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I'm installing new floor pans last couple of days..no..not changing or notching...logically it doesn't make sense to have 3 inches of clearance...
I did move it all around today..3 1/4 " of frame to axel clearance..threw a tire on rim n bolted it on..need to drop body a bit close closet to...
I don't understand how 3 inches of rearend travel doesn't keep the body of the tires with just 1 1/2 inches of tire clearance????
Thanks...been a good while since I've been here to the Hamb... This Bantam is a tricky build..without cutting it too hell n back..i guess this...
Rear axel to frame clearance for street driving..not racing..
Ya ok...ain't no Fuckin newbee...built this steel Topolino before some here where members.. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] There is plenty of room on...
How much Clearance between body and rear Axel? For street rod??
No ....it didn't come with anything besides the main body...and all the wood for roof filler and wood for the business coupe rear interior...i met...
Right note I'm leaning toward the setup i used on my Topolino..super bell skinnier then stock 4" dropped Axel..posiie super slide model a...
RJP you're talking what I've envisioned...BUT.. I love the way my Topolino drives...been told its a bit of am oddity..a Topolino with a model A...
Looking at which way to go..model A spring pocket or T bucket style suicide perch...thinking of finally starting a Bantam coupe build..most seem...
Building a 400 sbc with a x-c8 on the top for my fiat with a pair of 450 holleys with vac secondarys...had a x-c96 experimental unit on top of my...
Talked wife into going to last cruise in of the year at local..1 mile each way..first time she has rode in Lil Beast...was a terrible day at...
Well I'm sitting around waiting for the x.-c8 intake to arrive...having great memories of my 1962 Chevy II..which had a 427 built by D & J....
[ATTACH] Surgery screwed up 2018...Lil Beast got fired up and moved from one side of garage to the opposite....to the spot where my 84 944 was...
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I've listed the cheater slicks off Lil Beast inn the classified section in here...great chance to get a super deal on a pair of hi dollar Radir...
Drop for last time..property taxes due.. $550...not gonna be cheap to ship..of recommend a hamb relay...
[ATTACH] 325 dodge hemi hangs over model A rails too..no matter how far back ya push it
John, I'm running triangulated 4 link in the rear..with very short bars......QA 1 coilovers..About 15" or 17" long it seems.. the springs are...
Warm above average temps are really making me drool for rod time...but constant rain n snow....plus i go in at 11 am n get out at 7 pm...on a good...
Sucks when ya loose a good friend....sucks worse when he's your best friend and your hot rod buddy.... Love the wheel chock..i have same type...
Basically, i was just hopeful to shorten the original rear end...don't have a qc center section....just looking at using it for a project...
Ok..thanks for the info....i thought it could be done like when i helped a buddy weld up a broken jeep axle..we beveled the ends hard...trued it...
Well let's start off with this is virgin ground for me...but I've read about guys back in the day narrowing these when they installed a quick...
I had 12" speakers under the seats of my 53 Willys truck.in had metal boxes for mounting the seats...the 12"s dropped right into the top of...
That's alot of fuses!!!
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