Metal chassis

[Jakezilla bowling]

Hello I am going to be building a pro street camaro and have saw that people on this board have used metal to make there chassis out of and I was wondering what I need to be able to do this.

Thanks jake

[ScaleDale]

You would need brass tubing or rod around 1/16 inch, solder and tube benders. Someone on this board built a pro mod that way but I think it was 1/16 scale or so. It might be easier to steal the chassis from one of the "shoebox" Pro Sportsman Chevys or that Jukebox Ford that is out now. They have good tube chassis. Look at the Match Race Firebird and Mothers Oldsmobile from Revell/ModelMaster. They are Pro Stockers.

I scratch built three P/S chassis out of styrene rod using a jig I built and it's not for the faint of heart. One of them is somewhat usable.

Edit: In NHRA Pro Street, which is similar to Super Street, a tube chassis isn't required, just a roll cage. If the stock steel floor and firewall are retained, the roll cage can be bolted or welded to the floor of the car. That would save some time and effort. When I built mine for the Community Build, I used styrene rod to build a reinforcing superstructure for the front end and used the roll cage from another car.

Edit Edit: Here are links to some of the over the top chassis builds on this forum:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61587

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39961

Dale

Edited June 5, 2013 by ScaleDale