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Over the weekend I finished tacking up the 2nd frame rail. My brother came to the shop to visit and while he was there he helped move the old...
Previous Progress: Here's some photos from where I was in August. I had reached the point where the next step was to weld the front crossmember...
Frame Template Not sure these pictures will come out well at 800x600, but what I've done is I traced out the frame onto a sheet a 1/4 plywood....
Rear Frame Section Here I welded the rear frame section to the front section via a "fishmouth" intersection. Using the running board bracket...
Once you have the c-channel shape and add the triangular gusseting (or truss structure as I was calling it), how did you attach the boxing plate...
Bed Bracket This one I made up as a fully bendable unit. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Rear Cab Bracket I made 3 versions of this one. A weldable kit, a full version. The full version I wasn't sure I could get the bends just right...
Cab Mount Bracket: I'm not comfortable with my drafting skills to try to produce the cab mount as 1 piece, so I made it up as a weldable kit....
I just started one on my 1956 Ford F-100 build. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=648984
More progress photos: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm building a frame up hot rod of a 1956 Ford F-100 P/U riding on a 1985 C4 Corvette suspension. I haven't yet decided on the powerplant. I have...
I've been familiar with the HAMB for a few years, even registered back in '05. I got into cars as a child hanging around my dad who built all...
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