Design Phases 3D model of frame

**bdkw1** · 09-07-2019 04:35 PM

Millenium also gets my vote for best looking car.

Funco has some decent looking cars also.

funco.gtf_.studio5.jpg

**67StingrayJ** · 09-07-2019 05:30 PM

Yeah, those funco buggies are nice, but expensive. I love the air ride suspension. My old man has a Lincoln mark VIII wasting away in his garage with a 4.6L V8. Maybe I could steel the air ride suspension and the motor and build a funco inspired buggy.

Hey, how do you guys post pics in the thread not as attachments?

**K-fab** · 09-07-2019 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by 67StingrayJ

Hey, how do you guys post pics in the thread not as attachments?

Host the pics somewhere then link to them using the middle icon in the right hand window of icons (link, remove link, pic, video, cartoon comment ballon). When you link, unclick the retrieve remote comment.

Or you can do it the old fashion way: [IMG ]location of picture[/IMG ] without the spaces in the bracketed stuff.

I should go in and see if I can make the attachments show up larger - I'm sure there's something somewhere in vBulletin that will allow it.

If the site goes down after I post this, you know why.

**kustomfab2003** · 09-08-2019 01:37 AM

I'm a fan of the Racer class 10 cars as well as the Full Potential cars. I might be biased because I used to call on them once a week selling them welding supplies and seeing all the behind the scenes stuff. But they build some nice stuff. Same with BFD, Funco, Chenoweth, JP designs, Desert Dynamics, RaceCo... etc. All of those were in my backyard and I was in all their shops...

**JGSturbo** · 09-18-2019 12:42 PM

I just had to say I'm honored to have so many mentions.
When seeking travel, tire size is huge. Whats the point of more travel if the chassis hits the ground.
Getting crazy with backspace helps on the rear. I'm sure one could do 4 corner non-plunging, well designed A-Arms or 3/4/5-link would be mandatory. The drivetrain in my MC car build would be perfect. A sami T-case was my first notion and you would have all shaft drive. Rear engine 4x4 would be fun, my MC car was never a "wheelie machine".

**67StingrayJ** · 11-19-2019 10:40 PM

ok, been busy just like normal. Got some cad time and now I have a problem. I did everything point to point stick just to get everything in nice alignment. It looks really good. the problem comes in when I try and put a 6" radius bend in the tube. Connecting tubes that once held everything together are no longer able to do so. How do you put a bend in a pipe and still have all the corner connections meet up? Am I making sense?

**67StingrayJ** · 11-19-2019 10:43 PM

Additional screen shots

**K-fab** · 11-20-2019 01:50 PM

Good to see you back with progress.

Roof had issues.
You're trying to make the roof a hoop and tie to a-pillars. A-pillars should become the roof line and tie the two together across the top of the chassis to form the upper windshield frame. Rotate that bend from horizontal to vertical.
B-pillar has a couple of short dead end tubes (Blue). Rotate the top of those forward to complete a hoop by meeting at the crossbrace on the back of the roof.

Avoid dead end tubes if at all possible.

**67StingrayJ** · 11-20-2019 04:08 PM

ok, I changes every different tube to a different color for ease of discussion. I follow you on the roof line. tell me I followed you correctly. what I don't know what to do is where the b-pillar comes into the roof. see the first picture. I had the entire thing as one large hoop. do I keep it that way?

Also, I can't tell what to do at the bottom of the a-pillar. it's all a mess.

**K-fab** · 11-20-2019 04:23 PM

Definitely better. The light green cross bar at the top with the two short legs has me a tad confused.

I see that you're tying in the roof but it's kinda funky with the double cross tubing. Main hoop should be one piece, a-pillar into roof line (like you have) then back to main hoop. From there, back to tail of chassis (c-pillar, if you will).