It seems like everytime I see one of there cars its perfect What a great stance and such clean lines. So what's the front end ? spring in back of the crossmember off the Bones ? How about the rear ? Sweep? DEEP C-notch? any pictures? I did do a quick search and didn't find too much info also went to the sweb site and still looking for info. thanks john
It's all TOP secret. If you search through 3wlarrys posts you'll find his chassis pics. Here's one of Dennis Varni's sedan..
I agree, their cars look & sit right. I am far from an expert on what they do, but the above picture is a good one. These are my casual observations of some of their cars. They do mount the spring crossmember slightly behind the axle, and mount the spring to the bones. Kind of a fake suicide front end, you get the benefit of a lower stance with the spring behind the axle, but the look of a normal spring over the front end setup since the grille & radiator are still over the front axle. And the wheelbase is only lengthened a little bit by doing this, so proportions are still great And they also pinch the front rails in, and use no front frame horns. The pinching makes it fit the width of the grille shell and looks great without the horns. This would also allow the hood sides to follow the frame rails forward to the grille. Those guys must have a barrel full of 32' front horns Larry's threads have some great pics that should help lots Dan
John, The rear end shots are on their web iste. If theyve been removed, I have saved them - for the elusive 32 project I want to build ' I can send ém to you.
Reguarding the rear end pics that you saved could you send them to me. on the HAMB here? I forgot my email pass word. Thanks and how is that global warming working for you guys. Florida USA is having snow and the coldest winter on record.
Just read this thread while searching. Here's some reading material on HOW TO: Go buy these magazines, or go to streetrodderweb.com and type in ROLLING BONES or, as I just discovered, they've been under my nose all along, just never read the damn things!!!!!!!!!!!! (Listed below in no particular order) January 2009 Street Rodder, p. 170 "Building An Old-Time Hot Rod Frame" http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0901sr_rolling_bones_hot_rod_shop_frame/index.html February 2009 Street Rodder, p. 182 "Bringin' Up The Rear" (and steering HOW TO in this issue--good stuff for newbs like me) http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0902sr_building_hot_rod_rear_suspension/index.html March 2009 Street Rodder, p. 116 "It What's Up Front That Counts" http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0903sr_hot_rod_frontend/index.html April 2010 Street Rodder, p. 144 "Taking Turns" THE ROADSTER http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/0710sr_1932_ford_highboy_roadster/index.html 3W CHOP: http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0712sr_chopping_the_top_on_a_deuce_five_window/index.html Very good inputs on the rear shock-arm length http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427181&highlight=doane+roadster&page=2 I'm sure there is more out there, but these are great places to start, and I learned a lot just by reading how they did it. Let's give thanks to Doane Spencer, who ORIGINALLY developed the front end set-up these guys kind of got credit for!
As far as I know the earliest frontend set up in this way was Doane Spencer's roadster. There are more than a few pictures here on the HAMB, that is a GREAT car the study. He was way ahead of his time as far as inovation and attention to detail!
think they said 40-ish Ford. There are many different types out there. I do believe they covered a lot of them on one of the aforementioned magazines. Try this link: http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0907sr_the_technology_behind_shocks/index.html
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