'51 Hodge Podge

[kvjb]

I managed to put the box on yesterday to check the wheel offset and the wheelbase, quite the ordeal by yourself.

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I'm happy with the way the wheels sit in the fenders so I trued up the centers and welded them in. Wound up with 5.5" of backspacing on the 7.5" rims. It gives me about 3/4" clearance on each side. Hopefully it will be enough with Heim joints on the panhard bar.

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I also decided to put in a small notch in the frame. I used some 4" pipe and then I got ridiculous with the reinforcements. A 5/16" plate in the center of the frame over the notch, another on the outside of the frame and then boxed the inside as well. There is a thread on here where someone ran all the numbers and said that with the outside plate and the boxing plate, the frame would be as strong as original so I added one more to the equation just in case. I plan to use it as a truck on occasion.

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