'48 Ford Rat Rod

[brandunn]

Nice work!

Thanks man I love your 02

yeah dude i start taking notes and ripped my chassis suspension apart. ready to built the new suspension setup ... i think i start a new buildthread when the suspension is done and solid and rideable

sry for off topic

No problem, build your car and enjoy doing it, just take some advice and do so safely. If you do something and it doesn't end up right just take it as a learning experience and fix the issue.

Anyways on to a little bit of progress. I got the plates for the front bag mounts back from SPEEDCULT and started on that. They plasma CNC cut them so I had to sand out the holes which took a long ass time but whatever. I got one side mostly done. I also chopped my bed and got it all welded back together, kind of a practice run for chopping the cab.













Couple pics of my small ass garage that I'm doing all this in




And part of why I didn't get more done today. Good weather means grilling so I had to buy a new grill and of course use the damn thing.

[CubbyChowder]

Nice work!

[chucksmith]

subbing to this for sure!

[brandunn]

Not much of an update, my mother in law had surgery Monday so I wasn't really able to do anything. I did get my brackets though and I should be able to start mocking up front suspension tomorrow.





Each side is going to have two of these welded to the frame rails with 1" tubing welded through all of the holes connecting them together. I'm debating leaving them open so you can see the tubing in between or plating it in. I'll have to take some pictures to compare.

[brandunn]

Once again thank for all of the kind words it is greatly appreciated. I have tomorrow off so I'll be spending in a full day in the garage and hopefully making some progress.

Looks good! I would add some fish plates on the Z sections of the frame though

I plan to once I get it on 4 wheels and rolling, I just want to get everything mocked up first so I'm sure that I don't need to change anything around. There are also 5/16" gussets there to add support as well.

[R32SilviaTech]

hell yeah ! keep on the good work

Start taking notes Polo! This is how it's done.

[CBREEZ]

amazing work thus far, definitely subscribed

[TeckniX]

I'm in, this is looking pretty rad



Carry on sir.

[benz88]

Looks good! I would add some fish plates on the Z sections of the frame though

[brandunn]

Thanks everyone!

The ideal Panhard Rod placement should have the ends as far apart as possible to minimize axle walk with ride height changes. Too-short a bar causes the rear to feel like it's stepping to the side [it is] under compression. If you've ever hit a big bump or jumped a lifted 4Runner you'll know exactly what I'm talking about lmao.

The best way to control lateral axle movement and keep it centered throughout the entire suspension range is to use a Watts Linkage setup. You don't even have to build one from scratch, just find a Grand Marquis or Crown Victoria with a coil-sprung rear end in a junkyard, and grab all the parts. Hardest part is adding the center pin to the axle/diff housing. That'll keep it straight and centered and eliminate the uneasy side movement a Panhard Rod has.

That's some nice work on the frame, those "speed holes" add an old-school flavor to it. I dig. Interested to see more progress and updates!

Thanks man, I was kind of thinking that it would be too short how it was so I just tacked it in place. I'll probably just stick with the Panhard Bar set up just change how it is considering there isn't going to be a lot of suspension travel anyways.

Defenetly in for this !! do you plan on laying it flat on the ground? Sick framework SUBSCRIBED

Thanks man and yea the frame is going to lay flat out

[MrJereMoose]

Totally awesome!

[Funk]

Sweet

[Daviticus]

The ideal Panhard Rod placement should have the ends as far apart as possible to minimize axle walk with ride height changes. Too-short a bar causes the rear to feel like it's stepping to the side [it is] under compression. If you've ever hit a big bump or jumped a lifted 4Runner you'll know exactly what I'm talking about lmao.

The best way to control lateral axle movement and keep it centered throughout the entire suspension range is to use a Watts Linkage setup. You don't even have to build one from scratch, just find a Grand Marquis or Crown Victoria with a coil-sprung rear end in a junkyard, and grab all the parts. Hardest part is adding the center pin to the axle/diff housing. That'll keep it straight and centered and eliminate the uneasy side movement a Panhard Rod has.

That's some nice work on the frame, those "speed holes" add an old-school flavor to it. I dig. Interested to see more progress and updates!

[brandunn]

It's going to be about a week for the front bag brackets but here's just starting to get an idea of what it will be like.

[brandunn]

Thanks everyone!

Very cool, I'm currently looking for an old Ford truck to do the same thing. Where about in MI do you live?

Thanks! I'm about 1/2 hour north of Detroit in Waterford. Keep your eyes peeled they're out there you just gotta find 'em. There's a pretty sweet '53 GMC over by me if that's anything you might be interested in.

Not really much to update, I just spent a TON of time smoothing and blending welds. I also got my front bracket plans sent to the company that's cutting them out. I put the cab on the frame just to get all excited a giddy like a little school girl. Not sitting quite right but it's an idea.