Thread: 1964 Ford F100

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What would I do?
I'd begin by thoroughly cleaning the garage floor and letting it dry completely. Then I'd lay out a rectangle where the truck would sit, 6 feet wide x 12 feet long. I'd make little stacks of shims from 1/8" thick wallboard and thin cardboard so that I could stack them on top of each other, making little 2" x 2" stacks about 12 inches apart and build a flat and level surface to lay my 6 foot x 12 foot 3/4" particle board on. The idea is to build a flat and perfectly LEVEL foundation to begin your build on. Of course there are any number of ways to do this with steel, but I have found that using wooden shim stacks and particle board makes a fine foundation from which to build a vehicle. I wish I had taken some photos of the one I used to build my T roadster in my home garage. The floor was off level by 2 3/4" from the front of the garage to the overhead door, so any of you guys who intend to build off the concrete should probably re-think that. I'd bet money that the fellow who welded this mess together started with a catty-wampus floor.

You can sit the frame on jackstands and drop plumb-bobs from several different places off the frame to the particle board floor and you can write on the particle board with a Sharpie. You can then measure from the marks you have at the rear to the marks on the front, for instance, and triangulate the chassis to make sure it is square with the world. Personally, I would cut the front clip off the main frame and start over, setting the wheelbase where I wanted it and insuring that the tire fills the wheelwell in the front, as suggested by someone earlier. Doing it this way, you could also set the front clip up or down in relation to the main frame and eliminate using any kind of lowering devices. Want the front lower?......then simply space it up in relation to the main frame. Want the front higher?....then simply space it down in relation to the main frame.

Not very high-tech, but it worked really well for me and was cheap to build.
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i know this is not what you want to hear but i would start over. i doubt it is anywhere close to right just looking at the workmanship. my choice would be a camaro clip.