'52 Rot-box turned tire roaster.

[LOCALTHIRTEEN]

WAIT! You mounted the axle in there wrong!!!!!

Downforce......you're doing it wrong.

[LOCALTHIRTEEN]

No, he's just black.


Today's casual racist comment has been brought to you by the letter 4.

Because N would just be in poor taste.

[aLaFleur]

Oh, you funny, huh?

No, he's just black.


Today's casual racist comment has been brought to you by the letter 4.

Because N would just be in poor taste.

[HooWybrow]

WAIT! You mounted the axle in there wrong!!!!!

FLOOR wheel drive?

Oh, you funny, huh?

[LOCALTHIRTEEN]

WAIT! You mounted the axle in there wrong!!!!!

[244Brick]

FLOOR wheel drive?

[aLaFleur]

WAIT! You mounted the axle in there wrong!!!!!

[HooWybrow]

Jeff, if you get the size and pitch for me, I will go to the fastenall next door and get it for you.

Thanks anyways, Darren, but I managed to find some scrounging through some toolboxes at work.

Pretty good update, front suspension is on. We've also got the back-half partially welded on. Levelling and squaring everything out on a concrete floor that is less than flat is very time consuming, but we managed. We've also got the engine and transmission in so that driveline height can be measured and we can build the 4-link crossmember to suit. Tonight the crossmember will be designed, and by the end of the week I'll have the lasered pieces and it should be somewhat assembled.







Numerous bottle jacks and widow-makers were used to level everything, useful beyond words.

[DC Customs]

Jeff, if you get the size and pitch for me, I will go to the fastenall next door and get it for you.

[HooWybrow]

This is coming out really well.

I wouldn't expect any less from you.
Craftsmanship at it's best.

Appreciate it, dude. I really hope it winds up as good as I have pictured in my head.

Keep up the good work, looks great!

You can probably find a castle nut that works at Fastenal (click) or McMaster-Carr if you know what the size and pitch of the thread is.

Jon

Thanks, Jon. That is my next plan of attack, unfortunately the Fastenal in town is full of window-lickers. I suppose I could order online, though.

[j.kam]

Keep up the good work, looks great!

You can probably find a castle nut that works at Fastenal (click) or McMaster-Carr if you know what the size and pitch of the thread is.

Jon

[SheaMoose]

This is coming out really well.

I wouldn't expect any less from you.
Craftsmanship at it's best.

[HooWybrow]

The frame is nowhere near ready to be joined yet, but I went ahead and cut the stock frame and clamped down the new back-half tonight anyways, I got antsy, leave me alone. It is only eye-balled but I think I did okay. It looks half-decent. That and the truck is officially a short-box now! Woo.









You can see at the joint where the new back-half is a fair bit longer. That was not supposed to be like that, my buddy who lasered out the rails I guess forgot to account for the 3/16" flat stock on top and bottom of the rails. Thankfully, this is not an issue at all, we'll be able to blend it in and you won't even notice it with the 4-link x-member in place.

Not much of an update, but it gave me a pretty good idea how all is going to turn out, and I am completely thrilled with it.

[HooWybrow]

Wonderful work, Jeff! Very well done.

I'm even more excited for Christmas now.

Thanks, Micah. I can't take full credit. There's been lots of people involved in this build already. Through a handful of great friends I've been able to turn up my quality of work and accomplish a higher level of ingenuity.

I see no roasted tires.

Shut the hell up.

fawk yes! the thought of the finished product makes my mouth water

[Belvader]

It better mean big whitewalls, yo

This.

fawk yes! the thought of the finished product makes my mouth water