wagnman
26-09-2007, 08:43 PM
Gday all.
I am in the planning stage of building a 28 ford tudor street rod.
Im flying to Perth on Saturday to organize moving the body shell that I have had sitting in my warehouse over there for a fair while over to Brisbane.
The decision has been made to get stuck into the build and so far I have chased around for a few quotes on getting the chassis done at some of the local shops.
the plans so far are:
Steel 28 tudor shell (ours is a genuine steel Ford built shell from California)
It will be sitting on a 32 Duce chassis Hi-Boy style (fender-less) with the front and rear chassis horns removed.
Adjustable 4 bar rear end with panhard bar.
Sheet metal 9 inch with large bearing 31 spline axles and large pinion centre (ratio un-sure of but looking at about 3.5)
Aluminium adjustable coil overs all round.
Stainless rod city independant front end and manual rack ad pinion steering.
32 Ford grille assembly and 4 piece bonnet with louvered sides.
Fuel tank relocated behind rear seat (usually hangs out the back and looks :spew:)
15 x 6 inch front rims with some kind of skinnies (like 195 / 50's or something)
17 x 8 inch rear rims with 275 tyres (I cant remember the profile but I saw a rod with this set up and they looked horn!)
Falcon stud patern and disk's all round
Fully tricked up C4 auto with high stall to suit the engine thats going into it.
World products "Man - O - War" 460 cube small block (yes that is right its the same size as a 351 windsor!) windsor crate motor, quoted output of 627 hp and well over 600 ftlb of torque!
NOW!.......................
My question is. For any one that has taken on a rod build up in Brisbane.
1 who did you buy most of your gear from?(chassis rails, brake kits, etc etc)
2 who did you get to do the trim? and did the person that did the trim take a lot of time with you getting your ideas down before starting on the trim.
3 who did you or would you see for the steel body work?
the reason I ask these questions is that while I am pretty good on brake and mechanical I am useless on trim, panel and paint and there will be too much money going into this thing to cut any corners!
Cheers all Ill post up some pic's of the shell when I go to get it. (good for a laugh!)
Andrew
I am in the planning stage of building a 28 ford tudor street rod.
Im flying to Perth on Saturday to organize moving the body shell that I have had sitting in my warehouse over there for a fair while over to Brisbane.
The decision has been made to get stuck into the build and so far I have chased around for a few quotes on getting the chassis done at some of the local shops.
the plans so far are:
Steel 28 tudor shell (ours is a genuine steel Ford built shell from California)
It will be sitting on a 32 Duce chassis Hi-Boy style (fender-less) with the front and rear chassis horns removed.
Adjustable 4 bar rear end with panhard bar.
Sheet metal 9 inch with large bearing 31 spline axles and large pinion centre (ratio un-sure of but looking at about 3.5)
Aluminium adjustable coil overs all round.
Stainless rod city independant front end and manual rack ad pinion steering.
32 Ford grille assembly and 4 piece bonnet with louvered sides.
Fuel tank relocated behind rear seat (usually hangs out the back and looks :spew:)
15 x 6 inch front rims with some kind of skinnies (like 195 / 50's or something)
17 x 8 inch rear rims with 275 tyres (I cant remember the profile but I saw a rod with this set up and they looked horn!)
Falcon stud patern and disk's all round
Fully tricked up C4 auto with high stall to suit the engine thats going into it.
World products "Man - O - War" 460 cube small block (yes that is right its the same size as a 351 windsor!) windsor crate motor, quoted output of 627 hp and well over 600 ftlb of torque!
NOW!.......................
My question is. For any one that has taken on a rod build up in Brisbane.
1 who did you buy most of your gear from?(chassis rails, brake kits, etc etc)
2 who did you get to do the trim? and did the person that did the trim take a lot of time with you getting your ideas down before starting on the trim.
3 who did you or would you see for the steel body work?
the reason I ask these questions is that while I am pretty good on brake and mechanical I am useless on trim, panel and paint and there will be too much money going into this thing to cut any corners!
Cheers all Ill post up some pic's of the shell when I go to get it. (good for a laugh!)
Andrew