This Nova will be getting a stock front subframe mounted into it (and it'll be tied into the tube chassis). The owner of the car wants a sway bar and everything, so I think it will be getting a kit from Ridetech (along with their Muscle Bar front sway bar). I will be installing some TRZ stock front suspension A arms in my Cutlass project and I'll do a video about that at some point as well. It's getting eyelet style front coilover mounting brackets too. I also plan to do a video installing some Fox Body front suspension stuff as well pretty soon. What kind of car are you working on? Also, thanks for watching!
@@keefershotrodshop working on another 69 nova , last one was a 25.2 full chassis car.. but this one im wanting to do 25.5 or 25.3 and integrate it into factory front frame section.. was just wondering how yours tie in.. nice builds by the way you do good work..
@@shanelawrence4406 Cool! and thank you! I am planning to send the 2a inner frame tubes up to the brackets that hold the engine mid plate in that are welded to the front clip frame rails (they will be oversized to reach down that low) and I plan to weld 4 bolt flanges to the ends of those tubes to bolt to those brackets, I also plan to build front clip bars that will weld to the dash bar (and have bolted together 4 bolt flanges where the front clip tubes will be cut in-plane with the firewall) which will weld to the front frame clip in front. The car will also have a stock firewall and floor pan, which the front frame clip will also bolt to like stock, so the front frame clip will still be removable, but will bolt in in 8 places. That way if it needs to be changed, or if it is to be replaced with a tubular unit one day, it makes the job easier and provides for more versatility.
@@keefershotrodshop yes that's kinda what I'm wanting to do and have been finding it hard to find any videos on anyone doing something similar.. hopefully you put out a video of it.. keep the videos coming man I appreciate the time you put into em
@@shanelawrence4406 Cool, I will keep them coming, and I do plan to do a video on the front end. It might be a while, but the main thing is having reference points and distances from the cowl or other structures that you can use to locate the clip. Then it'd be best to tie it into the 2a inner main tubes and run some front clip down bars to it from the dash bar area. Also thanks, it is a lot of time and work making videos, glad it's appreciated!
Thanks! It's definitely a neat project, I'm stoked to be building it. It should be a really sweet, and hopefully fast, car when it's all together. I will hopefully be putting up another video on the rear of the chassis soon. I appreciate your viewership and comment.
Hi im a new at this I cut my ladder bar crossmember a little short is it ok to weld 1” flat steel on the rockers so i can weld the crossmember to it please let me know what you think. I know you usually use 1/8 flat steel.
It might be difficult to weld such thick (1") steel to the rockers, and might add a lot of weight. You can sleeve and extend the bar if done properly with a tight fitting internal sleeve that has a few inches of length in both pieces of tubing being joined and rosette welds. If "1" " is a typo and you meant 1/4", that would probably be okay. I use 3/16 steel a lot for bracketry and tabs, if that might make enough of a difference, that would be a good option too. Good luck and thanks for watching!
