![]() |
![]() |
#301 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Still making progress. On the Jag mount, bolts ran through and clamped it to the "frame rail". Here I will have longer bolts and run them through the mount, then a frame rail, then the other side of the mount and then another frame rail. It's complicated to explain, but easy for me to "see". Give me a week or two and everyone will see.
I have spent a ton of time centering, setting the height, locating fore and aft, and leveling the pinion. I've finally got it exactly where it should be. Looks like it will work very well, however - I will have to modify the floor at the rear seat about 2 inches, but it is in an area of dead space - unnoticeable on the inside of the car. Just more work for me! Yay.
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#302 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: West Plains, Missouri
Posts: 7,559
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Drew, based on your last pic, it's easy to understand what you will be doing...Jim
__________________
my build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=459839 Jimbo's long bed step build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...t=464626<br /> |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#303 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Rosenberg, Texas
Posts: 3,506
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
![]()
__________________
-Duane C/10 Club Texas member 1971 Chevy C10 "Brutus" SWB Fleetside 2016 6.0L (L96) 6L90E (driver/project) 1965 Pontiac GTO "Royal Goat" 400/TH400 w/AC (my baby) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#304 |
Simple? What's simple?
![]() Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Southeast CT
Posts: 1,472
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Is there a bushing, or some kind of metal sleeve, which will go in there to locate the mount? I understand your plan of attack, just curious what's going to bear that crosswise loading.
__________________
CURRENT '50 GMC 100 shortbed Gen IV 4.8 LS - 4L65E (Secret truck, Shhh!!!) Build '63 Buick Wildcat Coupe 401ci Nailhead (Very much in pieces) Photos '66 Impala SS convertible 327-QJet-glide (4 speed swap one of these days...) Photos '69 CST/10 4x4 SWB Stepper 350 2bbl - NV4500/NP241C (Broken Truck!) '72 Sierra Grande 2WD LWB fleetside 350-TH350 Refresh '99 K2500 Silverado RCLB 5.7 Vortec - NV4500/NP241C (Daily) '99 K2500 Suburban 7.4 Vortec - NV4500/NP246 (still working out the bugs) SOLD '71 Custom/10 2WD LWB fleetside - '72 GMC K/3500 Dually (Sold to redryder) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#305 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Metal sleeve is my plan, but I am at a loss as to where to get them, I can cut them to length, just need the dang thing. I went to Active Bolt today to get my longer bolts but they had no sleeves. They've been around since 1959. Any ideas?
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#306 |
Junk Yartist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Greeley, CO
Posts: 2,203
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
What size bolts? What about DOM tubing? Say you have 3/8" fasteners... you could get 11/16" O.D. DOM tubing with a 1/4" wall and that would give you a 7/16" I.D.
__________________
-Jeremy YOU ONLY FAIL IF YOU STOP TRYING 70 Crew Cab Build Link 70 GMC Suburban 4X4 build thread 95 Yukon Daily Driver Rebuilding an NP205 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#307 | |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Quote:
(said like Meg Ryan in the movie French Kiss when she flashes the diamond necklace around her neck)
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#308 | |
Simple? What's simple?
![]() Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Southeast CT
Posts: 1,472
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Quote:
Not affiliated, of course, but they are super handy ![]()
__________________
CURRENT '50 GMC 100 shortbed Gen IV 4.8 LS - 4L65E (Secret truck, Shhh!!!) Build '63 Buick Wildcat Coupe 401ci Nailhead (Very much in pieces) Photos '66 Impala SS convertible 327-QJet-glide (4 speed swap one of these days...) Photos '69 CST/10 4x4 SWB Stepper 350 2bbl - NV4500/NP241C (Broken Truck!) '72 Sierra Grande 2WD LWB fleetside 350-TH350 Refresh '99 K2500 Silverado RCLB 5.7 Vortec - NV4500/NP241C (Daily) '99 K2500 Suburban 7.4 Vortec - NV4500/NP246 (still working out the bugs) SOLD '71 Custom/10 2WD LWB fleetside - '72 GMC K/3500 Dually (Sold to redryder) |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#309 |
Junk Yartist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Greeley, CO
Posts: 2,203
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Yep
__________________
-Jeremy YOU ONLY FAIL IF YOU STOP TRYING 70 Crew Cab Build Link 70 GMC Suburban 4X4 build thread 95 Yukon Daily Driver Rebuilding an NP205 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#310 | |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Quote:
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#311 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Look Ma, no hands!!!
It's only just barely held in place with 6 bolts and only the new outer rails. I have a lot more to do here, a lot! Last picture is not black spray paint on the ground but instead metal shavings! See where the tire was sitting for the last week?
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#312 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Saturday Night Picture time!
Biz and I spent a good part of the day building a set for a high school play with some of the parents, ho hum. Then the fun started, designing and building the inner frame rails. The 2x4 is helping me check the height/level of the rails before I weld the inner ones on.
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#313 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Yeah, I finished them both.....
![]() You can see the front and rear mounting notches that I will fabricate a flat mounting surface to and then box that out so I can clamp it tight like the factory designed it. Its coming along!
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#314 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oblong, Illinois
Posts: 7,028
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Looks good Drew. I think I am starting to understand how the cage will be clamped.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#315 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
As I am working on my rear suspension mounts, I keep going back to "if thats the way the factory did it, it must be important" I had at first thought I would not have room for mounting "pads" for the brackets to nestle in to like Jag had done it, deciding instead to just let the bolts take the forces. I've reworked my design to go back to mounting pads AND bolts and I'm much happier about it.
I made the pads from qtr inch stock and after many test fittings and reworking, I was ready to weld. I simply laid the pads on the mounts so they would seat perfectly and then welded the pads to my frame rails where they were. I didn't want to be tugging or twisting the mounts to get them to conform where I thought they should go - easy to do since they are rubber. I know, I know, all day and I only got 4 small pieces of metal tacked in...I'll work harder next time.
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#316 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 285
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I love this build. Thanks for taking the time to document all the steps to make this work. If I live long enough, I would love to use the same suspension setup under a 55 2 door Caddie Hardtop - it would make an awesome cruiser.
Ricky
__________________
Rick's 55 TF/Fleetside/LSx build 1958 Corvette LS1/T56 Build 1966 GTO LQ9/T56 Restomod |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#317 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: West Plains, Missouri
Posts: 7,559
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
When working on something as important as this, time isn't a factor, correct outcome is, I feel you are on track....Jim
__________________
my build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=459839 Jimbo's long bed step build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...t=464626<br /> |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#318 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Sorry I've gone dark, but I've been engineering a Sportclips 3 store purchase which is quite involved. Long story short: I now own them and am in the process of transferring everything into my name, employee changes!, and general upgrading. I'll try to carve out some time for The Bride soon.
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#319 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: canton ga
Posts: 12,728
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Never heard of these stores ,tell us a little about them if you want to ,good luck.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#320 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
SportClips is a haircut franchise for men or boys with a sports themed atmosphere, playing ESPN on big screen TVs throughout the store.
www.sportclips.com
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#321 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 914
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Hey Drew how about that i am posting photos now of my friends'57 with a complete jag rear end in his truck. You are the only other person I have seen use the cage without using the kit. My friend Donnie felt it was cheaper and easier to go this route. GR8 minds think a like I guess, hahaha. GR8 work. The red arrows in one photo just indicate a temporary jig set up. I'm gona post more up date pics on my page now.
__________________
I'm not tail-gating, I'm drafting. ![]() http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=432758 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#322 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
Posts: 2,646
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Hoping for some updates on this one soon. Love this build.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#323 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: canton ga
Posts: 12,728
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Me too ,where is Drew .
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#324 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2015
Location: texas
Posts: 253
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#325 | |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 1,896
|
Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Quote:
__________________
Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
|
|