Man,if you work on the Cab like you did on the Doors, fenders & Grill it is gonna come out AWESOME. It blows me away on how you hammer grind then filler, then all of a sudden WALLAH.... PRIMER, They came out very nice & Yes Pictures are great, I'm getting inspired here and I might start trying some body work on my 58 F250 instead of waiting to save money for the body shop LOL..... Looks great keep up the good work it is gonna come out Beautiful at the end.

 

Those jailbar PU's don't get the respect they deserve. I personally think they are cool. That one is going to look nice. Good luck on the project.

 

Thanks again guys

So it took half of yesterday and a full day today to box the frame. I made little access holes in the frame in order to install the body mount nuts. The spot on the frame where the inner fender bolts on has an access hole too.

The inside of the frame and the inside of the 3/16" that I used to box the frame was all sprayed with a zinc coating before it was welded together to help resist rust.









Tomorrow I'll be going to pick up a bunch of the parts I ordered so I can continue working on the frame.

 

Very Cool, Coming along... Frame Looks GOOD!!!!!

 

nice job !

 

I hope you had plenty of bracing tacked in place when you welded the boxing plates on. I had a buddy who boxed a '32 frame and warped it so bad the body wouldn't fit on it anymore. When I did my '33, I built a frame jig out of two 10" I-beams and heavy C-channels.

 

Thanks for the concern. I did the plates in 12 different pieces and there was a lot of time between welding them, along with breaks during welding. Also, the crossmembers were't removed all at once. I took them off as I got to the plate that I had to make in that specific spot. I think it'll be alright...I hope

So I went and picked up the parts I ordered. (They were shipped to an over border address and brought over to Canada by a company I use, saves a lot on shipping.) I filled a cargo trailer with all the stuff!





After going through all the boxes and making sure all was good, I got back to work. I welded the crossmember together, marked it to slip between the rails and cut it to fit. Then I started mocking up the brakes.



Since the frame is so narrow the brake booster doesn't drop between the crossmember and frame rail. So I modified the crossmember rather than cutting half of the frame rail away. I took a 4" long notch out the lower tube to allow the booster to be installed from below. To make up for some possible loss in crossmember strength in that area/tube I added some horizontal perpendicular pieces.





As you can see the booster mounting plate was cut/slotted to allow the booster to slide straight up during the install. This made the notch out in the tube shorter.





Tomorrow I'll start on the IFS.

 

Today I finished up the front end chassis work. Mocked up the control arms and drilled the sway bar mounts. Then the finished areas up front got a coat of black primer. The four link mounts in the back are next on the list.








The holes I made to access the sway bar bolts will be blocked of with rubber plugs.










I hope to get to the shop for a bit tomorrow.

 

Man, LOL.. it Looks like Christmas Time & Santa left allot of Toys, That's allot of parts you got in... Pretty Cool. The welding came out great on that cross member, Now interesting on your placement for the booster I take it this year had brake drums like my 58 and you are just upgrading Right??

 

Excellent work. I'm loving your build thread. Jailbars rule. I think I've owned every body ford truck both ways but not a jailbar....... Yet.

 

Thanks, I'm glad your enjoying the build!

I rubber coated the frame (gravel guard actually) yesterday. Started putting the front together a bit too. After adding the extension to the steering rack I bolted it in too.





Fatman shorted me on the rubber and nut/washers for the one shock. They cut the boxes (shortened them) to put them into a bigger box and they didn't keep the baggy of parts with the shock. Also, no big deal, but the nuts for the lower arm bolt are MIA, (nyloc fine thread). I ordered a shock locally that may be returned a little lighter ssssshh The shock won't be in until wednesday.

 

Going together quickly. Do you have bolt on front motor mounts?

 

I'm impressed with the quality of your work and the pace at which you are knocking it out is remarkable. Looking good. Reps to you for all the pics.

 

The motor mounts are from Fatmans too. They'll weld on once I get the cab on so I can situate the motor. I'll just have to grind an area of the frame coating off and then recoat it again after. I just really wanted to get the front together so I went ahead with the "paint".

Thanks! I've built a few 4x4s but this is my first "rod". I'm having fun with the project and like spending some extra hours here and there.

 

Very Nice on the front end work... Rims & Tires Look nice too... Looks Like you have some SKILLS !!!!! LOL... Keep up the Good Work it is gonna come out AWESOME !!!!!