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dsraven · 03-02-2022, 11:11 PM

have you seen "project Tow-Rat (Lil'Blue) in the projects secton. he used a 1 ton front end on his. he built his own frame, really nice job, but the idea is there for you to see what he did. he is using ton wheels so there is a spacer on the hub to get the wheel where it needs to be, like a regular 1 ton wold have but possibly not as wide of a spacer? ! ton wheels may clear the steering box better, dunno the track width but the tires fit inside his fenders. I seem to remember one that had the cross member narrowe
d. Can't seem to access the code for that memory though, haha.
SGTUSMC is the guy with the 59 on the 88 frame. his is lowered I think though. it would maybe show the bump in the frame and maybe what he needed to do to get it under there. possibly if you don't want it on the ground the frame bump would be workable?
just ideas for you to look at. sometimes seeing how somebody else did something makes you think of a new way to do something on your project. you can search the site for that members build if you think you wanna see it.

03-02-2022, 11:11 PM	#49
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 7,858	Re: subframe question have you seen "project Tow-Rat (Lil'Blue) in the projects secton. he used a 1 ton front end on his. he built his own frame, really nice job, but the idea is there for you to see what he did. he is using ton wheels so there is a spacer on the hub to get the wheel where it needs to be, like a regular 1 ton wold have but possibly not as wide of a spacer? ! ton wheels may clear the steering box better, dunno the track width but the tires fit inside his fenders. I seem to remember one that had the cross member narrowe d. Can't seem to access the code for that memory though, haha. SGTUSMC is the guy with the 59 on the 88 frame. his is lowered I think though. it would maybe show the bump in the frame and maybe what he needed to do to get it under there. possibly if you don't want it on the ground the frame bump would be workable? just ideas for you to look at. sometimes seeing how somebody else did something makes you think of a new way to do something on your project. you can search the site for that members build if you think you wanna see it.