Not Another 2x4 Frame Thread ?

Ok, I know it has been beat to death, but I had an idea to replace my 2a frame with something more solid

I was thinking with the proper pie cuts out of a .120 wall 2x4 tubing I could keep the frame sides straight.

The idea is that it would "mimic" the stock frame, but not necessarily be an exact match.

What do you guys think?

 

A picture is worth a 100 words..

 

I can guarantee whatever you do will be about 100 times more work than you anticipate even if you make it real close to stock. The frame isn't really that hard, its putting everything back together. Then when you have stuff apart its fixing or replacing the worn components, the upgrades that it makes sense to do then and so on.

I also think the bends that you will cut and weld with be difficult to do without warpage or another unforeseen issue without a jig and a table to fully affix it to. What I did was pretty simple.

 

Oh I agree that the whole project will be a ton of work.

I especially enjoyed your build thread.

 

I agree with 47v6...... he seems very realistic.

 

There is some pics out there doing exactly what you propose. Maybe it works great. There area also some pics out there that just stop, so it got to be too much or reporting on it was too much.. I dont know.

I thought about the whole idea of re creating the contours. I actually did do that with the long cuts on the angle before I plated it. I didn't drop it down in the rear because I wasn't putting a tow hitch on.

re installing the floor pedals is a nice vintage look, but the ability to have power brakes is just about nil with a frame mounted master. After driving my heap with power brakes, I would never go through all this work and not do swinging pedals and power brakes with a hydraulic clutch. Re installing th elinkag was difficult and unpleasant for the clutch, so i ditched it first with the long cable, and now with hydraulic. I liked the cable better actually, but this was basically plug and play. sorta..

It has made drivability exponentially safer and easier.