Thread: Getting started, 49 PLYMOUTH

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Nice! You did the whole framestub; I wish I had gone that route on my 48. That's some mighty fine looking fabrication you got there.

I did have help putting the front and rear in the car. I have a friend who is a fabricator and can TIG weld.

I will also say the Fatman front end has directions that say you measure up 17" from the center of the front body mount. Then you cut the old front end off and attach the new stub. Well the new stub is made for a 50 Ply cp, not a wagon. We only tacked the front stub and then measured again. We had only 1 degree of caster in the front end and so many shims in the A-arms that we had to put in longer bolts. So after calling Fatman and taking with them, we figured out they sent me the wrong top A-arm. We needed a 3/4" offset top A-arm. Sent the ones back and they sent me the right ones. Now we had 4-6 deg of caster to play with and then things went alittle smoother. But as everyone knows, this took another 3 weeks to get sorted out with sending things back and all.
Fatman worked with me and I have nothing but good things to say about their stuff and their people.