Thread: One Way To Build A Hot Rod Lincoln

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We finally got done with the frame rails. It turned into more of a project than I thought. The problems started when we went to make the bends in the top and bottom sections of the frame rail. There was no way of determining what angle to start the bend in relationship to the frame rail. If you look at the drawing again you can see nothing is straight so when you put the piece in the slip roller there is no reference. So starting last weekend and almost every night this week we were building alignment fixtures to hold everything in place so we had a correct reference to the rail.
When I designed this thing I wanted some references for all the pieces, so I had them put these notches in all the pieces so they would snap together. When I did the sedan front frame rail I had to build a welding fixture and clamp everything to it to hold it in place. This time these little tabs will do that for me. It's almost like a model kit.
So now I have to polish everything before I start welding it together.
One of the other problems were that I could only get a 4' X 10' sheet of stainless (it took 2 sheets)and the frame is 12' long. So I had to split the frame into two pieces in the length. I made it so there wouldn't be a continuous but weld anywhere. It is split on every piece in a different spot.
I'll be polishing for awhile
What you see in each photo are all the pieces for one frame rail. Inner outer and top and bottom.
Ken