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Im am building a 32 Roadster. It will have a TCI chassis, with a 3 inch dropped axle in the front,9 inch Ford with all Currie parts,Triangulated 4 link. 350/350 powerplant. Show me Rod and Custom Body.

Here are a few pics....The frame is now in the last coat of primer and ready for paint.

Originally Posted by moter

Im am building a 32 Roadster. It will have a TCI chassis, with a 3 inch dropped axle in the front,9 inch Ford with all Currie parts,Triangulated 4 link. 350/350 powerplant. Show me Rod and Custom Body.

Here are a few pics....The frame is now in the last coat of primer and ready for paint.

This is nice; I wish I'd have had the brains to put my whole chassis and drivetrain together and test fit everything before I painted it. I have to go back and redo the steering rack so it was a lot of work wasted. Live and learn.

Hey Moter; That's one sweet set up.
Them side rails look 8in tall.
Looks plenty strong!!! Kurt

Originally Posted by vara4

Hey Moter; That's one sweet set up.
Them side rails look 8in tall.
Looks plenty strong!!! Kurt

Thanks its been alot of work..and still plenty to come

The rails are American stampings of the orginal 32 Frame...that has been boxxed. I guess the angle of the pics make it look pretty tall.

Moter; That frame makes my 10 gage 2 X 3 look dinky.
I've still got aways to go on mine yet.
Both sides under the cab have to come out to the edge
of the floor. I'm gonna mount the master cylinder under
the drivers seat. I like the way your brake lines come thru
the frame in the rear. Did that set up come with your frame
or did you buy a kit for that.
For the most part I know how I want mine to be, but there are
still some nick nacks I need to work out.
Mostly with making it look unclutterd as far as the wirring goes.
I like to look at everyone's, so I can get some good idea's.
I'm not powder coating my frame I'm just painting it,
I'm using that hammerd black paint. I really like the look and if
I get a nick in it, I can touch it up and I don't think anyone will
be able to tell. That's because the paint gives the impression
that some one gone all over the metal with a ballpin hammer.
Just an idea, Thanks for the peak at your frame. Kurt

I drilled holes thru the frame and bought stainless fittings that are AN on one side and pipe thread the other side. Orginally I wanted to powder coat the frame...but after talkingto a bunch of ppl about the pros and cons of it i decided to go ahead and paint it, The body and frame will be Washington Blue. I will get some more pics later this week.

Originally Posted by moter

I drilled holes thru the frame and bought stainless fittings that are AN on one side and pipe thread the other side. Orginally I wanted to powder coat the frame...but after talkingto a bunch of ppl about the pros and cons of it i decided to go ahead and paint it, The body and frame will be Washington Blue. I will get some more pics later this week.

The biggest problem with a powder coated frame is the fact that there is always a bracket (or several) that you have forgotten to weld on and now need to be bolted on instead (now how do I know this )

That was one of the reasons that i did not do the powder coating. I know there wil be soething that will need to be added. Plus if it chips or gets scraped it wil be very hard to match...

Originally Posted by moter

That was one of the reasons that i did not do the powder coating. I know there wil be soething that will need to be added. Plus if it chips or gets scraped it wil be very hard to match...

IMO the chip and scrape is a tall tale. You cannot believe what I've dropped on mine with nary a scratch or dig but possibly a few scuffs that I've been able to buff out with some Presta 1500. The outfit that did mine does all of the local high buck dirt track car chassis so possibly it's a better quality job then many. The only negative that I might mention is that there is a bit more "orange" peel then I would like but it is black



This photo is right out of the PC shop - the AVATAR is about where the car is at present

I have never done one before so it has been a learning experience for me. I had the front suspension and rear link bars chrome plated also. They wil be back Monday next week . Should have the frame in paint by the weekend. Body wil be here tomm.

motor you seem to have the same brake lines (pre flared advance auto type lines?) and master cylinder. would you be able to tell me what fittings you used to connect the lines to the master cylinder?

very nice looking chassis so far!

I bought the steel lines from a local parts store. The thru frame fittings,residual valves and stainless hoses came from www.inlinetube.com.
I bent all the lines myself.

Thanks Moter; I was gonna ask ware you got that stuff from.
Looks great, are you putting grommets on the line that goes through
the frame. Other wise I would be afraid that it would rub a hole in the
line. Thanks Kurt

I am using nut serts in the frame..blind nuts, then clamping the lines with stainless clamps with a small piece of vacuum hose over it to give it a tight fit.

Not a build pic. Just had some Turkey day time to kill before the big feast tonight, so I Finished a customers tow vehicle. They pull this behind the motor home. I pulled a few elements out of the motor home stripes and came up with this, so they match when it's a tow vehicle, but doesn't look too out of place when it's not. That's enough for today. Time to get ready for turkey.