Front Axel Modifications

Early model Ford axle from swap meet = $10

Hole saw holes

MIC holes retro fit 1960 king pins in 1934 axle

MIC holes

More sanding

Sand off cast marks (stress relieved)

Casting marks

Clamped it

Bored out to fit later model 1960 Ford king pins

Rear End

Ford 9" out of my first truck - 1973 F100

3.55 ratio

different view

Cab Mounts part 2

Paper template

Lay it out

Plasma cut them
Tack them

Weld them

Cab Mounts part 1

Cab mount parts 1" od x 1/2" id DOM
3/16" thick

TIG Welding

Weld 1/2" nut to DOM

Inserted into 1 1/4" x .120 moly tubing

Frame part 2

TIG weld seems

close up

Cutting frame gussets

weld gussets at seems
inside and out
Gusset close up

Frame part 1

Firewall modification for engine
Fabricating frame

Installing frame


Positioning frame

Channeling frame through floor - front view

Floor - rear view

The Body

Rear view

Driver's side front



Passenger side front

Doors

Inside of front passenger door

and door latch

Inside back passenger door

Door Latches

Rusty door latch

Inner workings

Soap

After soap bath - Inner workings



Complete latch, tack weld covers back on

Reinforcements

Supports for the pillars so the doors will

close square and the car won't move

With no roof, the pillars were floppy

and the doors would open or close

Time to work on the floor


Cross member removal



Removed!