[stirtonhotrodz]

Actually this is the only way to build a chassis like this efficiently price wise and time wise. With this chassis in particular, there is a lot going on. To machine all the different one off spacers and tube holders it would cost thousands of dollars. Being that it has to be fully functional and a show peice we will be changing on the fly with certain components possibly being re located ( to hide). A good example of that was over the weekend I noticed the master cylinder would be to close to exhaust pipe under the driver floor. If that was a machined chunk of aluminum or steel I just blew the machinists time as well as 50 bucks. Totally not worth it. First you build all your bars as they need to be and then when all your components are mounted functional and spaced correctly you machine your fixtures one time only and there dead on. As for the chassis table. I have a tube car on there now as we speak getting its chassis welded. The problem is that if they were generic square tube cars a fixture costs very little and can be reused car after car. But round tube stuff is always different ( motor trans suspension etc etc) Drag cars use 1 5/8 but streets rods use 1 3/4 see what im saying? I wouldnt even consider building all these fixtures because we are not a chassis shop, we couldnt justify it. We build one chassis every 10 turn key builds if that. Skinny kid for an example have a ton of fixturing, because they have cars on tables 24/7 they can justify and can use the machined fixtures reqularly. Not to justify anything here but even if one wanted to weld something on that wooden table with a tig welder and someone who knows how to use it you could do it if you clamped the main rails properly. I personally wouldnt try it because I dont need to but i would bet 10-1 that an experienced welder wouldnt warp those bars if they were fit properly.

Thanks Ross