1952 chevy home made frame build

[Pop's C-10]

killer build

[hotrodjoe1952]

Originally Posted by Thinkblue4 Evr

Thank You to everyone for the positive feed back
The wheel base is the stock 116 inches.

that is cool, i am now wondering why a guy on here set his up at 117"

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

We have gotten a lot done since the last time i posted and we are starting to see some results and i have to say it looks pretty sweet. Im not gonna say anything because a picture says 1000 words.

[Deabt54]

Looking good buddy, and I just posted some more pics of my rear section.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

yah i saw that yours is looking good to.

[Kim57]

Looks great.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

That's really going to be a nice looking frame!

[sgtusmc]

I don't see any bare spots on the frame. All I see is red, So guess your done with it. It looks really great.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Thanks everyone we are pretty much done with the frame and just need to put the shock mounts on the rear we havent decided if we are going to run coilovers or the mono leaf.

[NONHOG]

With as nice as the frame looks, can't wait to see how the rest of the truck looks.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Well right now the rest of the truck is in pieces but i hope it turns out as nice as the frame is. everyone has a vision i think and in my vision it will be nicer than the frame is.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Here is the ride height we are looking at it will be a little lower.

[Kabwe]

The frame came out really nice, great work on it.

[z71xl]

I just started building the frame for my 54 gmc, waiting on my 87 corvette front and rear end so i can figure out my ride height. I took all the measurements off a stock frame...what did u use for measurements? Whats your ride height set at? Hoping mine looks as good as yours when done!

[Fat Mike]

Originally Posted by Thinkblue4 Evr

Here is the ride height we are looking at it will be a little lower.

How did you attach your running boards and your battery box? I just wonder because everything was enclosed on the backside.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Originally Posted by z71xl

I just started building the frame for my 54 gmc, waiting on my 87 corvette front and rear end so i can figure out my ride height. I took all the measurements off a stock frame...what did u use for measurements? Whats your ride height set at? Hoping mine looks as good as yours when done!

We got a factory assembly manual and it had a drawing of all the specifications of the frame and we built it off of that and made almost everything to the stock dimensions. the ride height i really havent measured but i like it and it looks good. Thanks for the positive comments.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Originally Posted by Fat Mike

How did you attach your running boards and your battery box? I just wonder because everything was enclosed on the backside.

The tube steel is 1/4 inch thick so we just drilled and tapped it and it seems very strong.

[Fat Mike]

Thank you for the info!

[dicer]

Wow, great stuff.
And this should show others how to build a custom truck, and not goof up an original frame to boot.
I would like to know what kind of paint your using? For the frame and body etc.
Also what is the thickness of the steel tube for the frame rail sections? 3/16 ths???
And are the other dimensions approximate to the factory rail and beam sections?
Very excellent job, is it all welded wire feed?

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Originally Posted by dicer

Wow, great stuff.
And this should show others how to build a custom truck, and not goof up an original frame to boot.
I would like to know what kind of paint your using? For the frame and body etc.
Also what is the thickness of the steel tube for the frame rail sections? 3/16 ths???
And are the other dimensions approximate to the factory rail and beam sections?
Very excellent job, is it all welded wire feed?

Yah hopefully the guy that originally started this truck reads this because it was a mess. We used Rustoleum for the frame and we are going to use tcp global hot rod flatz for the paint.
the frame is 1/4 inch thick and we used the same dimensions as an original factory frame. My dad tig welded everything on the frame and wire fed and tig on the cab.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Playin with photo shop
if it looks familiar i borrowed it from Mylow53

[z71xl]

Whats the measurent from the ground to the bottom of the running board? Finally got all my suspension components minus the flat out front crossmember. I got all the dimensions from a stock frame and all the steel, just cant wait to get started!

[z71xl]

What degree do you have for the kickdown on the front of the frame? Am I wrong or does it start just rear of the crossmember?

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

sorry i havent updated in a while but ive been busy startin football again. any way we havent done alot but started doing body work on the cab and havent gotten the hang of it yet. also got some parts to rebuild the door hinges. will post some pics probably tomorrow or the next day.

[Thinkblue4 Evr]

Originally Posted by z71xl

What degree do you have for the kickdown on the front of the frame? Am I wrong or does it start just rear of the crossmember?

All of our frame dimensions are stock but i think its 3 degrees or something around there. and it starts just before the rear axle.