The car has been butchered with an s10 frame that I want to discard.The original frame is gone.I want to build it as a tail dragger custom with air bags in the rear to get it as low as possible.Does any of you hambers know where I can get the original frame specs.I also would appreciate any input as to chassis solutions for me.Im all so thinking of chopping the top about 3 inches. Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I hate to ask this but what makes it a coupe sedan. If it were me I would do one of two things, I would look for an original frame or a Ford Product from the same era. The Ford or Merc frame will probably be too short but you got to back half it anyway if you're gonna bag it. Use the frame rails and get the front axle where it is supposed to be, then back half it. Or I would just consider that all it has is a perimeter frame, get some 2x4x1/8 tubing and start measuring the body to see where your rails have to lie and go from there.
I can add thru experience that Art Morrison will build you an EXCELLENT frame specifically for this model and make it go as low as you want it to go, a bit expensive, but you get what you pay for...
If you're chopping the top, you can also fit the body to the frame (rather than vice versa). An extreme case, just for example... (EDIT: BTW, Ray Ericson and Doug Thompson were both involved with this build!)
Thats a good option.Emailed and got a ball park figure of 20k. And it stuck in my throat when I swallowed.At least I would know it was done right. Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Ford made 800 2dr sedans in 39 and they called them a coupe sedan. Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
it was designated as an H-70 cool car if its built like regular Lincoln Zephyr it was a unibody wonder how bad someone cut that up to do that S10 abomination to it? DECO RIDES, a fiberglass Zephyr body, uses a Fatman fab chassis google 'Scrape" a custom Zephyr built a while ago, used a late GM car chassis( I think) that would make a killer tail dragger
you need to get to know this guy.....bet he has all your answers https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...to-2dr-kustom-convertible-conversion.1094985/
Yeah they cut the floor and the original frame out ....I checked with fat man fab and they said the frame they may wouldn't fit an original Zephyr. Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
that car deserves a nice chassis a well planned build and execution on that car would get a lot of attention as well as bump up the $$$ of it are you up to building a chassis from scratch? read this article http://www.decorides.com/elementsofstyle.htm
Yes I have trunk lid and hood.missing small stuff like headlight rings,chrome trim and bumpers. Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Wow! She's beautiful. Wondering how the split winshield was accomplished and how the chassis was done? Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Anthony Myrick, post: 12485162, "a Lincoln zephyr? they are unibody" Not really. They have a normal (for the period) Fomoco type frame to which the body is riveted/welded in an attempt to avoid squeaks and provide additional rigidity, but this does not make it unibody, at least in the sense of not using an underlying frame (as compared with current automotive design). Lucas
Thanks They were called both where I grew up. Seems to me like in my mind Clam diggers were normal cloth and peddle pushers were stretch pants. No one told me that that I recall so it was probably just a little kids mind.
Do you know where I can get the dimensions and diagram for my 39 Zephyr frame? Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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