Whats the Dimentions On your hand made frame?

[2tall2beahotrodder]

Its about time to build a frame. Im interested in Tbucket/model a frames-

Im very curious of what you guys went with.
Please include How long till kick up,
the amount of inchs for the kickup.
how wide,
and what size tubbing..


And if you got pictures of the finish car. it would be great!


Thanks i really appriciate it.
steve


If you guys have any suggestions, let me hear it. I want this thing low. About a pack of cigs high.

Heres my inspiration-

[manyolcars]

If you copy that you wont be able to drive it in the real world.

Do you have a motor and tranny????
Best thing to do is have all the parts you plan to use. Mock it all up. put the tires where you want them. Put the motor where you want it. Then start measuring. The kick up should start right behind the body. Tire size will dictate how high the kick up should be. I would not let ANYTHING hang below 3 1/2" off the ground and that is usually too low.
Clark

Forgot frame size. I usually use 2x4 tubing for frames. We taper the front from 4" down to 2 1/2". It's easy for us to do with a plazma cutter and good welders. You don't have to do it but it does make a difference.
Clark

[lakesmod]

I used 11ga.x2"x4". I made a template of both sides of the body (they are diferent) and shaped the frame to it,then made everthing else fit.
Fred

[2tall2beahotrodder]

Who says im going to drive it around the real world? haha

I want the oil pan 4 inches from the ground , so that makes it frame 5ish possibly 6?

Im thinking about 2 x 3 and 1/8th inch think? Good? should it be thicker?

steve

[50dodge4x4]

The difference between the 2x3 and the 2x4 is going to be stiffness of the frame. I used 2x3 on my 35 Dodge sedan, but the body was welded to the frame. I ran the old Dodge pretty hard and thought I could feel some flex on hard corners. After 60,000 miles I could see where the fenders met the running boards showed signs of frame flexing. Will be using 2x4 next time. Gene

[Tman]

I used 2x5 tubing, pie cut and tapered till it fit the body and looked right. 1/8" wall.

[stoggie]

did this die here? Seems like this is good info for us starting to build our first early frame. Any more info out there??

[OGNC]

My buddy Jeff and I used 2x3 .120 wall tubing on his pickup that we just sold. It had a 118-inch-ish wheel base. The body was channeled 5-inches, there was NO kick in the front but it had a suicude front end where the axle was above the front crossmemebr of the frame. Then right behind the cab, the frame kicked up 14-inches! And the thing sat level with the bottom of the body sitting about 3-inches off the ground at drive height and when it was aired out the body sat flat on the ground. It rode and drove just fine (two trips to Paso and two to Vegas).

We did what Clark (SoWhat) suggested and put everything where we wanted it and built the frame to connect everything together. It seemed to go alot easier that way.

We cheated a lot though because Jeff came up with an idea for the front end where it could run air bags that were totally hidden by the radiator and grille shell up front and since the truck had a giltter vinyl tonneau cover on the bed you couldn't see the rear bags either. I guess it is safe to show these photos now that the truck has been sold.

There are a bunch of photos on www.deviouscustoms.com (http://www.deviouscustoms.com) that go with these that I am posting. Good luck and happy hot rodding.

http://www.deviouscustoms.com/Projects/RatRod/rat9.jpg

http://www.deviouscustoms.com/Projects/RatRod/rat6.jpg

http://www.deviouscustoms.com/Projects/RatRod/rat3.jpg

http://www.deviouscustoms.com/Projects/RatRod/rat2.jpg

http://www.deviouscustoms.com/Projects/RatRod/rat5.jpg

[Curt Six]

This may be an incredibly stupid question, but can you you explain the triangulated track locator set-up in that last photo that OGNC posted? It looks to me like a simple trailing arm suspension, which makes me think the triangular brace is just a really cool looking panhard bar...does it serve any other function? Just wondering...looks like really nice work!
Curt