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Thanks guys, much appreciated! I'm going to get started on the front suspension soon and I've decided to do a combination of torsion bars and air shocks so that I can raise and lower the front end. I've never seen it done, so it should be interesting. More to follow on that...Is there any reason that I can't invert the batwings to lower the hairpins?
Even up on blocks and jackstands it still looks low! Huge gas tank, interesting extended firewall (for foot room I presume).As far as reversing the batwings, I don't see why not, except it may screw with your caster. That would be easy to compensate for. But be careful: my buddy Michael's car has low hairpins and they scrape everywhere.
Quote from: Rubberhead on August 23, 2015, 07:14:53 PMThanks guys, much appreciated! I'm going to get started on the front suspension soon and I've decided to do a combination of torsion bars and air shocks so that I can raise and lower the front end. I've never seen it done, so it should be interesting. More to follow on that...Is there any reason that I can't invert the batwings to lower the hairpins?Love it .... perfect example of a rat rod. My build ... torsion bars from a Ford explorer ... shocks not mounted yet ... can't really see them but I can get some better pics in a few weeks. When I go back together with it ... right now it's down for welding.
I would love to see some pics of your rear suspension.
That's some good fab skills you got there .... and your right about the patina on that tank .... looks like it was born there. How much lift are you getting on the rear with that setup? Mine is about the same setup and I only get about 8 inches with D2600 bags. Which is enough but since my front stays at 6 inches clearance ... the rear lifts to give it that wheel barrow effect. I get 4 inches clearance about mid frame .... wonder if that is enough?
Very nice work. That gas tank is awesome.
I just wanted to add one more pic:
Quote from: Rubberhead on August 24, 2015, 07:49:50 PMI just wanted to add one more pic:Glad you added that pic which raises a question. Is that green on the firewall a reflection off the engine ? Or, did you drive it so fast some of the engine paint blew off on to it. LOL
Quote from: JustBob on August 24, 2015, 07:36:25 AMQuote from: Rubberhead on August 23, 2015, 07:14:53 PMThanks guys, much appreciated! I'm going to get started on the front suspension soon and I've decided to do a combination of torsion bars and air shocks so that I can raise and lower the front end. I've never seen it done, so it should be interesting. More to follow on that...Is there any reason that I can't invert the batwings to lower the hairpins?Love it .... perfect example of a rat rod. My build ... torsion bars from a Ford explorer ... shocks not mounted yet ... can't really see them but I can get some better pics in a few weeks. When I go back together with it ... right now it's down for welding. Thanks and I would love to see some more detailed pics, particularly of both ends.