Now I see why YOUR the tech editor! Your work is very inspiring! Great job on the frame. I wished now that I could go back and buy one of those for my rpu. I also like your welding table with the vise! How bout a tech on that?
I'm not sure why, but techs like these always tickle me pink! Man, great job and thanks for taking the time to take pics and share it here. All newbies should have to read this thread and sign a waiver that they have before they are allowed to post! hahahahaha Seriously, thanks and good job! You should put it in the tech archives, we won't think you cheated....promise! EDIT: I never thought about using a recipricating saw for long cuts.....never thought about the circular saw and the metal blade either.....
Nice work!!! Like the fact you used the rail and not just weld on ends (like most after market frames).
Hey man, add me to your list of future customers......if you produce frames or just instructions and patterns, I'm interested. I'm a pretty good fabricator and your work is head and shoulders above mine, damn nice job. Keep us posted and keep good notes, you're onto something here.
thanks, the instructions are here, you just read them I can map out the front and post that here too.
Beautiful. Are you going to kick the rear? Is the rear spring going to be in the stock position above the axle or behind?
yes I have my boots on and my foot back but I don't have a rear spring yet, although it's a given that it will be a transverse setup it is yet to be determined whether the spring will go on top or behind so I haven't figured out the exact location for the kick or how much.. probably should get me a spring.. yes? in the mean time I mapped out the horn to go with the instructions here.. let's see if this comes through legible..
I'm having a hard time getting a clear image... I drew this on cad, saved to clipboard, took it to paint and saved as JPEG... kinda limited on software here at home.. worked before.. at work, but looks crappy this time.. here.. what am I doing wrong?
RE. the "trad" thing, once it's buried under a body, fenders, valances etc., I don't think it's so much of an issue for practical purposes.
see if this is blury...this is my 32 K member drawing that I'm working on......this one isn't finished, the one at work is almost complete....... I got my Vern Tardell K member today..... I used the "outjpg" command in my command line......named the file, selected the whole object and hit enter to complete the command......this may be what you already did....
And remember, "Don't touch that part ya just welded with your bare hand" Just kiddin! ha ha. A little inside humor. Great job as always.
bolted some wheels to the axles and set the frame on them for the first of many mockups while the Model A coupe body is still bolted to the rest of itself the Topolino shell was handy, so I threw it on there.. just to see what that might look like..
I learn something new everytime I log on. I had not thought of cutting down a sawzall blade to cut tubing like that. Many thanks for a great "how to". Rusty.
Outstanding how-to! You start with an elegant solution to a fundamental "problem" -- building visually perfect, torsionally stiff Model A frame rails from scratch, and then proceed to explain and illustrate it with a can't-miss step-by-step recipe. A stunner! Mike
Very nice work... I'm not sure I needed to see your doors open though...it was something like 6 degrees here yesterday. CC
thank you Mike, coming from you this means a lot, you are the master, I am the student. is that corny or whut corny, maybe, but true, hahaha
I vote for "or whut." I'm not a master of anything to do with hot rods, although I'm rather proud of my work on blocks and crankshafts for record-setting LSR flatheads. I am a good and cluey student of the disciplines of hot rodding as well as rocketry where my technical education really got underway. I'm also rather decent at reducing the essential steps of complex tasks into readily understood instructions. For all that, I'd be proud to post a how-to as skillfully presented and valuable as the one you've done here.l Mike
well, this one IS blury....now you've got me stumped......the one I posted previously isn't blury.......dunno!
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