The Willomet Charger - Lateral-g Forums

**214Chevy** · #1 06-24-2019, 09:46 AM

Looking good!!

**1970RT** · #2 10-28-2019, 11:20 AM

It's been a minute. Let's catch up.

The unibody is hung in the "birdcage," and the Rev1 frame is out, along with the last vestiges of the unibody rails.

Heavy duty attachment points, and nothing moved when I cut out the frame and rails.

David

**1970RT** · #3 10-28-2019, 11:31 AM

With the rails open, I went back to original steel and got everything clean and ready to accept inner plates.

Unlike my previous effort, I designed this to be fully formed at the laser shop - no assembly required. Just careful measurement, and loading the design into the sheetmetal module in bend tech.

Dimpled, cleco'd with still a bit of fine fitting to do

50 welds per flange per side, welded, individually air quenched

Still straight

David

**Ketzer** · #4 10-28-2019, 12:59 PM

I love the attention to detail!

**1970RT** · #5 10-28-2019, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ketzer

I love the attention to detail!

Thanks! I love getting into the weeds on the design and the execution.

David

ScotI · #6 10-28-2019, 04:26 PM

I follow mrcfab on IG & recently saw the rail set-up which had me wondering where/what it was going under. Fast forward to today, I'm catching up on the Lat-g builds I follow & what do ya' know, I noticed the unique center structure.

I get the 'revision' mentality as I started my first DIY frame w/that thinking in mind (the 2nd time corrects deficiency's from the 1st attempt). That being said, that's a bunch of work accomplished only to switch designs. I prob would have struggled w/that decision

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Awesome fab work & I even stayed after work just to watch a couple of your You-Tube videos. I think you're doing awesome & like how your approach is when explaining things. I'm in DFW as well. If you ever need a hand... don't hesitate to reach out. You never know when some extra labor will come in handy.

Scot

**syborg tt** · #7 10-28-2019, 07:56 PM

David,

I am blown away by this build and can't wait to continue watching this build.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills.

mj

**1970RT** · #8 10-28-2019, 01:00 PM

This might be the only time the charger fits in my suburban.

Laid out on the fixture table, we built it from the center out

Chassisworks front crossmember, ready to get fit

Fully tacked, and ready to burn it all in - we went slow, and managed the shrink pretty well. Pictured here, it's within 1/64" of square

Plan is for hot root passes, to be covered by fat caps.

You really get a sense of scale for just how big this car is

Back at my place. We're in the middle of a remodel, so that's explains the huge stack of 1916 shiplap in the middle.

I've still got to do all the cap passes, T plates, engine mounts, shear plates, and more stuff I'm forgetting.

David