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rickyracer1962
10-29-2003, 02:49 PM
anyone with a model a frame, i need to know how high the bottom of your frame rail is from the ground, right before it starts to taper up, (about under the engine) also, model a and duece frame guys, how high is your front spreader bar off the ground? any pics would also rule.
Kevin Lee
10-29-2003, 03:01 PM
My car is blown apart for final welding and paint so no real help here- only time I measured was to make sure everything was square. Everything else was by eye. So don't let Snacky6 near my car with a ruler - I might find out my console is a half an inch off.
as T-FAG would say. "CALI-BROKEN" bro...(tm)
Go make me a BURGER bitch.
germ
Ricky, I'll check my RPU and let you know. It's on a Z'ed in the rear A frame, and very low.--TV http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
mytlo56
10-29-2003, 05:33 PM
A guy I've been chatting w/ about helping me out w/ some projects owns a Nailhead powered 29 Ford Tudor on an A Frame that sits exactly four inches off the ground (16 inch Z in back, suicide front). He checked the laws of the northwest and found that no speed bump around is higher than 3 inches (hence the four inch ride height).
Problem: 4 inches becomes three or so when the suspension compresses going over said bump.
Result : A whole lotta' Scrapin' goin' on.
lowsquire
10-29-2003, 05:57 PM
6" for mock up, but will probably drop to five or so due to smaller front tyres,and spring compressing.rear kick is 13".
spreader bar is 9" as i have a 3 degree kick in front of the cowl, to get it low without suiciding. body will come down to bottom of rails too.
might need magnesium sacrificial plates considering the roads round here
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G V Gordon
10-29-2003, 06:08 PM
lowsqire,
Do you have any other shots of that frame, perhaps from the side? How much of a wedge did you take out to get three degrees? Inquiring minds want to know. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
George
lowsquire
10-29-2003, 06:20 PM
Dont qoute me on the three degrees,thats just a rough calculation,I did it by slicing the rail with a 1.6 mm cut off wheel,down to the bottom rail,bending it up and welding,did this three times one inch apart,for a lift at the frame horns of 3". (one inch lift per cut.)you can kinda see it in this shot...
SAVAGE
10-29-2003, 06:21 PM
Call TCI thats what I did. HA HA HA
rickyracer1962
10-29-2003, 06:23 PM
yeah fag. maybe someday when i build a street rod i'll ask you for your opinion. hahahahaa
rickyracer1962
10-29-2003, 06:27 PM
thanks for the info lowsquire. mines about 9.5 inches off the ground now
Harrison
10-29-2003, 06:27 PM
...low
Ricky, checked mine with the big tires and no engine or trans,rad,water or whatever.It's at 8", and with headers and pipes as tight as I could get them, I wouldn't want to run it as a street car any lower. It's not much fun to drag everwhere you go.--TV http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
rickyracer1962
10-29-2003, 06:29 PM
harrison why you going through all that work? why dont you get the kit car version. hahaha. whats that grill shell? is it a whippet?
rickyracer1962
10-29-2003, 06:30 PM
damn tom. whats been done to your frame?
PEDDRO
10-29-2003, 06:33 PM
Ben: Is that 9" with or without the tin lids screwed fully down? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
CRAP!! Is everyone going to use whippet shells from now on??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif Bugger!!
Harrison
10-29-2003, 06:36 PM
For a first time chassis build "all that work" doesn't even come close. It has '32 frame horns now and will be getting its "A" front crossmember (moved forward a bit) this weekend hopefully. Then on the the "A" rear crossmember, banjo, etc...
Funny you mention a kit. My neighbor just had a Street Beast dropped off the other day. Neither of us understands the other.
The grille shell is a Whippet - missing its bottom. Donated by HAMBer Overspray.
Good luck on yours.
JH
lowsquire
10-29-2003, 06:47 PM
maybe there should be a new Hamb subdivision -
the "BROKEN A's with whippet shell bitches" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
SAVAGE called TCI, and then MEXICHROMED the FRAME as soon as he UNCRATED it,,,,,,
then he called SO-CAL speedshop, and ORDER some BILLETPROOF patches,,,,, to impress the BITCHES with his UNDERGROUND HIPNESS,,
ME>>???
I just got LUKEDICKSMOKERS fat ROCKERBILLY BETTY to eat a few more gallons of ICE CREAM and sit on my MOTOR while I mocked up my stance....
GUYS in FLORIDA???
they just run 14" smoothies instead of 15"s on the front of the MODEL A's
SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
depends on the bucket http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
(simple solution?)
http://photo.starblvd.net/~60s_style/4-1-3.jpg
Paul
Levis Classic
10-29-2003, 07:12 PM
GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK GERM! I have missed your wit
Psychobilly Boi
10-29-2003, 09:44 PM
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6" for mock up, but will probably drop to five or so due to smaller front tyres,and spring compressing.rear kick is 13".
spreader bar is 9" as i have a 3 degree kick in front of the cowl, to get it low without suiciding. body will come down to bottom of rails too.
might need magnesium sacrificial plates considering the roads round here
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Hey Ben,
That looks fucking sweet...but it also looks like my FUCKING SPREADER bar! I wanna discount if its used goods! or its your shout for the next slab and uno night http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Any more pics of the rest of the car?
Danny
flamedabone
10-29-2003, 10:01 PM
My front spreader bar is 4 inches off the ground. Was alot lower but the axle was bottoming out in the C notches.(A on 32 frame.)
lowsquire
10-29-2003, 10:14 PM
Thats MY spreader bar! did you think I'd just make one??
Mass production boyo.
I did use yours,but not for my car..... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
More photos next week when I get digi cam from the chev proceeds....
How did the 'FOOKE SCOOP tm' fit up?
Ricky, the rear is z'ed about 10" with a platform for the bed,all boxed.The front has the A, cross member thinned and raised, and we did a big drop on the beam axel.As much as we could without blowing the scrub line.--TV
rr
lowsquires frame is what I was talking about.
if you can angle it under the body though,
before the firewall
it is hard to detect.
tp
Mai Ki-Ki
10-30-2003, 05:11 PM
Ben, Gonna be a saturday morning bolt up!
Need any help with anything..I'm getting bored....
So bored I'll even Block Sand!!
arghhhhhh
MAIKI http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Psychobilly Boi
10-30-2003, 05:26 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Thats MY spreader bar! did you think I'd just make one??
Mass production boyo.
I did use yours,but not for my car..... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
More photos next week when I get digi cam from the chev proceeds....
How did the 'FOOKE SCOOP tm' fit up?
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ahahah cool i thought mine may have had an evil twing. was going to fit up last night, but after 13 hours at work i was too trashed to move. will do sat morning. if your at the workshop on sat, i might duck past, see if we can make my fenders work. if not..doesnt matter
danny
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