Saving a butchered 32…

[John06]

Hey all! I have this HORRENDOUS 32 ford body, the bottom of the body has been almost like sanded down a ton, so I’ve made plans to transform it into something new!

[John06]

Here are my plans for what I’ll do:

[John06]

I will be using a program called Fusion 360 to be 3D modeling a custom frame and transaxle, the engine will be coming from the revell 50 ford truck kit

[John06]

Here’s the basic shaping for the 3D models of the frame and transaxle, I’ll be adding more detail to the transaxle later.

[John06]

The look I’m going for with this build is a Car that a body shop from the 60’s would’ve taken to shows to show their skills, the transaxle will be based off one that came in porches from the 50’s and 60’s

[Mr. Metallic]

Ambitious project. Most people would have thrown that body in the trash. looking forward to seeing what you make from it.

[John06]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Ambitious project. Most people would have thrown that body in the trash. looking forward to seeing what you make from it.

My idea is to make up for the lack of the rockers I might try to fab up some sort of widebody side skirts that go up to the door, that might make it look cooler as well, the body is gonna get a half inch stretch also to fit the engine. With the stretch the wheelbase will be roughly .42 shorter than stock.

my whole attitude towards this project is that I can’t possibly make the body worse, when you’re a broke teen you’re forced to get creative XD

[John06]

I’ve added rough 3D models of the upper control arms and narrowed the frame to fit them, the engine is snug but will fit

[alan barton]

That's my kind of crazy!  Will be interested to see how this turns out.

Cheers

Alan

[NOBLNG]

Very interesting…I’ll watch.?

[John06]

3 hours ago, alan barton said:

That's my kind of crazy!  Will be interested to see how this turns out.

Cheers

Alan

Hell yeah brother! the build is also to honor a fallen friend of my grandpa, I was gifted a bunch of the guys spare model parts and will be using some on this build

[John06]

1 hour ago, NOBLNG said:

Very interesting…I’ll watch.?

Thank you sir! make sure to click follow to not miss out

[John06]

I’ve now added a mount/subframe for the transaxle, here’s that and a picture of the full frame so far

[John06]

I’m working on the rear suspension, it’s going to be based off of corvair suspension, I figured I’d use that because it fits the time period, and was most likely widely available at the time

[John06]

Here’s the picture I’m using as reference for the suspension 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Whew! That's a lot of work going on there. Bet it's gonna be great.

[John06]

3 minutes ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Whew! That's a lot of work going on there. Bet it's gonna be great.

Thanks! To be honest, the modeling isnt hard it just takes a while

 

[John06]

Got more modeling done, I did the lower rear control arms, tweaked the upper control arms, made mounts for the lower control arms, and added an engine mount. here’s what the frame looks like now

[John06]

Here’s the lower arm and mount and what they look like on the frame

[John06]

Engine mount

[John06]

And the revised upper arm as you can see I added spots for coils to go on all arms, I gotta shorten the lower arms now

[customsrus]

I really need to learn how to 3d print. 

[John06]

On 9/1/2023 at 6:26 PM, customsrus said:

I really need to learn how to 3d print. 

It's actually super easy! the hardest part is buying the printer and getting good modeling software lol. I got lucky though, microcenter had a sale on a printer and my dad had a ton of coupons so I got mine for cheap and I take a 3d modeling class for school so I get super good software for free

[John06]

Sorry for lack of updates! I’ve been doing some more complicated modeling and been working on other projects so I have been taking a while to make significant updates

[John06]

Recently I’ve been working on the exhaust system for the car because as long as it prints fine it will be a lot easier to just model some than to try to ruin some headers I already have, here’s the almost finished exhaust system: