Thread: Project "Left Overs" is back alive !

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Nothing good was on TV tonight and it rained hard, which cooled things off, so I decided to go to the shop and play with my new frame rails. My very favorite part of a build is the mock up, it's so much fun pushing parts into place and then sitting back in a chair and visualizing what it will be like when done. Must be the kid in me.

I picked the body up and slid the rails under it, then blocked them up at the height they should ultimately end up at. Once that was done I lowered the body down, put the front and rear axles under it, as well as the model a grille I am going to use and, of course, I had to put the Moon tank up there for the full effect. I like it.

The bed is going to be very short, only big enough for a gas tank and radiator. I still have the louvered tonneau cover Dan was going to run originally on his rpu, and am going to cut it down to fit and maybe use some of it to build the tailgate. It will need holes back there to allow heat from the radiator to escape and to let cool air in, so that should be a good way to do it, while hiding all the stuff in the bed from view.

I have a Superbell 4 inch dropped axle that I was going to use, but it looked too new for what I want this car to look like, so I scored a NOS 34 front axle on Ebay a while back and am going to use that...................punched full of holes, naturally.

BTW, I had a little guest hang out with me tonight. One of the strays is super friendly and seems to like company. I looked up and there he was, sitting there. I had to make sure he left before I closed the garage door because one time two of them got locked in overnight. Dan went to the shop the next day and there were 4 eyes looking at him out of Dons 46 Ford.

Here are some pictures of where I left off tonight. Now we can take some measurements and clamp the frame to the jig to install the front and rear crossmembers.

Don