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This chassis was built by Boyd in the early
'80's. Alan had a few things he wanted to change. One was the front
crossmember. He really wants the car to sit good, so we built a new, flat
front crossmember. Combined with a superlow front spring and the car
should sit real well.
Here
we added polished stainless brakelines, also moved the motor mounts back
1.5" (better radiator clearance for a mechanical fan with shroud). We
also relocated the steering box for better geometery between the tie rod
and drag link.
The
chassis originally had a fruit jar master cylinder. Something you really
don't want to use today. Unfortunately there wasn't room to just drop a
new dual master cylinder in, so we removed the fruit jar and started
making room.
We
had to lower the brake/clutch arm a little (new master a little taller
than fruit jar), move the mount forward a little, notch the back
crossmember and also mill a bit of the length of the master. We also
needed to move the clutch linkage pivot arm back. A bunch of little
things in order to make it work, but it's all in now.
We
also boxed the motor mounts after the were moved back - adds a little
strength and looks nice
Alan
wanted a rear sway bar, so we adapted a TCI unit. It was just a matter of
changing the brackets that bolt to the chassis and making new pieces to
attach the arms to the ladder bars
Here's
the chassis ready for the body to be bolted on so the rest of the buildup
can proceed.