My question is: How do I determine how high/low to mount the crossmember to get my desired ride height?
Author: DW
Waterdown Swap Meet: perks for 1940 owners!
From the Waterdown Swap Meet website:
We’re pleased to be commemorating the 70th Anniversary for 1940 model vehicles. Free T-Shirts, Lunch & Admission for all 1940 model attendees! Please respond (to 905.689.8104) by May 10th to register.
Click to see the event flyer.
It’s tempting to bring the ’40 out of storage… We’ll have the ’32 in a 10’x20′ area with a whack of catalogs, ready to chat! Stop in!
Dear Welder Series… coil over questions
Dear Welder Series…
Hi, I intend to order the frame rails and body next month, and I am sorting parts lists. One question for a coil over kit. What will the normal coil over length at ride height and what spring rate works with a Hi boy, I have a sbf and a bbf, and will open up the bbf to see if it is rebuidable soon. ? Any mfg. recommended?
Sherman
Dear Sherman…
Sherman, a good coil-over ride height is 13″. Several companies have coil-overs with an open dimension of about 14-1/2″ and a closed dimension of about 10″. It would be best to ask the coil-over people about spring rates. Some have progressive would springs, others have linear rates. An example a 200 pound linear rate is that it takes 200 lbs to compress the spring 1″ and 400 lbs to compress the spring 2″. A progressive wound rate would be that it takes 200 lbs to compress 1″ and possible 500 lbs to compress the spring 2″. The rate you will want will depend on many factors: actual weight on the rear, shock mounting angle, ride quality that you want, etc. Heidt’s, QA1, Aldan, and Total Cost Involved are good sources.
Knoxville Adventures
This year, we left on the Saturday before the event and travelled through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and then into Tennessee. Our fenderless, hoodless, repop Olds air cleaner on a crate motor, 32 3-window hummed along without a care in the world.
Step Notch Assembly Video
Video assembly guide for our rear step notch kit.
Eaton product literature library
I was going through my bookmarks and came across this library of Eaton hose literature. This includes all their Aeroquip hoses and the reduced diameter air conditioning hose I used on the ’32: click here for the article.
New video at www.jfkustomstv.com
Check out a new episode of JFKustoms' online tv show...
New Product: step notch kits
This new step notch kit we're introducing is still a step notch, of course, but it has some advantages that we feel are significant.
www.canadianhotrods.com
Just thought I’d share a quick link to Canadian Hot Rods, “Canada’s only hot rod magazine”. Lots of neat features, videos, etc.
See what we’re up to, up here in the Greht White North!
Hotrod Hotline Young Rodders
If you haven’t checked out the Young Rodders section of Hotrod Hotline, now’s a great time! There are some great cars there… everything from early Fords to late model (ok, 60’s) VWs.
Dear Welder Series… rear 4 link brackets
I am interested in buying your 4 Link bracketry; does it come with, or can you provide, some instruction of how to locate the frame brackets relative to the axle brackets?
Dear Welder Series… MII control arm dimensions
Do you know the dimension on the upper and lower control arms on a stock Mustang ii.
Montana Dodge Boys
The story of a group of guys who, on a $100 bet, and in only ten months, designed, engineered, & fabricated a flathead four cylinder 1928 Dodge Roadster and set a few land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Back From Knoxville!
Apparently it was quite a trip! The route to Knoxville was a bit roundabout since they stopped in Virginia on the way.
’32 Update: License Plate Lights (article 54)
These stupid little lights in the spreader bar took FOREVER to decide how to make. Not that it took a long time to actually fabricate them - it took a long time to decide the cleanest/tidyest/smallest way to do it. Here's what we came up with.