Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Originally Posted by cffisher

I'll be glad when they get these stones out.

Hey i've felt your pain (5 times) Had lithotripsy last time, pee'd gravel for a few day's but at least it was painless. If anyone out there has never had one thank God right now .

Thats what there going to do the 22nd (lithotripsy) Last time they had to go in and break them up took two trips to the hospital. O joy O joy.

What a great Christmas present.

Ok, you guys can't call me a slacker anymore. It's after 3 AM, and I just got in from helping Dan build Don's frame. We started about 2 this afternoon, and I am really feeling that 13 hours of lifting heavy pieces of steel.

We laid out the pieces we had cut last week, and got the rear kickups welded up, then moved on to the side rails. Here are a couple of pictures of that part of the build.

After that we dragged out the frame jig (thing must weigh 300 lbs ) and clamped the frame to it. We got all the side rails welded up.

Dan wanted to try a new way to mount the front crossmember. He had seen a guy on the HAMB do it this way, and the feeling was you got a better weld because you do it not only on the inside portion of the frame, but on the outside too. So, instead of just punching a 3 inch hole through the inside wall of the frame rails, you go all the way through. Then you cut a round plate, the exact diameter of your tube crossmember, and weld that plate to the crossmember sort of like a cap. Once that is done you slide the entire assembly into the frame, flush with the outside of the frame rails, and fully weld it at that point.

Here are some pictures of that process.

Then you bend the top and bottom pieces around the front of the tube crossmember, and weld it all together. With a little grinding you never know that portion of the siderail was cut out. After seeing it done, I have to admit it does give you a much stronger frame, because both the inside and outside rails are welded solid.

Here are some final pictures of what we ended up with. Dan and I are going over after work this week and finish the front perch, rear coil over mounts, etc. and set it up on wheels. I am going to call Coker Tire Monday, and start inquiring about some chrome reverse wheels and whitewall tires. We figure if we get him the wheels and tires it will get the theme of the car started, and once he sees them on there he hopefully will like that look. If not, I will have some wheels and tires for my next project.

Don

Looks good!