Attention Tri-5 Chevy guys. Ironworks Do-It-Yourself chassis.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Originally Posted by novanutcase

"knickers"......wadda dumbass!!!

BTW I know who you are customcam.........

John

WOW...your kinda scary Hope I don't meet you anywhere

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

WOW...your kinda scary Hope I don't meet you anywhere

Hahaha!!! Y'all better watch it or I'ma get EVIL on yo azzes!!!

John

[Kendall Burleson]

send me one I have the car I know a little about welding this setup.

[ccracin]

Originally Posted by novanutcase

Hahaha!!! Y'all better watch it or I'ma get EVIL on yo azzes!!!

John

I much prefer going BUBONIC on beautches! John

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by customcam

Tell me you little ****. John guess what you just did? You just threatened me.. Good on your John

he didn't threaten you, he simply said he knew who you were. Last warning.................

[96z28ss]

Okay lets end all the speculation.
Roger send me one i'll weld it in the garage, I won't use any tools that a DIY doesn't have, then I'll send it back to you. You can measure it all out. And post the results.
I think its a real neat piece that could make a DIY look like a pro to his friends when he is finished.

[68RS350]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Just to answer some peoples questions here are some assembly pics of a rail going together.

A quick question/suggestion about the tab and slots in the frame rails. I see in one of the pictures that you are tacking the cross plates inside the rails. Are you guys planning on welding the actual tab and slots on the sides of the rails? I work with a lot of sheetmetal structures at Caterpillar and we have found that making the tab half the thickness or a little more of the rail material so someone can plug weld the tab and slot and then grind flush. To give it a smooth finished looked. If you guys already planned to do that already then sorry to repeat. BTW great work!

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by 68RS350

A quick question/suggestion about the tab and slots in the frame rails. I see in one of the pictures that you are tacking the cross plates inside the rails. Are you guys planning on welding the actual tab and slots on the sides of the rails? I work with a lot of sheetmetal structures at Caterpillar and we have found that making the tab half the thickness or a little more of the rail material so someone can plug weld the tab and slot and then grind flush. To give it a smooth finished looked. If you guys already planned to do that already then sorry to repeat. BTW great work!

Great Idea, we are playing with having the tabs on the bulkheads flush to make assembly easier. When the tabs are flush with the outside it tells us how well it fit up on the inside.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

Okay lets end all the speculation.
Roger send me one i'll weld it in the garage, I won't use any tools that a DIY doesn't have, then I'll send it back to you. You can measure it all out. And post the results.
I think its a real neat piece that could make a DIY look like a pro to his friends when he is finished.

I'm not sure the speculation will end for a while. I was the most unsure that this would work over a year ago when we built the first chassis. I was blown away how square it came out. Last Friday when I posted this thread I was just looking for five 5 guys to just try the frame out, I figured it would take me a few weeks to come up with the guys I wanted. I had no idea people would come out of the woodwork to want to try and buy this. I'm still prototyping the frame and looking to do further testing. My email and Pm box have been over whelmed and the phone rang off the hook yesterday. I had no idea. So thanks for the overwhelming response, I'm excited to think we might have a product worth all this work.

[wiedemab]

I absolutely love this idea. My Dad and I can't quit talking about it. I had heard you were working on this idea some time ago. I'm glad to see it all coming together.

My Dad wants one of these frames for his 57 Ford F100!!!!! He loves to fab and weld and would really enjoy welding one of these up - I would too!

I'm sure the oddball stuff (ie Ford Truck) is way down on the list, as it should be - you gotta go where the volume is. What is the possibility for low volume stuff? Obviously the developmental cost would be spread over fewer products which would potentially result in a higher price. Just wondering if that is a possibility down the road.

Keep up the good work.