The StanceWorks Shop Truck: 1928 Model A Pickup

[razak]

This thing is gonna be sick!

Correction: This is going to be legen ... wait fot it ... dary !

[Tom Cruise]

Correction: This is going to be legen ... wait fot it ... dary !

Perfect.

[P78]

Why the hell am I just finding this now?!?

MF This


+ rusty be coming back


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[DannyE32]

im just posting in this thread.

[way2fastx3]

Unique build.... I'm watching.

[Mr. Gumby]

I'm in! Question on the kingpins, are they ream to fit or did they come already sized? I'm helping a buddy with his 53 Buick and the kingpin bushings were ream to fit and I ended up going through 3 sets of wheel cylinder stones to get them to fit.

[hechtspeed]

Gotta bring this to Bonneville! Show 'em the kids still build hot rods! Or make a run out to El Mirage! Almost as good as the salt!

[ScrappinBeretta]

I'm in! Question on the kingpins, are they ream to fit or did they come already sized? I'm helping a buddy with his 53 Buick and the kingpin bushings were ream to fit and I ended up going through 3 sets of wheel cylinder stones to get them to fit.

i believe the Ford king pins are straight drop in' no modding needed, been a while since ive messed with any early fords

[6erWebb]

Looking good so far mikey, if you dont like the look of the discs (which if youre turnin old skool you wont) any kind of old backer plate from a drum setup should cover up your situation. A popular one is using the old buick finned covers to go behind the brakes so all you see is beautiful finned aluminum goodness.



Also, radial tires are a faux pas too Coker makes radials that look like bias plys, theyre out of Chattanooga.

[340i]

cool project, and good on you for getting into it and doing the fabrication yourself. that's one of my favourite things about tinkering with cars, you get so much more out of it at the end than just a completed vehicle. (ie. skills and knowledge etc)

nicely detailed posts too, keep it up

[M.Burroughs]

Looking good so far mikey, if you dont like the look of the discs (which if youre turnin old skool you wont) any kind of old backer plate from a drum setup should cover up your situation. A popular one is using the old buick finned covers to go behind the brakes so all you see is beautiful finned aluminum goodness.

Also, radial tires are a faux pas too Coker makes radials that look like bias plys, theyre out of Chattanooga.

Thanks Weeeebb <3 Definitely going to try and fit some drum covers over the disks. Another friend has that done on his '27. And I've been browsing Coker constantly trying to decide on tires. :-P

Update coming in a sec

[Oxer]

[M.Burroughs]

After lots of thinking and planning, I realized the original chassis wasn't going to work without having to hack it to pieces. I really didn't want to destroy it as it is still good for a future build or if someone wants it. So I decided to dive in and make my own chassis.

I woke up early Saturday morning and picked up some metal and quickly made a big ass mess of the shop.



Lots of tubing:


I began with a 2" drop front cross member I bought which I had planned on using on the original chassis. After compressing the leaf spring, and taking LOTS of measurements, I set the cross member to the height it should be at relative to the chassis if it were on the floor (the final chassis ground clearance will be 3" with the original sized tires).



First cuts!


I decided I wanted a kink inwards before a sweep up to the front cross member. 26.25" width up front and 29.5" at the beginning of the body, and I wanted the kink to be 10*. So a 5* cut on everything and the proper rise/run travel got me all where I wanted to be.

The start:


The most complex pieces were the two that transfer from the kink to the sweep. I was proud of 'em.


A couple of hours later:


The kink and transfer to the sweep...


Further in to the night...


I worked late in to the night and after about 14 hours I was here:


Kind of slow but its all squared up and true, and I'm quite pleased!

I woke up this morning and re-did the rear end to make sure I was content, then I welded 'er all up.



It's not done, I plan on adding gussets to the kinks as well as fishtail plates. A front cross member and such as well, and an X-brace. But it's coming along!

Then Andrew joined in on the fun and we began work on channeling the body.



Clearancing for the frame!




AND SHE'S FITTED!


As I said in one of the first posts, I like the look of the cab sitting closer to the rear wheels, so its moved about 10" back from factory.

We stuck the bed on the back as well to get an idea of the completed look. The bed will come down 6" to line up the top with the body line in the cab. Lots of other big changes as well, but we put in some serious work this weekend.



More to come next week.

[Khalil]

Make your own frame when not content with stock, badass.
Awesome update, can't wait to see more!

[Moose]

Awesome progress so far man, would love to visit one weekend soon and give you a hand. Keep at it!