<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <wunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <wontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> Can any one help me I am trying to build a low buck 1929 ford sedan rod, and I am now in the process of disassembling a complete sedan, but I need some type of direction for the frame what to cut off what to save, It would be nice if there was some type of blue print for a 1929 frame to set it up with a v8 engine and trans, the braking system etc, anyone got a clue. Thanks
No I'm clueless. What do you want it to look like? Fenders no fenders, close to the ground just slightly lower than stock, chopped not chopped? Just do this try the search function and look at what is out there already posted and make some decisions before you even get started.
That book is a pretty good investment for anyone building a Model A hot rod even if they don't follow it all that closely. As Porknbeaner so aptly said, what do you intend for the build to look like in the end? Most of us who have been around the game for a while started planning our builds by collecting photos of cars similar to how we wanted to build ours. Similar meaning such things as: Fenders or no fenders, chopped or not chopped, What engine, fenderless highboy or channeled. Pretty much stock frame or kicked or Z'd frame, Stock or dropped axle, Low buck rod to me means that you plotted and planned the build, spent your money wisely and only once on each component and didn't get carried away with outlandish things from the get go. Sit down and design your car on paper. Not necessarily drawing it on the paper although that is good and a lot of fun but listing out the things that it has to have and then worry about the "cool to have" stuff later. The have to haves are what you won't sway away from or the basic items that you can modify or improve later. Have to haves including the engine, trans, front and rear axles and other basics. A basically stock but good running engine of your choice will get the car running and driving without spending a lot of extra build bux that a custom built engine with lots of trick goodies would take. You can modify that stock engine later after the car has been up and running for a while. same with dress up goodies on that same engine. They are nice but can wait until the car is running and driving before you start looking for them unless they just fall in your lap for a super price. Too many guys spend their money on the "goodies" and don't have the money to build the car but have a shelf full of goodies sitting in the garage or back bedroom waiting for a car to put them on. The main thing that makes a low buck owner built car right is Owner time spent rather than cash spent. A lot of times a few more minutes or hours or days spent making something right trumps spending big chunks of cash. And don't forget only spending the money you spend on certain items only once. That is the biggest project cash eater I know of. Changing you mind in the middle of the project and replacing a part or component you already have just because something else seems to be more interesting. I've got three sheds full of stuff I bought for one project or another and then didn't use on that project.
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