Nerd Rods, 55-59 Truck Frame Project 1956, C4 suspension, 5.3L Auto, Kit Frame Design

[WSSix]

That looks fantastic! Well worth the effort I'd say.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Congrats on the progress Russell.

[rat_rod_russell]

Thanks all!

Sorry I've been out of touch. Holidays, TIG died, had to help the girlfriend move, Jim (aka dad, works here with me) had back surgery and we had a TFC4 TriFive C4 Stage 4 Chassis to wrap up. But no relatives were murdered, the TIG has been fixed, girlfriend is moved in, Jim doesn't have any of the pain he's had in his legs and was walking again same day after the surgery and the Stage 4 Chassis is awesome!



I'm almost done with the truck frame. I didn't bother doing extensive photography in favor for speed. It was all just little bottom welding and a few loose brackets but I'll get few photos posted in a day or two I hope.


The rest of the photos are here.
http://www.trifive.com/forums/showth...87#post1282187

Later
-Russell

[rat_rod_russell]

BAM



real photos coming soon

-Russell

[rat_rod_russell]

And the photos!









Now for some suspension

-Russell

[ChuckDriver]

Looks great Russell! I'm calling "Shotgun" for the first ride!!

[Hotrod1]

well if the purpose you are showing us the frame is to make us think that it is a great looking frame, well engineered, reasonable to put together, well thought out, make me want to have one, ..... then it is working.

[rat_rod_russell]

Originally Posted by Hotrod1

well if the purpose you are showing us the frame is to make us think that it is a great looking frame, well engineered, reasonable to put together, well thought out, make me want to have one, ..... then it is working.

Goooooooood (insert evil laugh)

Not pretty parts but its rolling. I need to get something together for a temp coil over shock and then its time to bring the cab in. It just got really cold down here but we'll be back to normal shortly. I need the stage 4 on the lift to go away and I'm working on the wiring harness to the 38 Ford in the background as well and I need to finish that to bring the Cab and front clip in to mount up. Hopefully that will happen Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

[rat_rod_russell]

Later
-Russell

[rat_rod_russell]

And we've mounted the cab and bed. Everything fits nicely when you use a little rubber body bushing. Factory is a piece of pressed particle board. You can see the photos with the trimming notes. And you can see the one with the frame note showing it just barely under the bed between the bed supports. It worked out really well and everything fits awesome. We will need to trim all the inner fenders weather it be tall or short for A frame clearance. That is shown as well.