Recent content by bigd4xman

Bought a REALLY nice 28-29 model a cowl top/fuel tank. Guy spent a ton of time and money getting the tank boiled and doing bodywork but it got dropped so have to pull one dent. Other than that, went to a swap meet and cleaned the garage some.

I'm into the dragsters as well, but I will be starting on a FED or "slingshot" in the spring. Working on gathering tools, getting the shop ready, buying a few parts here and there and getting the bugs worked out of my 65 F100 that will be the parts chaser and tow rig.

Ok, I've got an old chevy truck axle that the stubs on the spindles are shot on, and I've got some 70's GM B body car spindle stubs I would like to weld on to these spindles so I can have disc brakes and new style bearings without spending a fortune. I know a machinist that can get everything...

Bonehead, it's got the new style bearings since I put in the kit from Speedway, they would be ok for a while I imagine as long as like you say I keep checking them and keep em' greased up.

Okay, I've got a dillema, my pickup is almost ready to go and my rod is nowhere near finished, and I'm pretty much out of funds again, and the pickup is just lacking driveshaft, fuel pump, tank, radiator, belts hoses, and new battery, some steering and a little brake work, mainly new master...

Well, I've had it for almost a year and a half and still gathering parts, got the frame togther finally, dropped about 400 bucks into the front axle for a disc brake setup and kingpins, machining, paint and powdercoat. Still gotta rebuild the rear axle, it's all been a blast though. Kinda...

Got the frame almost done. Well, I need to update and try to get some new pics up, I've stepped the model a frame I started with 4" in the front and z'd it about 18" in the rear. Got a disc brake kit installed on the front axle and got it all painted and powdercoated nice and split the bones...

That's not the car on the heading, it has a small block chevy and red Kelsey Hayes wires all the way around and is a 30-31 I believe, not a 28 or 29.

I've decided to run a suicide front spring setup with the 37 bones and axle I have and tuck the axle back under the very front of the frame horns. I need to know WHAT SIZE PIPE or TUBING and what WALL THICKNESS I need for using the crossmember as the spring mount. I am going to retain the stock...

Yep, Dave "Littleman" Lohr ain't no rookie boys. In fact, he has a pretty good following for his stuff in Japan, Deaths Door Step and the A pickup are just a couple of his kick ass rides. He's got a Divco with a mid 50's chevy car front suspension and a 409 chevy in it, plus a whole lot of...

OOOHH OOOHHH OOOHHH Wanna share? I'm not that far away. Cool finds man, that just proves theres still plenty of this stuff out there, you just have to know the right people. Those bodies aren't that heavy, expecially taken apart. Heck, I had to carry a complete front axle about 200 yards in that...

Hey now, watch it there!:eek: Then again, I've never really been into import crap, I've only had two, both Datsun trucks the 72 was the cool one and I ended up pulling the engine from the 84 cuz someone had swapped a built up Z24 in it, that's all the further I got into "Tuners". As a matter of...

Doodlrodz, don't let the sight thing get you down. I know a man in a small town in my area that is a painter, has been for years, started when he could see, now he's legally blind and still lays down some awesome paint jobs. Don't know how he does it but he does.

More front axle pics More pics of front axle. Any idea how to modify the front spring hangers to work with a split and widened to frame width wishbone?

Pics of FRONT AXLE Here's my freebie :D front axle assembly I'm starting with. It's probably going to get drilled axle, maybe the bones as well, split wishbone, different spring hangers unless I figure out how to bend it after spreading the bones apart to get the shackles and spring to sit...