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Rivets, lots of rivets. I used steel rivets so when they rust they will match the rest of the cab. Speedway door latches were used. I've used them on a few roadsters. I was able to position them so the original outside door handle holes line up. Yes I know, the body lines don't line up very well.
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Thanks for the comments and encouragement guys. Has some company over a week ago so I had them carry the early Dodge frame into the garage. I cut the back off because the kick was wrong and the frame got wider the farther back it went. Then I "Z'd" the front 5 1/2" as seen in the pics.
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Yes, Bonehead, I hate to lose that organic patina.
I have one last Econoline axle in my stack of stuff. It's too wide so I cut a 4 1/2" piece out of it. I took lots of clamps to make sure it was straight in every direction, Then I welder 'er up and reinforced it on the back side. The axle will be mounted on top of the springs so it was necessary to cut 2 3/8" thick spring plates plate to size with an angle grinder and drill a bunch of holes. The plates will be welded to the axle with the caster built in.
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I used the original spring pads on the beam axle to set the caster when I welded the new pads on the bottom of the axle. Then the original pads were cut off for a better appearance. I made simple front motor mounts out of 2 1/2" by 1/4" flat stock. The trans crossmember is a mess made up of 3/4" by 3" rectangular tubing, 1/8" wall and some 3/16" by 3" flat stock. The diagonals are 1" square tubing. Can you see my screw up?
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bob w said:
Yes, Bonehead, I hate to lose that organic patina.
I have one last Econoline axle in my stack of stuff. It's too wide so I cut a 4 1/2" piece out of it. I took lots of clamps to make sure it was straight in every direction, Then I welder 'er up and reinforced it on the back side. The axle will be mounted on top of the springs so it was necessary to cut 2 3/8" thick spring plates plate to size with an angle grinder and drill a bunch of holes. The plates will be welded to the axle with the caster built in.View attachment 181003View attachment 181004View attachment 181005View attachment 181006
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Hey Bob, what method did you use for welding? Any special pre/post heating?
 
Hey Flipper, it's a forged axle so nothing special was done. .030" wire and knob turned all the way on my Lincoln. I did plate over the weld on both the front and back.
 
bob w said:
Hey Flipper, it's a forged axle so nothing special was done. .030" wire and knob turned all the way on my Lincoln. I did plate over the weld on both the front and back.
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I've been thinking about taking a little out of this RV axle.
 
It looks to me like the trans crossmember is welded in place. I'm thinking that trans crossmember would be much better being a bolt in item rather then being a welded in item. With it welded in, that trans would be a pain to replace at some point down the road.

I did that once. I was pretty happy to catch it and alter it before it caused a problem.
 

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