Thread: Planning on Full Fendered Deuce later

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Originally Posted by rspears

Mine's being assembled as a drilled I-beam, Vega style cross steering, and hairpins mounted through the frame rail, because that is the look that I like. I hope that I don't regret it.

That is the COOL thing about Hot Rodding ... rather than restoring

As long as it is safe ... there is no specific " correct " way.

I have owned 32 Fords since the 70's and the ones I had with a hairpin did not ride as well as my 4 bar equipped Deuces. If the frame mount for the end of the hairpin is on the lower part of the frame rails ... that is the better way for doing hair pins IMHO. But a LOT of hairpin setups use these aluminum brackets ( which are safe ) but ground clearance suffers.

I have never seen the aluminum brackets. Who made them?

Originally Posted by florida

I have never seen the aluminum brackets. Who made them?

Years ago
Every HOT ROD magazine had ads for them. They were made by PSI Industries I believe. Honest Charley's sold them by the hundreds.
( Honest Charleys was like Summit Racing and Jeg's are now .. Major mail order supplier ).

With the three bolt holes as a pattern, it made drilling a frame almost mistake proof and the brackets made installing front ends easier
for those who could not weld I bought and installed 3 or 4 sets ... 25 to 35 years ago.

There are always a few sets for sale on eBay ... NEW
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This was a typical 50's/60's 32 front end setup ( the 32's above )
Some used a stock wishbone and split it while the " MORE " $$$ crowd bought the hairpins. The really $$$ crowd bought CHROME hairpins.

Below is another very popular bracket ... back in the day ... same as the aluminum PSI in function, but easy to made at home ...
but they were available over the counter also. The metal ones ( non aluminum ones ) look even more traditional IMHO.

My 3 window is being built as if it would have been built back in 1964, with a lot of help and great advice from Deuce along the way. From the outside only parts that were available back then will be visible. Although 4 link was available 44 years ago most people were still using hairpins, as am I.

Mine are mounted about an inch up the frame rails which gives plenty of ground clearance as can be seen in these pics.







That's the only way to mount them as far as I'm concerned. There's no chance of a weld coming apart or metal fatigue causing a lower bracket to fail.

Would you happen to have the Ebay link to them ???

Originally Posted by Deuce

Years ago
Every HOT ROD magazine had ads for them. They were made by PSI Industries I believe. Honest Charley's sold them by the hundreds.
( Honest Charleys was like Summit Racing and Jeg's are now .. Major mail order supplier ).

With the three bolt holes as a pattern, it made drilling a frame almost mistake proof and the brackets made installing front ends easier
for those who could not weld I bought and installed 3 or 4 sets ... 25 to 35 years ago.

There are always a few sets for sale on eBay ... NEW
____________________________________________





This was a typical 50's/60's 32 front end setup ( the 32's above )
Some used a stock wishbone and split it while the " MORE " $$$ crowd bought the hairpins. The really $$$ crowd bought CHROME hairpins.

Below is another very popular bracket ... back in the day ... same as the aluminum PSI in function, but easy to made at home ...
but they were available over the counter also. The metal ones ( non aluminum ones ) look even more traditional IMHO.

Thanks for the feedback. I might check out that shop the next time I am in Vero Beach.

Last time i was at Vintage Speed in Vero Beach Charlie was repopping them.

Originally Posted by florida

I have never seen the aluminum brackets. Who made them?