Mooneyzs Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Brad... Killer work on the front end with the radius rods and RB Motion Rod ends. Love your work buddy!!
gasser59 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Posted October 20, 2015 Thanks brother. Really appreciate your interest. New parts arriving soon, then I'll get back to the hairpins.
gasser59 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Posted October 24, 2015 Supplies came in yesterday that I needed to continue so a bit more done on the hairpins. In these pics, the axle is upside down as the glue dries. This whole assembly is getting so fiddly and I still have the rear connections to do. More work planned tomorrow.
Nytrozilla Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 So THAT'S what a front axle is supposed to look like. Similar to the one I'm building, only, yours exists and mine doesn't (yet).
gasser59 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks brother Joe. I know you were wondering about Zap-A-Gap and if it'll hold up. This axle is all held together with Z-A-G and Scale Hardware nuts and bolts, so yes, it'll hold up.
10thumbs Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 That's really a clean looking setup Brad and it'll look fantastic on this car.
John Teresi Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Brad......that front end is SWEET.......you need to teach me the way.....JEDI "MASTER"
gasser59 Posted October 25, 2015 Author Posted October 25, 2015 Thanks for your comments fellas. John - I'd be happy to share with you how I do this although it seems each time I build one, its slightly different and improved on. I had a setback on re-attaching both of the steering arms. If you recall from a much earlier post, when I originally mounted the tie rod with the steering arms, I found they were in the way of the hairpin radius rods. I had to rethink this for a better solution. I've got it all worked out but had to take the steering arms off and develop a new way of mounting them and change their angle to clear the tie rod. It's all worked out and I've the last hairpin to finish up.Pictures soon.
gasser59 Posted October 26, 2015 Author Posted October 26, 2015 Man, what a busy day with house things to do so i was delayed on getting the hairpin radius rods mounted and completed. Here's a couple of pictures. Glad these are done. Now onto the tins. Thanks for following along. Comments welcome.
W-409 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 I had to double check if it was real or model... Excellent work with all of the details. As I rarely detail suspension parts that much, it's great to see how you guys do it. Excellent work, this is one of my favorite projects on here, keep it coming.
John Teresi Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Brad.......DANG Brother......that looks AWESOME man
gasser59 Posted October 26, 2015 Author Posted October 26, 2015 Thanks for your kind words Niko. Glad you're along for the ride. Getting closer every bench session. What can i say brother John? Appreciate you following along and your interest. I put those dang hairpins off and after such contemplation, they went together without a hitch. With the last two radius rod pictures from the side, I thought another pic from the bottom would show them a little better. The frame still needs some touch up after all of the handling and I'll do that after the tins are in place. Still working out the details on those. Thanks fellas.
Codi Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Looks really nice mounted Brad. Nice shot too of the headers from below. cheers, tim
Mooneyzs Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Brad... All I say is "WOW" I missed a lot while I was gone this weekend. That is some awesome work you have done to that front end. It look Gorgeous!! Very Nice work. I can't wait until I see the next update now.
Danno Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 OMG, Brad! Those radius rods are beautiful. Spectacular work!
Davewilly Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 great work on that front axle assembly Brad!
gasser59 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Posted October 28, 2015 Tim - thanks for follow this build. I appreciate your input.Gene - glad you're aboard.Michael - us altered guys gotta stick together. Thanks.Chris - so where were you for the weekend? Possibly Bakerfield?Danno - thanks for your continued interest. This has been my most detailed front axle assembly and I'm really happy with it.Dave - I really appreciate you following along on this build. We have to meet up one of these days.
Mooneyzs Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Brad.... You betcha... Its a must see. I will be back there next year. I will also burn you a disk of the pics I took.
gasser59 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) Oh man, thanks Chris. I'm envious you got to go. Bet it was awesome. I have something for you too. Edited October 28, 2015 by gasser59
gasser59 Posted November 3, 2015 Author Posted November 3, 2015 Finally got a bit of bench time in yesterday. started off by trying to fabricate the frame rails that goes under the turtle deck with brass rod and soldering it together. I can tell, this will take some practice. It was so bad, I didn't even photograph it. I moved on to something I'm a bit more comfortable with, the tins. I had the bottom one made previously and with the first drilled hole for the rivets, I screwed up the placement and had to start with a new one. Here's a few pictures. I used printing plate and will make up some sides next. The rivets are from Scale Hardware and man are they small. I had to trim the length off so they wouldn't go all the way through the frame. My cockpit finally has a floor. More this week.
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