Here are a few pics of ch***is I am building for a customer. I don't do this for a living or advertise it I have just had a few people lately bringing me things to work on from word of mouth and seeing some of my own projects. The customer drew me out a picture of what he wanted the frame to look like and fit like on his 31 Model A coupe. He brough me the tubing, the front crossmember and the Jaguar rear end and I built the rest from there accoridng to the specs he was hoping to have in the end. I traded out parts on this deal instead of cash. I got a rebuilt 241 Hemi for my T and a trans adapter with starter for doing this frame. I have had a guy stop by and see this one and want teh same thing built for him but I don't know what a fair cash price would be. This is nowhere near the finished product these pics just show it about half done. I will be adding frame hornes and more gussets and smoothing out alot more areas. So what would you guys say is a far price for me to build a frame like this for cash?? Another thing is I am really fast with my fabrication. I garuntee I can build you a custom frame faster than you can order one and have it shipped to you. The customer did not want any kind of X member put in the frame he just wanted only the pieces you see in the pics put together as they are. I can add more if anyone is interested.. The front "Z" on the frame is actually hidden in the toeboards on the inside of the firewall on this car.
It is 8 inches off the ground with adjustable suspension. I built a sedan with a 3 inch ride height and drove on the street regularly So no I doubt it is too low for the street.
Hrs X $60 = _____ This one had the setup time that gets far quicker as it's done the second (+) times
Just a shot, there's a level of construction fab knowlege needed and then welding skills. Others in-the-craft will contribute their views???
I have everything square and symetrical. I am a fair welder in my opinion. I took some cl***es for welding and I was doing it for a living for a while until I got into my current profession. The frame is stout and I put gussets on every stress point. Aside from that I have an old timer who hangs around my shop every couple of days and is a long time welder he always has his comments and nit picking and if I built it to where he does'nt have negative criticism towards it then I think it p***es inspection for its purpose and reliablility.
Sounds good. The front frame horns can also be made by using the extended tube length and cutting a tapering wedge out of each side. Then the end can be capped off. Then as needed, add Rivnuts, weld nuts or threaded holes.
My rule of thumb for good ride height for the street is a cinder block. That is 7.5 so I'm going with not to low also. In high school the trend was to set a lucky strike pack under the front bumper on the fender cars. If it didn't touch the Lucky pack it wasn't low enough. A frams are pretty straight forward if you have some idea what's going on. You must have some idea what's going on.
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