Fordmuscle Ranchero Tube Chassis Project

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 can have the rear-end in place at ride height with the tires out of our way.

You can see that the upper bar section has been conquered! It ties the rear section and the hoop together through the four link.

Nate has been a big help contributing to the fabrication and construction of the chassis for the Fordmuscle Ranchero. He moves fast and gets things done. He can barely be seen in this photo in the background. Me and Pete keep trying to help him with his distributor(Chevy) problem! lol. Thanks for all you do Nate , You Rock!

The ziptie is holding the rear section to the main hoop. This will allow the rear section to be completely removed from the truck once it is tacked together, to complete all Tig welds with ease. This particular ziptie is a remarkable peice of equipment donated by Sean Bryk and With a high-grade plastic component, the strap-shaped part is surrounded with the high-grade plastic. During manufacture of the plastic component, it is arranged in high-grade plastic in such a way that it can take up contraction strains of a high-grade plastic. After manufacture of the plastic component it, is durable by bending yet removed quickly by a set of side cuts! Thanks Sean! Not the type of sponsorship I was looking for… Gee, you shouldn’t have! Hah