American Motors Xperimental full frame

[57hemicuda]

If Payton is going to post on projects from 3 years ago, so am I. Finished the welding on the chassis tonight, can you say congested. Trophy truck comes to mind, turned out really good, thank God for chromoly or this thing would be 4000 pounds

[rustomatic]

Clearly, your skills are awesome, Ron. Your car-centric dietary choices, however, leave a bit to be desired, especially if you're after a slim derriere. Let's consider the rear impact of that Dana bus supporter you've indicated plans for in this thing. I think there's room for some aluminum IRS in this peach of American ingenuity. You have the time.

Kudos on the backbone tranny tunnel--I've got one kinda like that, but less artistically inclined (and lighter). Your output is a model for us all!

Edit: That steering column clamp is tight!

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

If Payton is going to post on projects from 3 years ago, so am I. Finished the welding on the chassis tonight, can you say congested. Trophy truck comes to mind, turned out really good, thank God for chromoly or this thing would be 4000 pounds

[NOWINCA]

Love AMC'S The mix of years for bodywork is brilliant. Would love to buy when you finish but the amount of zeros might scare me.

[57hemicuda]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

Clearly, your skills are awesome, Ron. Your car-centric dietary choices, however, leave a bit to be desired, especially if you're after a slim derriere. Let's consider the rear impact of that Dana bus supporter you've indicated plans for in this thing. I think there's room for some aluminum IRS in this peach of American ingenuity. You have the time.

Kudos on the backbone tranny tunnel--I've got one kinda like that, but less artistically inclined (and lighter). Your output is a model for us all!

Edit: That steering column clamp is tight!

Looks so busy and heavy I know, but that whole backbone, with all those bars probably weighs less then 20lbs., 1.25" chromoly .057 wall for the win. Now the Dana..... yeah she's a bit chubby. And if I don't find a muffler soon I'm going to have to call Dave and see if I can use his MUFFLEBOX!!! Just saying that makes me giggle.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Many ways to achieve 50/50 weight distribution in an Americam Motors product...

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

Looks so busy and heavy I know, but that whole backbone, with all those bars probably weighs less then 20lbs., 1.25" chromoly .057 wall for the win. Now the Dana..... yeah she's a bit chubby. And if I don't find a muffler soon I'm going to have to call Dave and see if I can use his MUFFLEBOX!!! Just saying that makes me giggle.

For the right price you can have the specs for the infamous mufflebox!

[asifnyc]

been following this thread for years and love it! so happy it's still moving forward.

I know it's too late and apologies if it's been brought up before but...

*cough* mid-engine *cough*

[57hemicuda]

NO more major changes, engine has been moved back a foot, we'll just call it midengined. Started doing tin work to fill in the little windows.....ugg its going to take forever.

[57hemicuda]

3 more today, I'll be done in no time. Ha!!!!!

[rustomatic]

Tape? Is this car going to wear makeup instead of paint? Tack it and hit it with a hammer. Next panel . . .

Let's see the engine placement, when you get a chance. Rear weight bias may be a thing here--good for your 335s. And (don't ever begin a sentence with "and") by the way, thank you for helping the world to understand the meaning of front-mid-engine one crazy car at a time.

On a serious (not my bag) note, the chromeoly tubing is amazing. You're close to bicycle frame wall thickness there, so your inner structure (and roof-high weight) should be pretty awesomely light. My steel bikes are lighter than the aluminum/carbon one, but the aluminum one does have six inches of suspension travel . . .