47 chevy panel static drop

[LUCKIN-FOU]

So this panel came in the shop last night. It's a job now let me give you the run down on this baby. Somebody put a 1st gen Camaro under it and they did a shitty job. The front end runs down hill so the anti dive is gone. When the guy got the truck the old owner told him "Man we had a big block in here" you be the judge.Oh yeah the dottom of the chassis was 15.5" off the ground.

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After alittle plasma action we set the panel at ride height.

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I'll post some more later.

[badjuju342]

Hey! That has the same custom color my S10 has ! "Chamois":thumbs up:

[lsxfox]

OMFG what a death trap!

[badjuju342]

Our man Lou will fix that but good!

[The EnforceR]

this was my dad's first street rod! not this exact one but he had a '48. it was butternut yellow and he had his shop logo painted on the side. i think he built in in '85, ill try to find some pics!!!

[LUCKIN-FOU]

I put some of the boxing plates in today. I'm not going to box the whole frame it's a money thing. As you guys can see in some of the photos I welded the front 4-Bar brackets right to the frame a lot of people were tell me hey you need gussets well here it is. I like to weld the bracket then take the boxing plate around the tubing this way it is welded at two points.

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The boxing plate is 1/8" plate. The next thing is cap the end of the tubing then the
C-notch.

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[MrDavid]

Looks much better now. And your welds actually look like welds instead of a puddle of a dried puddle of metal laying on more metal. I'm digging the spade too!

[LUCKIN-FOU]

4) Sorry I haven’t posted anything on this Panel for awhile. I’m in the middle of expanding my shop and ran out of money. So I had no place to work on it. I’m going to put an S-10 front end under this panel. I know what you’re thinking that front end is 5” to narrow. Your right but that’s ok I have a plan.

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It’s just a plain Jane S-10 frontend. I had some Global West upper control arms.

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For those of you that haven’t done this swap the frame horns are a little long so they need to cut back just a hair.

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Now we all know the S-10 is narrow so I decided add 4.25” to it

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I had too many pictures so I’ll do another thread.

[LUCKIN-FOU]

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5) I put the engine so I could mock up the engine mounts and the tranny mount. I was going to use a piece of round tube but I decided to go with 2x3 I’ll notch it later to clear the exhaust.

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I set the ride height 6” I think it would be perfect the running boards will get the panel a lower look.

[LUCKIN-FOU]

6) As I said before the ride height is 6”. I know there are tons of drop spindles out there. I’m using Bell Tech Drop Spindles this way if the owner wants to raise the right height it’s as simple as putting on a stock set of spindles.

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I always build something like this at ride height for one very simple reason there will be no surprises.

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[LWillmann]

Looking great Lou! Keep it up.

[Biff85ta]

Really nice work.

[LUCKIN-FOU]

7) So here is the deal. This crazy rig that you are looking at is simple. These pointers are from an alignment rack that was going away. The shop I worked at got a new one so they didn’t need them they are for checking toe. I made some longer pointers and got some conduit from home depot. Now I can check my wheel base by myself. The axles have the machine center, the spindle has one also. I’ve used this thing for years. Set it were you want and lock it down.

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This is the kinda stuff you come up with when you work alone.

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The body isn’t all the way down on the frame. So it looks funny in the pictures.

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[LUCKIN-FOU]

08) I’ll tie the front end and the back half of the frame together. After that I’ll finish boxing the frame. Plumb the brake lines and put in the steering after that I’m done with this Panel.

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I took out a piece of the frame them

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[LUCKIN-FOU]

9) So today I put the Gas tank in the Panel. I don’t know who made it. I would say it is about a 15 Gallon tank. Normally the tank is on the passenger side but, the 4-Bar is in the way now. I figured I would put the tank in the rear. The rear cross member was trimmed and it fit like butter baby.

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Now it’s not the best picture but if you look close you can see the cross member.

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I took some 1” tubing and welded it to the shock bar. Then some 2.5” flat stock was bent for the top straps. They will keep the tank from going forwards and backwards.

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A piece 1.125” tubing bent at 90 degrees welded to the chassis. They will keep the tank from sliding side to side. Then a 1”x 2” for the bottom and the gas tank is in place.

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[LUCKIN-FOU]

10) In one of the other post, I tacked a temporary bracket for the Panhard bar. I finally got around to putting in on. I have done this design many times. Its always worked good for me. I just have one more gusset to put in.

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I’m sorry that the pictures aren’t that great.

The other thing I did was box the frame were I tied it back together. I used some .125 plate (Mild Steel) nothing special.

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The factory S-10 frame is boxed so it is a little wider than the 47 frame. So I made the outside edge flush then put a plate to cover the opening on the inside.

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I’ll get some better Pictures of the frame when I pull the body off .

[LWillmann]

The panel is looking great Lou. Keep up the awesome work.

I've been working a bit here and there on my Cutty. Need to update my thread with new pics.