Thread: One Way To Build A Hot Rod Lincoln

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Wow, Ken. That is a great concept car. Like everyone else, I will be interested in following this project.

Yes,we are all waiting with bated breath,,this is going to be AWESOME...Not gunna miss this one..

Like that Ken, looks very slick, especially like the wedge chop. look forward to the updates.

Like this one. It is a beauty in progress.

Ken - I'm curious as to how you found the SS to bend and form. What grade is it? I haven't used much of it ever but I do recall the guys in the tin shop (GE large motors) didn't like using it to make fan blades and parts that needed to be bent and when I was foreman, those parts were always late.

Nice motor !!!

Originally Posted by mach1joe

Like this one. It is a beauty in progress.

[QUOTE=Ken Thurm;
Don- Thanks, I read every page, he does really nice work! Did you see that J. Robinson and I did our frames differently but accomplishing the same thing?

I did see that, Ken. Very smart of both of you and a good way to get that look but with some room.

Don

What a great idea. looking forward to seeing this truck come to life someday.

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

Ken I watch a buddy of mine who makes 32, and 35-40 rails with that process and understand from watching the patience it takes to get it done.

kudos to you, looks great

Don, look here for the Kant Twist clamps.

Mike

I got both rear halves welded up, so I thought I would start grinding the radius in them. I'm really happy with the way it is turning out. Here is a couple of shots.
The process that is working best is to use a flapper wheel on my 4" grinder then I use a course file to start shaping the radius, then a fine file to get the big scratches left from the course file. Then I use 50 grit orbital sander, then 1000 grit, then 1500 grit and finish it with 3000 grit.
Ken

Did mine the same way Ken, It was still tortureous

Looking good !!!

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

I got both rear halves welded up, so I thought I would start grinding the radius in them. I'm really happy with the way it is turning out. Here is a couple of shots.
The process that is working best is to use a flapper wheel on my 4" grinder then I use a course file to start shaping the radius, then a fine file to get the big scratches left from the course file. Then I use 50 grit orbital sander, then 1000 grit, then 1500 grit and finish it with 3000 grit.
Ken

Nice result--makes all the time well worth it.

Ken have you seen this ???


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN8W-...ayer_embedded#!