OT:where to start on a custom ride.

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:30:24 -0600, "Mulatz" wrote something wonderfully witty:

A little piece of advice. If you don't know where to start on a project like this, don't. I have been told I am not allowed to use a broadsword to disprove ?The Pen is Mightier than the sword?.

You have not given us a lot to go on here. Custom means a lot of things to different people.

What are you going to do for a body? If you are buying a kit then you will want to use the frame that the kit maker recommends. If you are doing a street rod, there are a lot of chassis kits available. If you are building the body yourself, welding a tube frame is a small additional job.

Check out this website. This is a way to use a 5 liter engine and not have another GD Cobra kitcar.

Good luck.

Erich

I know where I need to start on this project and its getting a decent frame one which to start building on. Before I do start though I want to get information so that I don't have to do it twice. A defeatist attitude such as if you don't know where to begin then don't is no fun, if that is the case I pick a spot and start going, it may be the wrong spot to start but I'll learn from that mistake and I won't repeat it next time.

is Mightier than the sword'.

Yeah I guess I should give a few details. I'm thinking of going with a 32 ford body style (fiberglass). This isn't a kit, I will be making things fit and look the way I want.

There are two options that I am looking at:

1. 302 with t5 or better for a go-fast car (resembling the hot-rods of the

1. A unigue rod that isn't particularly fast but is very different than what people have seen before. example: 392 IHC engine with a mercury transmission.

I know there are a few frame types that people turn to on a regular basis for starting a project like this and I would like to draw on their experience if I can. I could build my own but then I have to get the brakes, suspension equipment etc....and that is much more expensive than using an established frame.

I was thinking of a Dakota frame or an S-10 frame (as they have been used for this before and have plently of suspension upgrades and mods) I was hoping a Ranger frame may work as I can get one cheap.

This is not an over night project but it does have a budget.

Thanks for any help. Kirk

Two pieces of advice.

Get a subscription to Street Rodder magazine if you have not done so all ready. Start asking questions at alt.autos.rod-n-custom or rec.autos.rod-n-custom.

Good luck

Erich

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:05:47 -0600, "Mulatz" wrote something wonderfully witty:

Sorry Dude, but if you don't know what kind of house you are building picking a foundation surely isn't going to help.

I have been told I am not allowed to use a broadsword to disprove ?The Pen is Mightier than the sword?.