Thread: Building 32 frame

Tweet

Did you see the work on his bucket? I don't think he will have too much trouble.

Don

I'm going to take the liberty of posting some more pictures of his T bucket on here. ( I just BORROWED them )

Really some beautiful craftsmanship.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Did you see the work on his bucket? I don't think he will have too much trouble.

Don

I agree that this man's skill level is pretty impressive. But duplicating a '32 Ford frame would be very hard based on measurements alone. My advice would be to buy a set of American Stamping Company frame rails, use them to build a jig for the stainless ones, and then sell the ASC rails when the stainless ones are built. A set of new frame rails should not be hard to sell.

Originally Posted by rumrumm

I agree that this man's skill level is pretty impressive. But duplicating a '32 Ford frame would be very hard based on measurements alone.

And all of his chassis work is with straight metal ... no compound curves ... or revels.

And stainless is difficult to shape and bend in a thickness that would support the loads that a frame needs to do ...

I agree that a '32 is a much more complex frame that a T bucket. Evidently he wants to take on this challenge to make his '32 different from the norm. In the final analysis, he may not be able to duplicate all the classic '32 reveals, etc. but maybe he can get close and do a modernized version.

I was like you guys, when I saw his original post my question was "why would you want to do this?" After seeing the work he has done though, if anybody has a shot at it, it would be him. He's got more ambition than I would ever have to tackle something of this magnitude.

Good thing he isn't a jeweler, or the thing would be gold plated.

Don

Just a liitle off topic, but as an automotive history buff I thought I'd put this info up for those of you that haven't seen it before. It might be of interest to those who are concerned about the ability to form compound curves in stainless steel. Sure we're talking thickness, and stress bearing issue differences, as well as tooling capabilities, but the technology is likely available for those committed enough.

http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/pages...inlesscars.asp

Bob, dont forget about the Delorean.....well, OK, you can forget it.

mike in tucson

Yeah Mike, but I was thinking of REAL cars!

If we're going to talk about other body panels there was also the roof on the '57 Eldorado Broughams