32 Ford "tweaks" and a few mods - Lateral-g Forums

awr68 · #1 10-20-2010, 08:54 PM

Greg are you changing the ride height at all? I know tire size is being changed. Did you order the wheels yet? How bout the coffee holder?

**GregWeld** · #2 10-20-2010, 09:05 PM

Well -- good questions -- it's a highboy -- think there's a reason for that name... A low boy would have the body channeled over the frame giving a lower look.

Wheels are going to be 20's rear and 17's front. And we're doing 215/50/17s and 295/45/20's BFG KDAs is the thinking right now.

I wanted more rake - nose down... but that will have to be done with wheel/tire size selection since we don't have adjustments for coil over mounts etc. Actually on these style cars - you want the ass in the air - so you can see that extremely expensive rear end I just bought! LOL

My buddy Stans 32 sits lower and looks lower sitting next to mine in this photo. His car was a "great 8 Riddler" in 1994 and runs all torsion bar suspension front and back (pretty high tech stuff in '94). He's running an IRS as well, but I don't think I can get down there.

**GregWeld** · #3 10-20-2010, 09:28 PM

Steve won't let me put a coffee cup holder in... LOL

I wanted one built in a console type deal - but he said NO. So have to go with what the pros know. I'll just buy a plastic beanbag jobbie at Fred Meyer I guess... and then toss it in the trunk when not in use.

awr68 · #4 10-20-2010, 09:42 PM

I can't help it...I like them low like Stan's! Tell him hi for me!
Looks like the pic was taken at PIR?

**GregWeld** · #5 10-20-2010, 10:15 PM

I like 'em low too -- and will do what we can.

Yes - Beaches - Wednesday afternoon show...

96z28ss · #6 10-21-2010, 12:09 AM

Okay, its your car if you want a cup holder then have one put in.
The problem is the're thinking its not cool. What if you challenged them to add a cup holder that was engineered to be hidden, and fits in a very small space.
Saabs have been known to have some cool ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxsf7PA95E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

Here is a Mercedes SL500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

**GregWeld** · #7 10-21-2010, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 96z28ss

Okay, its your car if you want a cup holder then have one put in.
The problem is the're thinking its not cool. What if you challenged them to add a cup holder that was engineered to be hidden, and fits in a very small space.
Saabs have been known to have some cool ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxsf7PA95E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

Here is a Mercedes SL500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

Bob -- I think he's right with the "no" on the cup holder.... for a couple of reasons -- the first one being - it's a manual trans - and drinking coffee in a moving car is hard enough.... with the stick it's almost impossible... and I do "spill" once in a while - and the square weave carpet is not the best for clean up... and it's really just not a hot rod item.... so I agreed with him (those weren't Steve's reasons - he just said NO)... because when I thought about it... it just doesn't work. I'm okay with that.

My alternate option I came up with was to do a Mooneyes tank in front of the grill shell - and run a line into the drivers side that I can suck on . I've talked to my dentist to source one of those "J" shaped ends like they hang in your mouth some times. I think the coffee running in a clear hose would look old skool like we used to use clear or red fuel lines. Mooneyes offers a tank with a pressure pump - so I could just add some pressure to the tank - add a check valve - and a brake bias valve - and viola! Got Coffee on tap!

RECOVERY ROOM · #8 10-22-2010, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Steve won't let me put a coffee cup holder in... LOL

I wanted one built in a console type deal - but he said NO. So have to go with what the pros know. I'll just buy a plastic beanbag jobbie at Fred Meyer I guess... and then toss it in the trunk when not in use.

Hide one in the seat bottom and it will never be seen till you want it.

**GregWeld** · #9 10-22-2010, 07:45 AM

I'm not redoing the interior.....

Or do you have an idea how to do this with the existing seat covering etc?

RECOVERY ROOM · #10 10-22-2010, 09:51 AM

There should be a way to do it with the seat you have, Send me some pics of the front of it and I could look and see if it is easy or not worth it