making progress one weld at a time! getting a chance to refresh my welding skills again. when you don't do this everyday it takes a bit to get comfortable again! and attempting to learn 3 d cad. a couple of nights a week at the same time is a ton of pressure on teaching a old dog new tricks! so the Chevelle has been moving slow but we are still moving forward.!
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Eric, Far from idiot. This makes perfect sense. The guy I bought my car from pulled a boat with it and the rear cross member was cracked and bent. I have since had that fixed. But if you want to pull your camper with it, then this step is a much better option.
I had a long conversation with Tony at ABC Performance about his rear frame kit before I bought it. He talked about how lightweight the frame is on these cars and how much the work we do puts more strength in them.
Hey, and it's custom. HAHA Keep at it and keep posting.

lol.really I am an idiot you can even ask my wife she will vouch for that for sure! my goal is strength,form and function.now it is time to reinvent the rear suspension design.why? I have no idea??

here is the rear section 26 pieces of steel are one! still lots more to come on this!
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ok maybe this was a bit much to take on at one time.going to school a couple nights a week and trying to design,the entire rear frame and suspension . i really should stop listening to the voices in my head!:twak:
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Eric,

At this point why not just build your own frame?? Looks great!!

LOL. i think we are way past this idea.the rest of the frame is 75% done so that would be a huge step back.this might not have been the best way to go about this but i never claimed to be smart.lol.

making more progress on the frame section.cut,grind,fit and repeat time and time again until desired fitment works!
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Looking good Eric!

Two words.....


Great work

thanks Wayne hope your coming out of the deep freeze and are able to get out and play with your new toys!

Thanks for the compliment I am just learning as i go so it is going to take a bit of time.

well time is just flying by and this project has taking on a life of it's own! why do I continue to make things so complicated.??? this frame design has changed thanks to reading some pages from Ron Sutton and his wisdom of tuning suspension. I decided to do a 3 link and a watts link to make it a bit more adjustable too! I don't know anything I am just making this up as I go!
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There is project creep and now we need a new name for the project _ _ _ _ _ redesign

Great ingenuity and fabrication on this build. If all this cool custom work was easy, then everyone would do it, and it wouldn't be cool or custom anymore. Your car will be unique and bad @ss when it's done. Keep it up.

LOL. Marty your are right there it just went from simple mods to all out custom everything! I never claimed to be smart!:lostmarbles:

Thanks for the kind words .I hope your right and all this effort will be worth it in the long run!

making progress! not fast progress but still making progress non the less..um well sometimes anyways, going backwards is sometimes a part of the game too!

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Great update !!!

Looking great Eric!
You should be able to fit some serious rubber under the rear of that car.

thanks Marty! it has been a bumpy road but i feel all in all we are making progress and learning a ton in the process.!

I hope your right! looking for room to stuff the 335 20's under the wheel wells. there was definitely easier ways to do this ! i never claimed to be smart though!

This is a small example of how stupid I can be at times! this pict. is from a couple of years ago pulled a ford 9" out from behind the garage and cut all the brackets off to make it fit in the chevelle chassis after more fitting found out the pinion was offset 2" so it was not going to work! ended up ordering a new rear from Moser with all the brackets welded on to fit s a direct bolt in! sweet right? http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps53a4b1b4.jpg

fast forward to present time. lets cut the brackets off the rear to make a custom 3 link and lets make a custom frame as long as were at it!:hairpullout:
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That's a good looking frame, Eric. Good luck moving forward!

thank you i hope to get it back on the ground soon! so stay tuned for the results they could go either way?

made some progress on the chassis not a ton but a huge milestone for me is getting the chassis back together as one piece again! also fabbed up some new link bar mounts and a friend of mine is making some new link bars for me should get back it back on the ground soon!
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progress has been slow but still moving forward.so many more details to come!

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THE ORIGINAL FRAME SECTION WOULD HELP ANYONE FIX THERE FRAME FREE IF SOMEONE NEEDS IT!
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My son would love that to fix his bent rear frame rail, but shipping would kill it!

Nice build, we love the fab work!

I dig this picture and want to know how you did it.

As for shipping the rear section. If you need just the rails it won't be that bad.

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Looking good Eric. I like the picture too.

i could cut one rail off and make it a easily shipable item if needed. let me know . thanks for the compliments.

[QUOTE=syborg tt;605450]I dig this picture and want to know how you did it. my son pulled it into photoshop and did some magic to it! thought this would be a cool looking blue print looking thing plan on printing it then making all the projected changes in pencil.

As for shipping the rear section. If you need just the rails it won't be that bad.



Thanks Wayne i hope your car is on the road soon! I called shotgun years ago and I want my ride! lol.

Your ON!

thats some awesome work. you have a talented boy there too.



shipping would not be bad. just wrap the cut ends with cardboard and shipping tape then tape to lable to one of them. UPS will take it like that.

Thanks for the kind words i hope I continue to learn and grow as I go. tons more to come.

looks like i could not wait to get the rest of the frame fabrication done before we cut it off the jig I just had to see what it will look like on the ground! I really wanted to get this done before having to get back to the Belair to get it ready for the power tour! well with any luck anyways !
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oh how time fly's! thought i would be completely done with the Chevelle already and have not even touched it this whole summer! picked up this awesome machine that will help me make more parts for life so between ripping this whole thing apart and painting/airbrush work,work on the Belair, house work and getting the kids first car on the road there has been no Chevelle time.but all that will change for the winter the machine is almost ready to fire up! i so can't wait to use this thing! but after going to Ron Sutton's workshop i learned so much that some of what i already did is going to be changed !super excited to get back to this one!
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Looks freaking Awesome !!!!

I'll second that!

I really like the design of the shop walls and doors. That whole theme just works. Good job Eric!

thanks Marty hope to use it soon!
Thanks for the compliment. i never in a million years would have dreamed about owning one of these!
just a few more details to make the whole thing come together! at least that is what i said years ago.lol. sure does take time away from building cars though!

Looking good man!

Thanks for the compliment hoping to get back on this soon!

started a new project to help me cut the Chevelle frame apart to make some more modifications! probably would have better to plan this out better in the first place! should have it up on the rack in a couple of weeks.
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