Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Speedway DOES rock. You know, some places may have slightly higher quality on some things, but generally, I feel they really give a decent product at a very fair price. And, their shipping is unreal. I ordered my stuff on Monday, Thursday the UPS guy drops it off. I've used them for years, and have very few complaints.


Went to the shop today, and got a little more done. The Speedway front spring came in, so I wanted to get the brackets made to hang them on the wishbones. I don't remember this being done in the '50's, but currently, it is popular to mount the spring perch right to the wishbone, suicide style. Some people drill a hole in the wishbone for the perch, some people weld a tube to the wishbone to mount the spring shackle from, but I chose to mount the perch to a 3/8 inch gusset that we are going to weld to the bottom of the wishbone.

By doing this, it will drop the front end even lower, and also will reinforce the wishbone, which was never actually intended to take this load. I am using a '37 wishbone, as it is heavier and longer than the ones from a Model A.

The first picture is of the front of the unmodified wishbone.

The second picture is a blue template I made out of poster board.

The third picture is of the gusset I cut out of 2 inch wide X 3/8 inch thick flat stock, and a piece of that metal before cutting.

The fourth picture shows one finished gusset in place, with the perch (the chrome piece) in place. I drilled some holes to add a little detail to the piece, rather than leaving it plain.

The fifth picture shows the same thing from a different angle.

And, the 6th picture shows the mocked up front end, with the new, wider spring I got from Speedway.

Didn't get a whole lot done today, it was 95 degrees in the shop, but at least now my Son can weld the gussets to the wishbones, and I can get the front suspension started.

We won't be using this frame, but it will work ok for the mock up, because the new one we build will pretty much have the same dimensions.


How are some of you others coming on your budget cars?? We'd love to see some shots of those too.


Don