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what to do for a frame

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by J.Switchblade, May 23, 2006.

  1. J.Switchblade
    Joined: Oct 18, 2005
    Posts: 18

    J.Switchblade
    Member
    from Minnesota

    i have a 29ish 4door sedan that i want to sit as low as possible. is it better to get a model A frame and modify it...or build my own frame with 2x3 tubing. what are the advatages to either. and are there any resources for help if i choose the road of making my own. thanks
     
  2. trent
    Joined: Oct 4, 2005
    Posts: 37

    trent
    Member

    You just left a post on a thread I started so I assume you saw my frame- it started as a model a but everything from the cowl back is new 2x4 tubing. I wanted the look of the model a frame horns so that's why I went that way. Would have been pretty much just as easy to start from scratch but it wouldn't have had the same look. Check this post for another way to do it as well: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11882&referrerid=8748
     
  3. lolife
    Joined: May 23, 2006
    Posts: 1,125

    lolife
    Member

    I'd build a new one. By the time you get an original all boxed and straight, you've wasted several cases of beer and still have a spineless, twisty, paint-cracking, powder-coat won't stick to rust, waste of a frame.

    Wescott has the dimensions at: http://www.wescottsauto.com/pdf2/FR-2.pdf
     
  4. J Man
    Joined: Dec 11, 2003
    Posts: 4,131

    J Man
    Member
    from Angola, IN

    A lot of people are building underslung frames.
     

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