alum. i-beam
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No becouse if they did I would of gotten one. I did a bunch of re-search on a F100, and F250 dent's I owned years ago looking for away to lower them. Having read quite a few magazines, web-sites, studing fab'd lift-kits, and talking to old timey Ford people.
Aluminum technology wasn't all that good back then in a cost effective manner like today. While I don't know which alloy would want to use if you were to fabricate a set. I do know you have to realize Aluminum has a fatigue 1/2 life. Where as steel never fatiques when used according to its effective design.
I know Ford and GM are using cast aluminum A-arms these days, but these are throughly designed pieces with proper alloys. Also how would you bend a aluminum I beam? Aluminum does not like to be bent at all.
If you want it shiney like aluminum you can have them nickel plated, and or powder coated in a aluminum colour.
Aluminum technology wasn't all that good back then in a cost effective manner like today. While I don't know which alloy would want to use if you were to fabricate a set. I do know you have to realize Aluminum has a fatigue 1/2 life. Where as steel never fatiques when used according to its effective design.
I know Ford and GM are using cast aluminum A-arms these days, but these are throughly designed pieces with proper alloys. Also how would you bend a aluminum I beam? Aluminum does not like to be bent at all.
If you want it shiney like aluminum you can have them nickel plated, and or powder coated in a aluminum colour.
