My Canadian Sedan Build Up Post at Long Last

The pic with me in it is actually at its low point, it sits 3-4 inches up from that when at ride height, but trust me, on the streets around here you need that extra bit of ground clearance if you intend on drivin it much.

 

Looks great, hope to see it in person soon!

 

can you say "TECH-O-MATIC"!!!???


great post mate. frame looks great. i reckon the UNDERSIDE of cars is so much more interesting than the top!

 

Very cool! I really admire your skills, very nice looking frame and suspension. Autocad is a nice tool to have! I even like the shot of you tool bench steel top and diamond plate, man sure beats my recycled deck work bench!

 

wicked man, nice to see some knux up on here

 

Looks great. I can't wait to see it back in your garage.
It almost makes you wish there was snow on the ground, so you can be back working on it.....Man that is sick isn't it. I will slap myself for that one. Snow, What was I thinking. LOL

 

I'll slap you.

6 months of snow isn't enough for you?

 

HAHHAHAHA No need to worry about that, LOTS of people me included will slap him hahahaha

I like workin on it, but man right now i love drivin my 53 and will do that as long as i can first. We have enough winter here, no need to start it earlier.

 

great post, need more of this!


love detailed photos, helps you get enthused to go out inthe shed in winter and get some work done.

 

i gotta say tho,,, i ALMOST agree with him... no lawn to mow, no neighbors walkin in the garage and breakin your chain of thought cause the doors are all closed...

but its that whole "snow and ice" thing that kill the fun of the thought

 

To any of you guys out there wondering, my 28 sits 47" to the top of the visor.

 

if you get a chance could you post a picture of the drive shaft hoop and the crossmember that holds it...i admire your work and want to do a good job on mine

 

Boom SHAKA LAKA..Looks good BW...

 

Great work.......nice skill's..........should be a ride when done!!

 

How's that steering box gonna work out? I have not seen a Vega mounted that way. How did you reverse it? Tech please! Sedan looks good. Nice work

 

ditto. what kind of pitman arm is that?

 

Thanks for the compliments, you will have to wait till fall here as I have not built the driveshaft hoop yet, only a mid and ****** xmember is all. That is my next project when the car comes home from storage this fall.

 

Well first of all I won't take credit here on that one as it was suggested to me to do it that way by a guy on here called "AHOTROD".

It works really sweet that way and is very easy to reverse. All you have to do is take it apart, drill a hole in the center of the large aluminum cap side that looks like a large nut. Drill the hole large enough that the shaft that your ujoint goes on will slide thru it, i believe it was just over 9/16. Its best to do this in a lathe so that is is a better fit. Re***emble it with the steering column side reversed so it now comes out thru the aluminum end cap. Place a frost plug in the original location. Regrease, good to go. Now the pitman arm will hang down and turn the proper way when mounted as such. Also, the Pitman arm is a Stainless Steel pitman arm, avail from Old Car center or TCI i believe.

I will post a tech with pics on how this gets done when I go thru all the pics i have in the next while here, as we are going to do another box that way shortly. Trust me its really easy to do as the bearings and races are the same size top and bottom.

 

Stainless pitman arm from Old Car Center or also from TCI i believe. I think Speedway offers it as well.

 

Build looks great. One thing you might want to do is to gusset the link bar that has your bag mounted to it. I have done some similar leverage bag-over-bar setups, and seen many that bent the lower bar, even with .25" wall dom tubing. It puts alot of stress on the bar. You could just build some gussets out of 3/8" plate to weld to the underside of the bar, I attached a pic(and a link) of similar gussets that suicidedoors sells that solve the problem.
http://www.suicidedoors.com/products/4-link_bracket_under_gusset.htm

Great looking work though, keep it up

 

Your work is paying off nicely that is a great post! Dig the ride man! Hope to see it complete! looks gorgeous!!!!!

Josh

 

cool.

 

Thanks for the info but I think i should be alright. I built that lower bar similar way that Air Ride Technologies builds theirs, same diameter of bar, 1.5" and they use .219" wall and mine is .240" wall, as well i have shorter bars then they use so I should be alright as theirs is designed to support a 58 Chev and I know my sedan wont weigh anywhere near that of a 58 Chev. Thanks tho i will keep it in mind. Always appreciate others ideas.

 

Yeah, your sedan will be pretty light in the back, thats true. Most of the cars I've seen with problems in this area were full bodied heavy cars or trucks. I always tend to overbuild stuff.

Keep up the nice work!

 

That thing looks sweet man. Hopefully my face is done peeling from my welding on Sunday so I can put a fresh burn on tonight. I need to finish the floor in my sedan this week so I can possibly do the roof next week.

 

anything new gone on since last fall???? im goin to build mine about the same way... how tall are you????? looks killer bud..now lets get an update breeder

 

Yeah lots of things have gone on, i have been posting about it about 3 times already since this past newyears... do a search.

I am 6'3 by the way.

 

Great looking build so far. Do you have plans to have it on the road this summer? Don't look now but spring is here. Just kidding, keep posting progress pictures.

Frank

 

well, i did a search yesterday before i mailed ya...and guess what??? theres only six more pages of stuff thats newer then this i thought i was on the most recent when i was on the oldest!!!!some people say im a little.......whats the word????????????????oyeah.....umm.....slooooow!! thanks fer pointin it out..shuttin up......breeder