IFS for 1950 Buick ? - Lateral-g Forums

buick50 · #1 01-09-2012, 03:45 PM

Hello everyone.

I own a 1950 Buick Super Convertible that Im going to strart building next month. Is my first Hot Rod project. Im going to strat building the Chassis and I will like to Addapt an Individual Front Suspension in that car, but I really have no experience at all, I see that there are many IFS fabricators, but wich one to choose? FAT MAN Fabrications has a compleete IFS for my car are they a good choise? What thinks I should considere before buying any IFS?

What Ideas do you give me for the rear end?

thanks for all your comments and help

Alex

Guatemala City, Central America

Bundy · #2 01-10-2012, 03:08 AM

I built a 50 Buick sedan about 5years ago. I used the fatman kit, its based on a mustang 2, it went together very easy. I left the front sheetmetal on and removed the core support to gain enough room to install the cip, I was afraid I couldn't get the hood lined back up. For the rear suspension I made a set of truck arms that attacthed to the center of the frame right behind the trans. I also cut down a 96 Impala rear with disc brakes. The owner of the car at that time drove it about 10,000 miles without any problems. If you have anymore questions I might be able to help.

buick50 · #3 01-10-2012, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Bundy

I built a 50 Buick sedan about 5years ago. I used the fatman kit, its based on a mustang 2, it went together very easy. I left the front sheetmetal on and removed the core support to gain enough room to install the cip, I was afraid I couldn't get the hood lined back up. For the rear suspension I made a set of truck arms that attacthed to the center of the frame right behind the trans. I also cut down a 96 Impala rear with disc brakes. The owner of the car at that time drove it about 10,000 miles without any problems. If you have anymore questions I might be able to help.

Do you have any pictures of your instalattion process? did you lined back up the hood? So you think FantMan is a good choice?

What about the aligment of the car?

thanks for the help

buick50 · #4 01-10-2012, 01:57 PM

Hello Bundy, Today I call Fat Man Fabrication, they told me that they offer to me a compleete weld-in Mustang II frame stub kit, is like a compleete front clip, that means that I have to cut my front chassis and install the stub kit. Is that the way you go?

they told me that I need to use a compleete stub kit because of the geometry of the car.

thanks

Teetoe_Jones · #5 01-10-2012, 07:18 PM

Two words for you.

Art. Morrison.

/thread.

Tyler

**bret** · #6 01-11-2012, 12:24 PM

Fatman is definetly the way to go for that Buick. Not only does his stuff work nicely on that car, they are quite knowledgeable about that particular installation and will be very helpfull throughout the build.

buick50 · #7 01-11-2012, 03:21 PM

Yes, I think Fat Man is a good choice. which gives me a little scared is to cut the chassis. Has anyone had any experience cutting a chassis? the car does not lose its rigidity?

thanks

Shmoov69 · #8 01-11-2012, 09:18 PM

I got a 52 that is my next project and I was thinking about hacking the entire frame and floor out and putting a 92 Caprice frame, drivetrain and floor under it. But, I have not checked out the track and wheelbase yet. But I have both cars sitting there I wait! Anybody know if that would work?

Bundy · #9 01-12-2012, 02:53 AM

I used the fatman frame stub the car rode and drove great, but after lurking around on this site I believe now that I would have talked the customer into something like the art morrison front clip. The only real thing I saw about the fatman kit was the front track width was too narrow, it was 4" wider than stock I believe. If you want your buick to just be a cruiser and look cool at parking lot shows, the fatman will work fine but if you want to drive it hard on occasion then I would step up to something else. All my pics of the buick were on my old pc and when it crashed all were lost. I might be able to find a pic of the complete car. Good luck. I never removed the hood or fenders when I cut the frame off, just worked around them.

Bundy · #10 01-12-2012, 03:03 AM

I had never istalled a frame stub before the buick, I raised the car about two feet and leveled every direction. I tied the front clip to the trusses of my shop so it wouldn't move measuered everything a dozen times and cut it off, I was very nervous about ruining a $25,000 car( the car could have been in a museum),from the time I cut it off and welded on the new one was about 6 hrs. Taking the steering box off was the hardest part. Time to head to
work. Have a good day.

p.s. If you google 1950 buick larry morris images its the first one, black with torq thrusts