Hot Rods Model A's on 32 frames How much body overhang?

Lot of confusion happening so far in this thread. lol

I think everybody agrees that you should do a little mini channel to bring the body down far enough to cover the "belly" in the top of the 32 rail.

That means that the body has to be a bit wider than the frame to be able to drop it down.

I think how far the body sticks out past the sides of the frame-rails is all preference. I agree that somewhere in the 1 - 1.5 inch range is just right. That also eliminates the need to mini channel, because you essentially hide the gap between subrail and framerail belly with a shadow or line of sight.

Having the rails run completely flush down the length of the body is pretty impossible. That, plus the slight variance in model a dimensions (from car to car), makes it totally impossible for aftermarket frame makers to produce a frame that would run flush with the body. So they design the frame so that the rails are inboard a bit... depending on where you mount the body on the frame, front to back, you can play with the look.

 

I think everybody worries about the front mini channel and forgets about the rear,I wish my frame would have been pulled in a little more in the back to drop the body down a little,I had to pull wheel well out a little,I just didn't like the front channeled and the rear notched and on top of the frame,just didn't look right to me,just my 2 cents.

 

that looks perfect in my opinion!