Ranchero Articles

  Halo & Welding- The roof tubes are now in place. The rear section has been removed for finishing welds and additional bracketry. You can see the short support tubes we added to reinforce the upper shock mounts. Also, the anti-roll bar has been located. We moved the rear section Read More…

  Driveshaft Loops- We resumed with driveshaft loops. This image shows the front loop tacked in place. Here’s the rear loop tacked in place. Also a few extra shots. We got the other upper rear tube bent and in place. These pieces will be a nice finish to some of Read More…

  Upper Shock Mounts- We are using an adjustable upper shock mount set-up on the rear. The brackets were for a square tube chassis, so we re-notched the brackets to work for this chassis. Here are some pieces I made up to box in the brackets. Here’s how the pieces Read More…

  “A” Pillar Tubes- I thought of something I would like to share with those that are just getting involved in drag racing. Be sure not to get ahead of yourself when making modifications to your car! Look through the rules of all classes you intend to race in. It Read More…

  Dashboard Modification- Drilling the dashboard for the “A” pillar tubes was done very carefully. We wanted these tubes to hug the “A” pillar as closely as possible, not to create any more blind spots. We first began by taping off the dashboard where we intended to drill through to Read More…

  Rear Chassis Construction- Today we really got alot accomplished. Long day, but very productive! With having the rear section started, we went ahead and moved towards the rear of the truck first. I notched the remaining stock frame rails where the bumper brackets mounted to, for the cross tube Read More…

  Rear Chassis Construction- In this image, Pete illustrates the use of the angle finder to find proper angle for tubing section to be notched for placement. Here is an arial shot of the rear section starting to take shape. Pete engineered us some adjustable rear-end stands. This way we Read More…