Thread: Glass 32 on a home made frame

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Hello everyone, Im new to hotrodding but not to wrenching or welding, I just picked up a glass 32 3 window and want to build a frame, this is a budget build and I dont want to spend the $700 for deuce rails. I was thinking using 2x4 tubing and running them fairly strait back, with a slight taper in the front like the Model A frame with horns. I know the frame will be visible under the car but only 4 inches rather than the 6 you see on a deuce, I was also thinkin maybe running side pipes that would go the length of the body. Any thoughts or Ideas? thanx

I don't know...to me the Deuce rails are what really makes the car a Deuce. With such a narrow front on the car, takes some serious widening as you go back to get a frame wide enough to work right with the car. Maybe it's possible to cut back on the budget elsewhere and get the rails??? Not saying a home built frame won't work, just wondering if all the time and effort to make some 2X4 tubing to "work" right on the car might not offset the price of the deuce rails???? I did build a round tube chassis for a Deuce a bunch of years ago, but it was a down in the weeds drag car with widened rear fenders, full front fenders, and boards so you couldn't see anything of the frame.... JMO, it's your build so of course do what works best for you....

Dave I second that....!

Welcome aboard-----I would suggest the deuce rails and front crossmember, and then you can build everything else----You'll probably save more than the $700 just in jigs /fixtures and steel

I'll fourth that..........

X5. By the time you purchase rectangular tubing to build the frame you will be half way to the cost of those $ 695.00 rails. When a person goes into building a Deuce you accept certain responsibilities, and one of those is to do it correctly. I've seen Deuce bodies put on home built frames and they just don't look right.

Spend a couple of bucks extra on this phase and your project will go together so much easier and be worth so much more when done.

Don

x5 well I guess its deuce rails, I'll try to save elsewhere like building my own hairpins, ladder bars, etc. I already have a 70 350 4 bolt out of a pickup that I got for $100, should be able to get a th350 for about the same. I have an open 3.50 31 spline 9 inch center and I see alot of truck 9 inchers but would need to narrow. I keep yall posted as I progress. thanx for the advise.
Duane

I have a mate here that has owned a '32 roadster (fibreglass) channelled over a tubular frame since the late '60's (hemi with 2x4's and three pedals) has finally decided that it is time for the geninuie look of after market 32 rails and to raise the body up to where it was originally. But as mentioned, it is your car and your money we are trying to spend....

I also think it best to use the deuce rails but if you want the channeled look you can easily duplicate the duece rails from the firewall forward and the rest won't show.

Originally Posted by roadster32

I also think it best to use the deuce rails but if you want the channeled look you can easily duplicate the deuce rails from the firewall forward and the rest won't show.

That,s another option.