Projects 30/31 A coupe on deuce rails, 60s styled build

Started on another project for a customer, been in contact with him for a while about building a frame for him, then it turned into a rolling chassis now im mounting the body motor and other stuff.

So plans were for a 32 frame, a while back a buddy built a frame for another friends car, we bounced ideas back and forth and came up with narrowing the frame 3/4 of and inch per side, i really hated the look of a pinched frame so this way it looks stock but fits the width of the model A body, that one turned out really nice so i went with the same basic specs on this build, so we started with a set of Jw rod garage rails, bolted them in the frame jig 3/4 of an inch narrower per side and then made a front crossmember out of square tubing with the bottom cut out, nice and flat so itll be low, then added a set of chassis enginnering x member legs and rouned up the rear with a flatened out 35-40 member, that all went together really nice, also we step boxed the front.

then we went to the front end, we rounded up a dropped A axle, 40 ford bones and spindles and brake drums, a posies reversed eye low front spring and bolted all the together.

the rear consists of a late 50s frod 9" truck rear end with the speedway rear spring hanger kit and then we will be building a ladder bar set up from scratch.

the motor is a dodge red ram with a weiand 4x2 intake and 97s, he got it with a T bucket project and resold it with a sbc instead of the hemi so that made its way to this project.

The body needs some lovin but over all isnt to bad, it had been chopped 4" but kinda poorly so we are probably going to rechop it another inch.

jeff

 

the motor has a few billet peices and a th350 and will be getting a vega box so it isnt going to be a period perfect car but itll be neat. im kinda a purist when it comes to that but he wants to drive the crap out of it and the vega box just works so nice.

 

more progress today, got the rear wishbones fabbed up, all the mounts for the bones done, got the front bones mounted also and the top of the X member.

 

Cool project! I will be following this build!

 

i didnt even remember starting this post, doesnt look like anyone but t_wood_08 would either!

but anyways heres some more pics and progress on the coupe

 

more

 

Looks great so far...

 

Love it

 

That's going to be a neat hot rod. What's the dash out of?

 

1942 studebaker

 

Awsome car!! Love it!

 

As good as it gets !

 

Looks like it'll be killer, can't wait to see it finished

 

Sweet, nice work.

 

moving along super

 

Looks great!
I've seen the step-box boxing method in the SoCal Speed Shop ads, but is it easier? Faster? ...than the conventional boxing method?

Thanks,
Gary

 

Just found this thread. Surprised at the original's lack of response. I'm subscribed and looking forward to your next update.

 

The step boxing is for appearance, looks more like a hot rod frame instead of a street rod frame.
Time wise it didn't seem to take anymore or less to cut out and inset the boxing plates.

 

Awesome!

 

havnt updated the thread lately so heres some random photos

 

a few more

 

Well I guess a couple of people are seeing the checkered flag approaching...including all of us...great work all around @titus

 

nice work . love that dash

 

Love this one

 

WOW! Great hot rod, she looks mean.

 

Heard it’s been fired up!

 

havnt taken many more pics of it but we did get it running and driving and made it out to Bttfs with it

 

my buddy Matt at Geardrive whipped up some killer headers for it too

 

Is geardrive still doing headers? Those look great!