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THAT build for those who asked[P
l named the chassis "THAT" because everone who sees it goes, "WHAT THE HE!! lS THAT" or "WHY THE HE!! THEY DID THEY D0 THAT"
l raised up the rear-end to about 8 inches.
searching the CL ads in the free section about 10 years ago it read "JUNK T PARTS, COME AND GET THEM". he had a whole bunch of rusted T parts, 7 192O to 1925 cowls and 3 doors, rear tub parts, quarter panels and lots of odds & ends. some off touring cars, some l have no idea about.
since THAT has a curved chassis measuring 6O inches at the widest point in the middle l devised an idea to fix that by welding enough cowls together and make a cage in the front to mount them to making it about 5 feet wide across the cowl area and making a custom fire-wall. gives plenty of leg room front to rear and side to side.
l figure making it will take three cowls made into one 5 feet wide so when we put the sides on it will be straight down or just slightly curved when we put the sides on. doors will open and the rear tubs are going to be trimmed to fit snug around the rear-end out croppings the suspension is bolted to with a set of 4-link bars to help keep the rear-end in place and if need be a set of shocks. rear-end will be exposed, kinda hanging out in the air at the back.
we are going to have to trim the rear frame between the frame rails to get the driveshaft to work, it will be removed for clearance and reinforced to be safe.
a 1970's caddy 4 U joint turbo 4OO drive shaft shortend and with a little mod will work great with the disc brake 8.8 ford rear-end. the round pinion connecting bolt pattern to connect the rear-end/drive-shaft parts of the 2 together will work great by drilling out the U joint/drive-line side about a 1/16 inch. funny how parts from 2 generations apart line up together so well.
there is going to be a roll-bar attached to the rear frame top side to side and the radiator will be mounted in the rear behind the passengers. it will have the fan shrouded and help to be cooled with a electric fan.
funky round aluminum tank mounted in the rear for a gas tank.
steering and steering column, not sure yet.
hurst cable shifter and what is left of 1964 chevelle chrome console l have had laying around for-ever.
mis matched black bucket seats and 4 way race harness seat belts attached to the steel floor and roll bar.
more updates soon;
Later
l named the chassis "THAT" because everone who sees it goes, "WHAT THE HE!! lS THAT" or "WHY THE HE!! THEY DID THEY D0 THAT"
l raised up the rear-end to about 8 inches.
searching the CL ads in the free section about 10 years ago it read "JUNK T PARTS, COME AND GET THEM". he had a whole bunch of rusted T parts, 7 192O to 1925 cowls and 3 doors, rear tub parts, quarter panels and lots of odds & ends. some off touring cars, some l have no idea about.
since THAT has a curved chassis measuring 6O inches at the widest point in the middle l devised an idea to fix that by welding enough cowls together and make a cage in the front to mount them to making it about 5 feet wide across the cowl area and making a custom fire-wall. gives plenty of leg room front to rear and side to side.
l figure making it will take three cowls made into one 5 feet wide so when we put the sides on it will be straight down or just slightly curved when we put the sides on. doors will open and the rear tubs are going to be trimmed to fit snug around the rear-end out croppings the suspension is bolted to with a set of 4-link bars to help keep the rear-end in place and if need be a set of shocks. rear-end will be exposed, kinda hanging out in the air at the back.
we are going to have to trim the rear frame between the frame rails to get the driveshaft to work, it will be removed for clearance and reinforced to be safe.
a 1970's caddy 4 U joint turbo 4OO drive shaft shortend and with a little mod will work great with the disc brake 8.8 ford rear-end. the round pinion connecting bolt pattern to connect the rear-end/drive-shaft parts of the 2 together will work great by drilling out the U joint/drive-line side about a 1/16 inch. funny how parts from 2 generations apart line up together so well.
there is going to be a roll-bar attached to the rear frame top side to side and the radiator will be mounted in the rear behind the passengers. it will have the fan shrouded and help to be cooled with a electric fan.
funky round aluminum tank mounted in the rear for a gas tank.
steering and steering column, not sure yet.
hurst cable shifter and what is left of 1964 chevelle chrome console l have had laying around for-ever.
mis matched black bucket seats and 4 way race harness seat belts attached to the steel floor and roll bar.
more updates soon;
Later
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