New Project kinda

[Tbucit]

Well my son had no luck in selling his car so after a lot of thought we decided to jump back on it. The plan is to change a few things that we think we could do better and also build it as cheap as we can, but this doesn't mean 'ratty". I have a bunch of big block parts so we are putting in a 396. We will use a 350 turbo with a manual valve body along with an 8" rear. The frame, radius rods, front axle,and the brackets were made by myself and my son. The body is from Sprit and we will use a round 10 gallon tank on the rear. There a few things that if any one has extra we may be inrested in talking to you about. We hope to have it ready for the T Nats in June. We will try to post at least weekly

The first picture is of the first rear spring hanger and the others are of the new one.

 

[chaz75]

very nice, have fun and enjoy it. chaz

 

[YblockT]

I like your style! Great looking rear spring hanger. Tell us more about the bar stock and bolt arrangement.

 

[LumenAl]

Very nice bolt setup! somebody has access or owns some nice machines! I like innovation and that's innovative!

 

[Tbucit]

The reason for the bar stock on the hanger is because we couldn't find any u-bolts when we needed them. So we drilled and tapped the round and are going to use it to mount the tag bracket by using the tapped holes on the end. The other end has a full radius on it.
Hope to have the BBC mounted tonight.

Randall

 

[LumenAl]

I also forgot to comment on the very nice welding... it's very nice!

 

[captainjunk]

very nice work i also like the new spring perch an excellant job and inovative design

 

[fluidfloyd]

Truely a man of my on heart. TIG welds and polished bracket edges. Doesn't get any better then that!

George

 

[Studebucket]

I don't want to besmirch your work. It looks great. However, why does the rear look crooked as heck? Is it the camera angle or is it like that for a reason? Just asking here .

 

[Ted Brown]

Lookin real good, someone was probably thinking that the third member should be in the middle of the spring as far a crooked goes... alls well... looks like you have My (Ted Brown/CCR) brackets on the rest of the rear end, good choice.. hehe Ted

 

[LumenAl]

I don't want to besmirch your work. It looks great. However, why does the rear look crooked as heck? Is it the camera angle or is it like that for a reason? Just asking here .

Two things Studebucket... one is camera angle, and second the differential is offset to one side (typical)... so there you go!

 

[Tbucit]

Your right Al I needed to get the housing center line in the middle. And the camera could be some what to blame as well.
Sorry Ted not to say they were not designed after yours but I made the spring brackets myself, took some pics of several cars and then the dimensions, so yes they could look like yours as I didn't ask where the owner got his.

Randall

 

[Tbucit]

First off we had a little set back cause my wifes truck had a water leak and that took two nights of pulling everything off to replace the manifold gasket, with that done we got the motor mounts installed. We cut a small section of the frame out so that we could weld the plate flush with the bottom. There will be gussets added to the top. The BBC sits in fine.

Next will be the trans crossmember.

Randall

 

[Geo27T]

Nice work your coming along quickly. Did you build that frame yourself?

 

[Martin]

You do nice work Randall, gonna be another nice car!

 

[Tbucit]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Geo yes I did build the frames as well as all the brackets the front axle and radius rods, everything except things like the rear end and spindles and the like. We are trying not to get too caught up in a lot of details so that the build can progress a quickly as possible. My son has already had to remind me (old habits) a few times to keep from getting too far off track. :razz:

Randall

 

[Todd]

Getting lost in the details can be fun and also a build killer. Looks great, keep us updated.

 

[JohnG]

Wow I bet it's gona be a looker when finished, sure wish my welds came out that nice.

 

[Tbucit]

We have been working on the new car. We got the trans crossmember and the trans hoop done. Pretty straight forward process.
Frame tubing and DOM tube.

Flanges

Bent the hoop

Putting it together.

 

[Tbucit]

Well were still working on the T. Got the X menber in and should have the front shocks and RPM headlight stands done by mid week. A few pics of the work.
Randall