Under carriage build

[BDowning]

As some of you know I like to make as much of my own hot rod parts as I can (because I'm broke)

Last year I made a bunch of ALum parts for under the hood & ended up getting them chromed:

Started as:


Ended up as:


And the final product was:



The out side of the cars was finished with Zanio and a Tribal Flames done by Jim Boytnot:





This year I started to do something to the underside of the car, as most of my projects go it keeps getting bigger. It started out to be just lower the car, so I purchased some springs . Then I needed to get a relocation bracket for the LCA's , soo I made both of them:







I also made a couple of adjustable Pan Hard Bars

[BDowning]

I made a Torque Arm last year but decieded to make a couple of them for friends:















Someone told be about a Watts Link so I looked them up and decieded to build a couple of them:













I need to find out where my trans leak is coming from before I get to far along. I might have to pull it because I think it a front seal
Once all of this is done then I'm going to paint the under side of the car.

Thanks for looking & stay tune for updates

[pajeff02]

I remember the photos from last year of your underhood work. Very impressive! Looking forward to more pics as the work progresses.

[35th-ANV-SS]

Awesome fabrication work!

[BDowning]

UPdate

took the frame for the Watts Link home to test fit it:



Bill

[LoneGunman]

Very nice work! Fabricating is fun, I've done my share on project cars in the past BTW, what is a Watts Link?

[BDowning]

Very nice work! Fabricating is fun, I've done my share on project cars in the past BTW, what is a Watts Link?

A watts link is the race version of a pan hard bar:

http://www.fays2.net/fays2_watts_link_15_.html

Check this out!!

Bill

[third_shift|studios]

[0verkill]

nice work bill

[LoneGunman]

WOW!! You are saving big bucks on that Watts Link! Awesome work

[Z28boy2000]

wow thats great work

[Z06-Goose]

Nice work.
They look solid!

[BDowning]

Thanks guys....this is what a poor boy has to do to fix up his toys.

Stay tune there will be more goodies

Bill

[beach cruiser]

next up, decoupled tourqe arm? Will you build me a Watt's link? pleazzzz

[BDowning]

next up, decoupled tourqe arm? Will you build me a Watt's link? pleazzzz

You know.....I might.....sooo far it has not been a pain. I'm building (2) of them now but I think the one is sold. (one is for me)

Bill

[LETHALxLS1]

Great work man! That airlid is amazing

[BDowning]

Great work man! That airlid is amazing

Thanks .....it was a lot of work but worth the time

[Mean Green Z28]

very nice work man, nice to have all that equipment at your disposal

[BDowning]

First I must right a horrible wrong i failed to add that I have had a ton of help from my wife, she is the best help I could have, Thanks Honey!!! does this get me out of trouble

WE went back into the shop this Sat. and finished up everything I ,,,I mean we had going.



We finished up (12) Adjustable LCA, which I took a set to the Chromer last week. And (2) Torque Arms & ends









We started on the door panels:





the wife found the perfect color:


Thanks for looking
Bill

[BDowning]

Chrome goodies back from the chromer, some from last year that needed to be re-chromes and som parts from this year:





Hood supports:


My new LCA's:


Bill