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Date Posted: 22:20:41 04/29/08 Tue
Author: J1
Subject: Re: Question.......
In reply to: JB 's message, "Re: Question......." on 13:25:52 04/25/08 Fri

Deuce, if you want that dropped axle front end I've got, I'll give you a pair of stock '54 Chevy Bel Air 15x6" Steelies (The cool ones with the inner clips) for the front. I'd run some 6.00x15's up front, bias plys are the ONLY way to go on early cars, radials are for late 50's-60's hoopties. Out back something taller, like 7 or 8". I'm running 4.50x16's up front, and 7.50x16's out back on original '41 Steelies. I know of some '34 Ford Spokes for sale, but you'd have to run adapters or run early Ford bolt patterns.

All I gotta say is... On a Fat Fendered-through-mid sixties car/truck...you can mix & match parts and generations of parts, since most of it is hidden, and get away with it. On early cars of the 20's-30's, the better you stick to a plan and build it era specific and not mix-n-match parts...the better the end result will be. Take my Model A for example... Nothing, NOT A THING, newer than 1959 on it. It keeps it simple, it keeps it traditional, it keeps it cool, it keeps it what it's supposed to be. Anybody can toss together a shitbox with junkyard Camaro parts and bubble gum weld sticks to make shit driveable and fool people into thinking he built something cool. When in reality, the person who follows that style ends up being the fool in a worthless, unsafe, thrown together heap. You gotta be safe, and you gotta be cool. When you're ready to build your frame, let me know, I get steel at cost, and have a frame jig at my disposal.

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