind. When setting the rear crossmember, how much do you figure the car will drop with body installed with all the fluids??? I am planning my 33 w/ a quick change and a model A crossmember and spring. i want it low enough for the tire to fill the fender well. I am not going to channel the body over the frame at all. If anyone else wants to chime in feel free, although i dont want to steal the thread. Keep up the good work!
Good question. I hope about an inch of drop, I could be wrong. If the car sits to high, I'll take some spring out of the rear.
10-13-08 update; SWF got his tires mounted up on his new wheels. Said Pan-dragger is god. and some new air filters from some shmuck ? Pictures,I like pictures.Do you like pictures?? Ohh,and AAndy says it should do wheelies now withthose rear tires.
Thanks Vaphead for stopping by with the air cleaners, they look killer! Also a big THANKS to Chris aka "Pan-Dragger" here on the HAMB. Chris is the man! If you need help with any wheel and tire question ask Chris! Chris hooked me up! The rear tires look GREAT!
Here are a few of Dan's T. I've been working on it a bit and she's gettin' close! http://www.condercustom.com/pages/currentwork.htm Click on the sketch for a gallery...
These pics are of the ch***is before I pre-loaded the torsion bar. It sits about 4 1/2" off the ground now. I started with an old top fueler type torsion bar design, which was supposed to be very simple (hardy har.) On a dragster set up, the torsion arms are made from 1/8" chromemoly plate. They have a 3/4" elongated hole in them to allow for the conflicting arcs of the torsion arms and radius rods. As the suspension drops, the axle is pushed forward in the slots by the radius rods, allowing for full travel. This is a super cool, simple set up and works great on the track. Race tracks don't have potholes, trash, dips etc. so I couldn't do a straight up rail deal on the car. So, to allow for the conflicting arcs to work and let each front wheel rise and fall independently from the other, I used Camaro ball joints mounted to the axle. The ball joints are connected to boxed 1/4" chromemoly torsion arms. The radius rods telescope. Those are the original frame horns, now turned into covers to hide all the stuff. Without the shock/Moon tank subframe it looks like the frame is just sitting on the axle.
hey nice looking ch***is! Might be a dumb question, but here goes. What do you think you have into the ch***is dollar wise? Just the bare ch***is no motor trans suspension or wheels. thanks.
This car is a trade/cash deal and was mostly labor, so I can only estimate. I'd say Dan's out of pocket at least what a really good, complete re-pop A ch***is is. It's been a real blast to build!
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