Birth of Long John

[Intrepid]

Can't see it unless you have an account at Grumpy's
just brings up a login page.

 

[old round fart]

Oops! Guess I’ll keep trying. Sometimes it works. See picture of body mock-up. It was taken with the same phone. I’ll keep trying. Until then sign in to Grumpys Performance Garage! Lol

 

[old round fart]

All right! Thanks Indycars! I got it done! This is the pvc mock-up of my frame forward of the firewall. The bbc motor mount will be at the longest vertical tube.

 

[rubicon]

I like what I see so far.

 

[old round fart]

Went to the big house today for a quick look with the mock-up. Can’t get a full profile but this gives an idea.

 

[Intrepid]

Wow .. this a street car ??

 

[old round fart]

Yep! I’m a frustrated front engine engine driver wanna be!

 

[old round fart]

Been thinking and think I’ll narrow the frame a little at firewall. Guess that’s why you mock-up. Lol

 

[old round fart]

Got in the shop today and made som progress. Found it’s easier to notch rectangular tube with a flap wheel than a tube notcher. Got them fitting pretty good.
Had to figure the taper of the frame to get the angle for the tortion bar as I can’t get the notcher on with the tubes together. Frame ended up 10” in the front and 8’ to the rear is 26 1/2” at the firewall. The alternator bracket I wanted to use won’t fit so I need to find another that fits in a 22” frame. Any ideas?

 

[old round fart]

There are a couple more pictures of the front with the torsion bar and rack.

 

[old round fart]

Brain fart! Lol

 

[PotvinGuy]

ORF, what you think your wheelbase will be? Mine is 121":

Very nice ride. Going to the Springfield T-bucket Nats this year. 500 miles.

 

[old round fart]

Hi Kerry, I think it’s going to be around 160”.

 

[Spanky]

Hi Kerry, I think it’s going to be around 160”.

Yikes! Is cornering an issue? I worry about bumping curbs with my 103" wheelbase.

 

[Intrepid]

Not as long as a Buss eh ??

 

[old round fart]

School busses seem to get around so I should be ok. Lol
I will be fabbing my steering arms to correct Ackerman with the extended wheelbase and the narrowed axle. I have been dreaming about this for a long time so I hope I thought about everything.

 

[EX JUNK]

School busses seem to get around so I should be ok. Lol
I will be fabbing my steering arms to correct Ackerman with the extended wheelbase and the narrowed axle. I have been dreaming about this for a long time so I hope I thought about everything.

But are you going to have the ground clearance of a school bus? If not, you may get hung up on some driveway approaches for example. IMHO.

Jim

 

[Gary49]

Yeah, I'm wondering about getting over speed bumps with mine. Maybe hit them at an angle?

 

[Spanky]

Yeah, I'm wondering about getting over speed bumps with mine. Maybe hit them at an angle?

Take my advice: avoid them! I'll go 2 blocks out of my way to avoid speed bumps.

 

[old round fart]

Right now I have the motor set up for 5 1/2” of ground to pan but the frame clearance is 8” (gallon paint cans). I will probably go up on both to make it easier to get my cripple butt in and out of the car.
With my first car I got pretty good at spotting high center obsticals and only had 4” clearance if I remember right.