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Post by eflow on Jan 13, 2010 16:44:46 GMT -5
It looks like the gasser war is heating up! Here are the latest pix of my Merc Meatier gasser build. Brent and I "Z"'d the frame and mounted the engine and trans. We also finished removing the inner fender walls and mounted the fenders on new square tubes. The next step will be building custom fender well headers, finishing up the front suspension, and adding a couple of tubes from the front of the frame to the firewall for extra support. Enjoy the pix.     Check out all of the pix on my flickr page. www.flickr.com/photos/9272849@N08/sets/72157610612787212/ |
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Post by eliotsdad on Jan 14, 2010 14:51:37 GMT -5
That's AWESOME!
Can you check the link in your last post ... I couldn't get it to work.
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Post by Meteorgirl on Jan 14, 2010 15:07:20 GMT -5
Don't click on it. It only grabs part of it. Copy and paste the whole thing into your browser.
The project looks awesome!
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Post by havi on Jan 14, 2010 19:56:00 GMT -5
Hey that's what I'm doing! Except yer further along, and mine won't be an Altered. Looks great! I plan on "hard" mounting the frame into the body and front inner fenders. I assume that's what you did? (kinda like a full length subframe connector)
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Post by eflow on Jan 14, 2010 20:18:25 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you mean by hard mounting? The first picture shows the rolling chassis. The body attaches to the 4 "ears" that extend from the frame rails. You can see them right in front of the ladder bars and right behind the Z in the frame. It will also attach in the rear right above the axel or so. Also there will be a six point roll cage and a set of bars that will extend from the front of the chassis lining up with the crank and angling back to the firewall for another attachment point. The fenders and grill essentially float on a light weight frame. They don't carry any weight or structural rigidity. The whole car could drive without them.
Oh and there is another plate right at the Z in the frame that allows for bolting to the lower firewall.
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Post by havi on Jan 14, 2010 20:22:14 GMT -5
"hard" mount: No rubber biscuits (body mounts) between the frame and body.
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Post by eflow on Jan 14, 2010 20:26:37 GMT -5
Yes, that is how it will mount.
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Post by havi on Jan 14, 2010 20:38:55 GMT -5
Because the car is a unibody originally, the inner fenders meet the firewall and the bottoms of them are what hold the original front suspension in place, and the back end of them are where the torque boxes are. That rectangle is what I'm replacing with heavier tube, angled down and back below the torque box all the way back to the rear and back up to the rear of the car ending with the bumper, just like on Fox chassis Mustangs and Tbirds. I will have the original suspension put back in place, with the shackle mounts there for a solid axle/leaf spring front able to bolt in on a weekend. I'm debating on how sturdy my inner fender to firewall mounting will need to be since the frame underneath should hold it in place. I'm thinking of welding studs to the firewall, and threading nuts on to hold the inner in place, where the original spotwelds are. But I see your car is dedicated to the leaf spring front. I'll be following with interest on yer project.
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Post by ca on Jan 14, 2010 21:51:32 GMT -5
will ya just git offa yurbutt and git done so we can all take turns drivin it???
GEEEEEZE!!! some people
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Post by eliotsdad on Jan 20, 2010 11:57:40 GMT -5
Hey, eflow ...
Was there an earlier post on this project?
My son and I are planning to do a similar car, and were wondering about the starting point for your frame.
This is the most exciting project I've seen in a long while. So cool.
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Post by eflow on Jan 20, 2010 13:41:45 GMT -5
Here ya go. It is in the hot rod section 6263meteor.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hotrod&action=display&thread=2742This has been a real roller coaster. Things keep changing as we work. We are always trying to be close to the 60s period correct AFX look while still building things safely and efficiently. Also some things sound good in the planning stage but don't translate well to the car. I really wanted to use this 53 Chevy I beam axel under the front. But we are having camber issues and the drop in the axel is causing issues with the stance and the springs. So I may need to go with a straight axel. It's still correct but not what I was planning. |
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Post by eliotsdad on Jan 20, 2010 22:06:24 GMT -5
Do you have any close-ups of the front suspension. I'm not too clear what the camber issue is that you mentioned.
ALSO: Are you planning some sort of roll cage for the car?
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