‘52 Chevy Pickup: new frame Pt.2
After the frame rails were finished I welded in a cross member over the kickup. I then tacked a light piece of angle between the rails in the front to hold them at the correct distance. I propped the rear frame and the subframe up on blocks at the ride height. Both needed to be trimmed, I found the spot on the subframe where the rear frame had the closest match and torched it off. I determined how long the rear frame would have to be to have the correct wheelbase and cut it off. I then slid them together as seen below.
Here is another pic. At this point I slid an oversized piece of 1/4″ plate in the gap between the front and rear pieces of the frame. I then butt welded each t0 the plate and trimmed off the excess. I then boxed it in, but you’ll see pics of that in the next post.
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