would anyone have any good links and or advice on setting up the frount fenders ,rad , grill. It't a international 1938 on a Mercury frame. General help would be appreciated.
Center the front wheels and work toward the rear. You can play around a bit with the box / cab spacing along with the rear fenders to get the wheels centered.
Really?!! You think somebody else has built this combination! From the pictures it looks like you're doing pretty good. Gather up all your vise grips and c clamps, go beg, borrow, steal some more, 'cause you never have enough and hang the nose. Put some front tires on it, roll it outside and get a good look at the profile. The relationship of the cab,bed and rear wheels looks pretty good, make the front match. If you don't have the original radiator support to work off of, you will have to make brackets to hang it and the grille. Just basic Fab, common sense and body work. The important part is to step back and study the profile to make sure you're headed in the right direction.
Thanks for getting me started ! Yes I am making a rad support. Have to figure out brackets to hold fenders on Then make a hood and removable side covers Lots of temples . Looking at 215-70R16 front back I have P255-/70R16
Oh! You don't have a hood? That's going to be an interesting project. When you roll it outside, take some masking tape & run from the cowl to the rad shell to check the profile.
redo32 gave you some good advice. I like the side profile. Looking at the overall project and ***uming you have done the work so far, I would have ***umed you already knew what you were doing. The Wizzard
The original rad cradle offered plenty of support for the fenders..its one stout piece of iron so I would think getting that fabbed to line up fenders and grill. Ambitious project for sure.
The coil spring is a standard size for a mustang ii. 400 lbs. when all the parts are installed it will either be cut or a 350 LBS spring put in and cut for ride height. Ya asked the same question.
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