1951 Ford F1

[dmw56]

I got the front discs on today too. I would have loved to have put Buick drums on but they are way to expensive. These are 11" Mid-size Chevy discs for 48 Ford spindles. They were only $200 from Speedway





Had a little problem with the inner and out bearings. The diameters were not the same. So I had to break out the Dremel and take a little off the inside of the bearings. The inner was not too bad but the outer bearing and spindle was off by .025". I wasn't sure if they would fit the 14" wheels I had but they cleared no problem.

[Gastrick]

That's a nice clean looking setup dmw56.

[dmw56]

Originally Posted by Gastrick

That's a nice clean looking setup dmw56.

Thanks Gastrick!

Tomorrow I'll work on shock brackets. I'll mount it on the wishbone bracket just behind the spring mount up to in front of the frame.

[Bonehead]

Saaaweeet!

[dmw56]

I was at the pick and pull salvage yard today to get a few things and see what else might be available. There was a 67 Chevy van and 66 Chevy truck the steering boxes looked to be in good shape. Do you think they would work on a side steer set up. The van one had a side mounted pitman arm and truck one was on the bottom but looked like it could be turned. Any thoughts!

[dmw56]

Got some more done on the chassis this week. I had bought a rear end with the brackets already welded on but once I set it up I noticed they were way off. When I put the coil-overs on, the pinion angle was down about 5 degrees and the brackets were off about 5 degrees from each other. So I'm going to send it back! Then I just ordered some radius rod coil-over brackets from Speedway and got them in 3 days and used a 10 bolt 3.73 posi I had for another project.






I still have to weld the Hair pin brackets to the frame.

[dmw56]

I then made some lower shock mounting tabs and tacked them to the wish bones. I need to make a combination upper shock and headlight mounting bracket. I've seen some for sale for ~$100 but I think I can make some in less than 10 hours or so.






These are what I have in mind. But I'll mount them on top of the frame because there's not much room.

[dmw56]

I think I've decided to go with a reversed Corvair steering box. It looks like it will work the best and have the least bump steer problems. Unless I can find a 48-56 Ford truck steering box.

[Thunder1]

Looking good dmw56!

Thunder1

51 F-1

[dmw56]

I stopped at the surplus store to pick up some fastners the other day. They sell nuts, bolts, washers, all types of military fastners, mostly grade 8 for $2 per pound. I also picked up a new shifter knob. Only $10.



I wonder if you could sell these on ebay or mail them USPS?