wedged- 41 Dodge truck project - Lateral-g Forums

wedged · #1 01-29-2011, 03:49 PM

finally I was happy with CAD drawings of the frame, so I started cutting and welding.

I drew the full scale layout on the surface of the welding table and tacked the frame. Then flipped it over to tack some more.

Here's both arches side by side after tacking

I added the forward extensions. I'm leaving the rear portion for later, after the frame is welded together.

It's way off in the next to pictures, but I had to drop it in place to see what it would look like.

I did not make any cross members yet. I'm not sure where I want them.

**waynieZ** · #2 01-29-2011, 04:00 PM

It looks good.

**tones2SS** · #3 01-29-2011, 06:26 PM

Great build Wedged. Keep us posted.

R.A.D · #4 01-30-2011, 02:30 PM

yes its looking great. looking forward to the updates

wedged · #5 02-12-2011, 04:32 AM

The bushing kits for the frame end of the the four link bars arrived. I got them from Suicide Doors which is now Quality Air Ride. The outter sleeves are very nicely made, they appear to have been cut on a lathe.

wedged · #6 03-21-2011, 12:47 PM

made a bit of progress on the rear suspension. The angle of seperation between the upper link will be 45 degrees. I can't get more than that unless I make the upper links really short. I need to make some sort of bridge for the upper links on the housing. The lower links are about 23" c-c.

wedged · #7 04-04-2011, 11:44 AM

Here's the four link with most of the bracketry tacked in place. after i took these pics, I pulled it all apart. I've got a whole lot of welding to do now .