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Finished some projects round the house, so I'm back on the rat rod I painted the exterior, now I've started the sub frame on the floor. Pics of the floor will come soon

Update: Tried removing the cab, wouldn't work, so I brought the grinder out. Tried grinding bolts down, but burned my grinder out. Oh well, needed a new one. Gotta wait till pay day thou So truck is still not disassembled -__- Still playing the waiting game to find an s10 chassis cheap and...

Thankyou!

Anyone know how the rear mount on this truck disassembles?? I can't figure it out

S-10 clip? Only thing I planned to use was pretty much what you listed. That's my idea, should keep things pretty straight forward

Then that's what I'll do. Time to track down a S-10 frame Cleaned out the cab today, started repairing the floor. I'm trying to refrain from chopping the cab up and the rust wasn't as bad as I thought.

Yea, what I'm thinking is I'll just find an S-10 frame and transfer the body over, seems a lot simpler. But will an S-10 Frame handle a big block? Or will I have to upgrade the suspension?

Ya'll bring up a good point, how close is the S-10 to this frame? Will a front end off one fit? Guess I gotta take some measurements and take a trip to the pick n pull. What are some things to consider when doing a front end swap? What to measure and what not

I'm starting to go towards a parts car idea. My father said the best thing to do would be find an old big body GM like a caddy with a 500 big block in it for cheap, a junker. Use the rear end and front end that way I have brakes and steering covered and then use the motor to cut cost. He brought...

I have a 1948 Chevy 3600 with no front suspension. What's a cheap, easy swap I can do? What can I grab out the junkyard that will work? Any ideas?

I plan to use the vehicle not only for fun, but to tow also. I have a boat, but no truck, so I figured two birds/ one stone. So a lot of torque is ok

Hi, Christian Bivens here. I'm 17 and about to graduate and decided to take on a rat rod project. I plan to go into metal working and machining, so I'm hoping this will be great practice. So I've been reading on this forum about building a rat rod for a month or two now and finally invested in...

You guys probably have a garage to work in, my garage however is taken up by other hobbies right now

Yea, I've taken classes for this kinda stuff (Mechanical drafting and design all the way to the fabrication process) so I'm book smart on it. And I've done a lot of small projects, mainly bikes. I feel it's time to step it up and get my hands dirty. So I realize how much can go into a project...

That looks pretty simple to replicate. May be a stupid question, but I just don't see how it steers xP That frame doesn't look as complicated as I would expect a car frame to be. I think I may just make my own frame, I'm pretty confident I could do that. I have a big enough welder, and a big...

I'm new to Rat rods, and one thing has been puzzling me. How do you extend the front sub fram like this? Is it as simple as moving everything back a foot? My real question is how do you run the steering linkage?

A jeep frame may be a little hard to find, and I want a longer wheel base. But I really want to find a CJ Tub to use, I think the cj's body on a rat rod looks too cool

Yea, I expect alot from that engine, I've heard nothing but good things from it since I've started research, even seems die hard chevy fans still have a pleasing comment on this engine! So does it matter what make the frame is? Cause either way I expect I will have to fab custom engine mounts...

Yea, alot of torque! It's a big inline 6, it's just sloppy hp. Better carb, better intake and better exhaust and that thing should run pretty strong. I've heard the 3 speeds are bullet proof too. Sounds like this I6 setup is a perfect engine to throw in a frame and run hard I think I'm leaning...

How hard is it to fabricate a frame? Are jigs simple to build for a car frame? I've never worked on a project quite so big. What car frames are good to use but easy to find in an average junkyard? For my first build I'd like to use a frame that's already complete with suspension and steering so...