40 chevy truck, neighbor hood find

needed to make some c-notches to clear the steering rack.

trying to decide what pound of spring to use .any ideas?

Nice work

time to get some engine mounts made. I had a set of hooker headers for a G body.they fit fine I will use these for now, may do some fender well headers later. so I can clear a steering shaft to the rack. and not sure how I'm going to do the clutch linkage.
got most of a trans mount built today . I am going to make some drive shaft loops and tie it all together, some how? I want to make the frame as rigid as I can.

A link

harley rider said:

trying to decide what pound of spring to use .any ideas?

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Not sure if this is what you are looking for.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1941/41csm082.htm

hansgoudzwaard said:

Not sure if this is what you are looking for.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1941/41csm082.htm

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no not what I'm looking for. this truck is getting a mustang II front suspension,coil springs. Thanks for looking though.

hangin with the grandson

spent the day hangin out with my grandson.he's not much help ,but he's a lot of fun. his favorite thing to do is unorganize my bolt drawer.

harley rider said:

spent the day hangin out with my grandson.he's not much help ,but he's a lot of fun. his favorite thing to do is unorganize my bolt drawer.

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The Disorganizer Bunny? LOL Cute kid and fun toy !!!

Finally after spending time hangin with my grandson and my inlaws visiting for a week I was able to get some work done.so I tacked together some motor mounts .then I built a couple drive shaft loops. I still need to add a few gussets and finish welding everything up. then I will be pretty much done with the frame. before I did all this the frame would twist very easy, I took it of the rear stands and jumped up and down on one corner .no twist ,and the rear 4-link seams to cycle up and down properly. I guess I did some thing right.

I like what you have done with the frame. On my '40 Plymouth pickup I used 350# springs on \the MII front. Seemed about right.

bob w said:

I like what you have done with the frame. On my '40 Plymouth pickup I used 350# springs on \the MII front. Seemed about right.

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thanks for the spring info. I was thinking 350#seams like a good place to start.
hard to tell till you get it all together.

got the frame finished for now. I still have some work to do on the front end. still need to build some rear supports for the lower arms,get that later when I get some control arms.I also need to mount a fuel cell.I have one that fits well I may use .I also have an old beer keg I may use,cross that bridge later. now I want to start on the cab and get it bolted on. I might go ahead and paint the frame and grind off and repaint the small places I will need to weld.

bye bye patina.

started in on the cab today.was going to start filling holes on the fire wall.found that the paint striped easy so I kept going.The roof wont be so easy though. also removed the drip rails over the doors so I can get to the rust underneeth .

I'm surprised . no comments on grinding off the patina. [S not lookin for an argument, it's all in fun.

harley rider said:

I'm surprised . no comments on grinding off the patina. [S not lookin for an argument, it's all in fun.

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Rat rods are evolving. There are several nicely built cars out there that have "rat rod" proportions, that are accepted under the umbrella of rat rods.

I like them all.

Flipper_1938 said:

Rat rods are evolving. There are several nicely built cars out there that have "rat rod" proportions, that are accepted under the umbrella of rat rods.

I like them all.

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Agreed. Stripped my cab as well. Yours is looking good.
In the words of the immortal Isley Brother's "It's your thing. Do what you wanna do"
Torchie.

I know this is a ratrod sight but I dont think of this truck as a" rat rod".(but what is a rat rod?) one thing this truck wont be is a billetized ,gold chainers street rod.

Torchie said:

Agreed. Stripped my cab as well. Yours is looking good.
In the words of the immortal Isley Brother's "It's your thing. Do what you wanna do"
Torchie.

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Yeah, no reason to follow the herd; do yours own your way! One of the great things about this hobby is the individual expression and creativity that makes each build unique.

Looks to me like your doing a killer job of it. Looking forward to seeing more on this one.

had one of them OH **** moments after I took the windshield out. I dropped it. I wanted to try and save this glass ,it had some cool BB holes in it .it probably would have cracked getting it out of frame any way.