Recent content by 27Roadsterguy

I thought I could use the early axle, as long as I installed the king pin bearin:confused:g under it?

ok, so i'm lookin' for some opinions here... I have the front end about disassembled that I bought last weekend. It's a 37-48 truck front axle. I also have my 29 model A front axle. I'm wondering which is the better axle to run. The 37-48 axle has about a 2" factory drop, the 29' axle has a...

Yes, I think I will need an upper streering arm for the left side, so I can run a corvair streering box.

OK, so here's what I have to work with... This is the mid-1940's axle assembly I bought yesterday, that I'm planning to use the wish bones, shackles, spindles etc. from... This is a nice clean, straight axle I got at a swap meet a few months ago, it measures about 6 inches from the kingpin...

I picked up a mid 1940's straight axle front end last night, now I just need to figure out hore to convert it for a suicide axle set up.[ddd

I was told it is an AA frame, it had a really heavy duty leaf spring pack on each side of the rear axle originally. It was already cut off before I got it though.

Thanks man, I'm actually having fun saving this long forgotten, rusty and rotten heap of beautiful patina.

Considering how bad this body is, I had little to loose by grabbing the cut off wheels and going for it. Thanks for the complement though. Stay tuned [P

I got my rear axle hair pin mounting brackets and wish bone splitting kit in the mail yesterday, I should be able to make it a roller soon. :)

I got home from work today and got back at it. First thing was to grind out all the rivets for the cross supports in the body and the seat riser. Then I removed the supports and the riser. Then it was time for a test fit with the frame channeled through the body. Not too bad, I'm...

I started to channel the body today, stood the body up on it's nose and did the necessary cutting. It went pretty well. I still have to remove the seat riser and then start fabrication on new body mounts. here's a couple pics though. I didn't have to cut much. [cl

I don't necessarily want to go solid mounts, just seems easy. The 302 has the factory mounting plates on it still, I have a set of flathead donut mounts, I considered using them, but didn't know if they would hold up.

SBC is like a belly button, everyone has one. Thanks Any thoughts on solid motor mounts? I'm considering it, but thought the car might vibrate a lot

nothing too exciting today, I did go out in the garage and mark the body where I need to make a couple small cuts to channel it for the frame, no pics of that.... Sorry :mad: But here's a pic of the 302 block I picked up the other day.

I picked up a spare, stripped down 302 block last night to use for mock up. I'll probably build a 347 motor out of it later.[ddd