fatstax wrote:

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when i was planning my rat truck frame, i considered using eighth wall tubing but instead i used three sixteen wall, i was concerned my truck wouldnt be heavy enough and might be wonky to drive.  have you thought of this?  you appear to be using eighth wall.  you rod might be pretty light but it looks like it will be like a sports car with higher tech suspension than my build so there may be no need to add weight.

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 Hey stax.

My car will have no lightness problems. The New Yorker has a 128" wheel base, its huge. It should be 4000 lbs by the time I'm done.

BTW, wonky to drive = my ultimate goal.

I'm hoping for 600 FT/LBS and 500 HP.

I added two cross braces to really stiffen things up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danm, cna't type rihgt, I'm slobbreing all ovre the kyeboard.

Beautiful workmanship,, and excellent photos!!

P.S. Your'e metal lathe MUST be a "South Bend" not a "West Bend" Lol

(They made coffee pots.)

Thanks Guys.

BTW, my milling machine is actually a Cuisinart, but I said Bridgeport to try to keep it sounding cool.

More of the same....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More crossmember......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that my friends is a beautiful thing!!

Lower control arm ball joint sleeves. I'm using stock Cobra press in ball joints.

 

 

 

This pic shows the nice fit after pressing in a ball joint and taking it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's something funny. I started my lower arms and thought I had really nailed a great design.

Of coarse if the car only went straight they'd be wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How's that for clearance?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- Edited by 123pugsy on Sunday 14th of October 2012 07:26:23 AM

Coilover mounts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have me drooling with all your beautiful fab work.

Transmission crossmember.............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gotta love stainless. It warps like crazy. If you scroll back 2 pics you'll see how warped the crossmember is. Clamped and heated and squeezed with the clamps until it straightened out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount bracket for the....................

 

 

 

 

 

Gearvendors overdrive behind the 4L80E overdrive tranny. 

This allows me to weld the crossmember in as I can drop the tranny by first removing the Gearvendors unit.

 

 

 

 

 

-- Edited by 123pugsy on Sunday 14th of October 2012 05:40:26 PM

 

Thanks Guys.

 

Drilled holes for the upper arm plates and inserted anti crush sleeves into the tube.

 

 

 

I got the idea for these adjusting washers from my IRS upper control arm bolts. The bolt has a built in washer on an eccentric. I didn't want to weld to a bolt and weaken it so I figured just a washer would do. I cut the haeds off some allan bolts and tacked them in so the alignment guy can tweak on them a little by little and move the upper arm forward or back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More of the same..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radiator.............

 

Made some aluminum ears for two pieces of 1/4'' side plates that will get welded to the sides of the rad to spread the load of the mounting. Don't want to be far from home when the side of the rad splits from the piece I welded on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made up a jig to tack in the headlight plates and to try to get everything straight and true this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I liked what I saw so much that I went ahead and cut the second hole out.

(I also need the hole to help planish the weld.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's got the project thread right up to date up until about an hour and a half ago.

 

Thanks for gawkin at me build,

 

 

 

 

 

I love how you fab everything yourself. Everything looks amazing!

AMAZING ! ABSOFORKINGLUTLY AMAZING!

-- Edited by Grumpsbodyworks on Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:20:15 AM

Sorry,

Engine will be a 496 stroker. Sequential fuel injection using an LSx ECM. I got an Edelbrock Pro Flo XT for the top and aluminum GM Performance (read Edelbrock) oval port heads. Will be a mild cam and stock convertor. Looking for a boat load of torque. Horsepower doesn't matter. That's a word that's not in my vocabulary.

I was gonna go with a 6.1 Hemi but I'm a loyal Chevy guy. It hurt enough draggin a Chrysler home and shoving it in the garage.

So, its pretty good that I've got the Big Three covered on this build. I've also got some Harley Davidson parts going into the build to make sure its really well rounded and I have the best of all the players.

123pugsy wrote:

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I was gonna go with a 6.1 Hemi but I'm a loyal Chevy guy. It hurt enough draggin a Chrysler home and shoving it in the garage.

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Well we can't all be perfect !! LOL  I guess that's the difference between Chevy and Mopar guys. I'm a loyal Mopar guy, and would have a difficult time putting a Chev in my shop.

 

Grumpsbodyworks wrote:

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AMAZING ! ABSOFORKINGLUTLY AMAZING!

-- Edited by Grumpsbodyworks on Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:20:15 AM

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 Thanks Grumpy.

123pugsy wrote:

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Grumpsbodyworks wrote:

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AMAZING ! ABSOFORKINGLUTLY AMAZING!

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x2    You should really get a job doing this   

 

Pugsy,

Your right.....I have people tell me all the time to build full time..........but........ People dont want to pay $65-70 p/h

There are only so many whales that can afford too....and I haven't found one yet!

So....like you I build for myself and a select few friends.

You have amazing skills and I wont miss your class next year......gotta love stainless tig work.....amazing absofreeknlutly amazing.

Builders like you make me strive to build better !