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Paul Horton’s replies to tech emails.

March 14, 2012

Dear Welder Series… 1957 GMC truck four link?

Dear Welder Series…
Hi, I contacted you last year before Christmas sometime and was going to order up a rear 4 link with air bag brackets. Since then things have changed and now I will be doing the same thing but with a smaller axle. It is the gm 8.5″ from an S10. The axle tube dimension is less than what your brackets are cut for. Do you have a different axle bracket to fit the smaller axle tube diameter? Or do you have a suggestion for my problem?
thanks,
Dennis

Dear Dennis…
Builders have used a short length of tubing, 3″ O.D. and the same I.D. as your axle tube, as a bushing. Split the tube into 2 “C” halves. This will make up the difference in the axle to bracket diameter. It will also spread the load over a wider area for more strength.

Thanks for asking, Dennis.

Dear Welder Series…
Hi Paul,

thanks for getting back so soon. This is going to be installed on a 57 GMC truck. I am thinking the bars should be sort of parallel with the road at ride height, which means the lower bar will be below the frame quite a bit. Do you make a frame bracket for these trucks?

thanks,
Dennis

Dear Dennis…
I have a similar bracket that was designed for the Ford F1 truck. One bar mounts just above the bottom of the frame rail and the other is lower. Will check it out when I get a few minutes.

Thanks for asking.

Paul

December 30, 2011

Dear Welder Series… Brake/ Clutch question

I had a question as to whether or not you have, or can come up with, a combination brake and clutch kit utilizing a GM style brake master cylinder and a Wilwood single reservoir clutch master cylinder to be installed in a T Bucket with straight frame rails.

November 14, 2011

Dear Welder Series… pieced-together four link kit?

I was looking at your big bushing triangulated but all I need are the axle mounts, bars, bushings, and some upper shock mounts. I wouldn't need the axle tabs or either frame mounts. Please let me know what my best option would be.

November 4, 2011

Dear Welder Series… Pro Street Model A Question

Hey, I'm looking at your 4 link pro street kit, and would like as well a kit for coil overs and panhard bar, for a 31 Ford.

October 28, 2011

Dear Welder Series… 1960 Morris Minor Mustang II?

Have you made a kit that would fit this car?

October 28, 2011

Dear Welder Series… 1940 Olds Mustang II?

I have a 1940 Oldsmobile that I have replaced the front end with 2 parallel 2x4 rectangular 7ga steel tubes. I now need a crossmember to fit this arrangement.

October 13, 2011

Dear Welder Series… spring over axle?

Looks or not, is rearranging the spring location from in front of, to over the axle done and is it a matter of “builder’s choice”?

September 23, 2011

Dear Welder Series… 1933/34 Ford Vega Mount Location?

In your #2072 Installation Tips on Model A and 32 Fords you reference a measurement from the radiator mounting hole for the Vega Steering Box Bracket, do you have a measurement for 33/34 Fords or an article I can reference?

September 16, 2011

Dear Welder Series… What Kind Of Steel Do You Use?

What kind of steel are your tabs and gussets made from? Mild Steel?

August 30, 2011

Dear Welder Series… 1948 Chevrolet Pickup Mustang II?

My question is, which of your M-II kits do you suggest for this application? I can figure out the outside of hub part easy enough but do you have certain kits that are made especially for the AD GM trucks?