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Eastwood makes products and creates a larger market for itself through informational and instructional videos. Pretty smart business model.

this is actually a pretty informative video for 12 minutes. If only I had a big enough garage to build a car like this or to even house the tools I need

I want to say a big THANK YOU to Eastwood and to Matt for making these videos. Yes, I know Eastwood is trying to sell their products but the videos are great and very informative. And I have bought several things from Eastwood so that's got to be good for them too right? Just nice to have them show you how to make a nice frame table and then how to use it properly as well as all the other fabrication videos.

Boxed in an outlaw frame and put a 34 fiberglass vic body on it here in Canada! That was 40 years ago, I was one of the guys helping on the frame. Very cool

This video series is exactly what I need! Thanks Eastwood, please keep it going!

So awesome to see all this info, coming from a family that was not into hot rods, more just small mods to their 70's and 80's muscle cars, finally can see all the info I need to get on my way with this 1948 Dodge Panel Truck. Wicked info, thanks

Another great video Matt and the rest of the Eastwood guys! Thanks for doing these.

Matt, great video as usual. Thanks to you and the Eastwood team.

Very useful info without any fluff. Mad respect, I'm subscribed for sure.

Really enjoyed this. Very clear and easy to understand.

Nice to see competent MIG welding. MIG is often a cheap process and not often done so well.

I found the video informative. Just what I needed to make get up and start using all the old parts laying around. Time to rebuild Dad's roadster back to the way it was in 61. Thanks for doing this and other videos with the older cars.

Eastwood sells some great stuff!

Practice , practice, and practice. It can be done. My co workers sound like you. All i can say is steady hand and practice

Never to old to learn from the pros! thank you great vid.

Love watching builds

It's amazing how simple vehicles were

This guy has a perfect voice for doing demos

I love what ya'll do. Love watching the vehicle projects. It's difficult to follow the builds because the videos are scattered all over. I wish you had a playlist per vehicle. Thanks for the videos!

I love this video, one day I'll be doing this for my Dodge Panel Van. Like your pilot house, but the Panel model

wish i was doing this 15 years ago when i had a full shop & equipment instead of wrapping lowrider frames :(

i KNEW I'd seen that Iron Trap Garage dude from somewhere !!!

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This is so helpful to me i like hot rod i injoy driveing my car i joyed takeing it from junk to driveable eveyone always ask me why did you buy it for and told them i am going to build me a hot rod

That welder looks pretty good and is pretty cheap for what it is and the welds it makes and you have proof it is a welder capable of making a chassis. I have seen people try to repair a frame with a harbor freight 90 amp mig. The welds do not hold up to that kind of weight. I have seen tests where people have hit the welds with a HF machine with a hammer to prove it is strong or stand on it but when it comes to a chassis an HF welder can neither build or repair the frame of a car. For those who don't know. Notice the gas bottle behind the welder and then you automatically know he is running a 220v mig with gas and solid wire. Why is he doing it that way? Because the machine produces not only better welds but also strong welds and he is not producing any spatter so by using a good machine he is welding something he knows will hold up and is not subject to any scrutiny. HF welders are good for things like spot welding body panels and pretty much any 22 to 16 ga sheet steel, It can also produce a weld on lower caliber firearms and depending on the structure of how the gun is made could also be used for up to the .45 ACP or 9mm rounds as long as it is a submachine gun configuration comparable to the sten. HF welder is a light duty welder so do not ask it to do more than it can do. Oh and they are also excellent for if you mess up a hole placement when you are drilling it can weld the hole closed and allow you to relocate the hole. I would also go as far as to say the HF welder could also repair sections of a unibody car that does not have the traditional frame and that is simply because they us intelligently bend sheet metal to form rocker panels and so forth so the steel used in a unibody car is very much within the 22 to 16ga realm. I have actually never seen a rocker panel over 16ga thick (by that I mean the rocker support not the external panel). If its the only welder a person can afford and you simply cannot go out and buy a better machine or a new car or can't afford to have a shop do it for you then by all means attempt a fix with the HF welder even if it is on a car frame because logic tells you even a HF weld from a 90 amp mig is better than just letting it go and is also stronger than the void that rotted out.

Great Video!!

Great video! When offsetting the frame why didn't you pie cut the first joint instead of all the thin cuts and extra welding?

Ford Model A. When Hydroforming steel was at the heart of car building. NHTSA in 2022, made a decision that reproduction factory built classics can be sold as new. Retro will only get bigger and better now.

Hi , I know this is an old video,I have seen it over and over .I love the work you did,and do now with Iro Trap. Can I get this information in a book form. I dont have a Model A. I lost that deal. But I want to build a rolling chassis. I'm a huge fan.

i was thinking same .here in the uk we have to go all out or not at all nice go cart shassis tho

little almost everyone dosent know besides me and car experts that i made a model t during sixth with my friend riley and probably the most popular for a month. we still do burnouts with that car today.

I love Eastwood

That is the Mona Lisa of hot rods

This is awesome! Great video and killer build! Congratz Eastwood guys... Question: where to find measure to build the chassis?

Looks awesome! That's why the fabricator is so expensive...

great job

Are the dimensions available for purchase or download as PDF anywhere? great video!

I'm watching this on Rust Bros show - right now! let's see how they compare

You know what would be awesome. a modern frame with a beast of an engine and exposed springs mached with a old bodey.

Great vid. Maybe i missed it but what steel did you use?

I must admit that despite that being the crudest chassis ever the size and thickness of tubes make it just passable from a technical point of view.

Sir pls sent video about how the monocoque chassis are manufactured

I knew I recognized him! Iron trap

hi what tools do i need and how do you make it and how do you shape it

this is the best

Top Shelf!!!

If there is any such thing as a PhD in metal fabrication, I think this is what it looks like. Matt, did you learn that in High School Shop Class?

Any way to get a blue print for the chassis?

That's awesome

Nice Job, We saw a lot of measuring and bending, but, , Ya never mentioned where you got your dimensions and geometry from.. Do you have blueprints for a Model A, or, , maybe copied another one, , or is it by looks, fit and gut feeling..?? .. SIZE matters..

What is the strongest type of chassis for collisions? would it be Ladder or Diagonal beamed chassis?

as a welder I have to wonder how safe that chassis is, I didn't see any beveling before you welded, vertical down does not penetrate very well and not plating the top of the relief cuts is a bad idea since you ground all the weld off

Have you a set of drawing for this chassis .measurements etc

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Hi guys! Just found this topic from your channel. My question is. Will my chassis lose their regidness once it was welded and replace a part from a donor chassis?

Hello, thank you...if you can explain about the type of profile and alloy, I would appreciate it

Is it road legal to make your own chassis? and drive it on the road?

Do you guys have a video about taking a pre-existing chassis and extending it a few inches?

Matt, how thick is the metal you are using for the frame on the 1930 coupe? Would recommend using 1/8 inch thickness for a street rod frame? Thanks for your answer in advance.

Are there written instructions with measurements available?

Real accurate, using a felt pen and bad weld preparation.

Wat if i cant get the equipment you used... I just need a simplified chasis with home made tools

Is there any way to get a copy of those chassis plans/blueprints? Thanks

Where do you get the axles and wheels from and how much were they ?

is there a way I could buy a chassis from you

Oh this frame an original 1930 model A pickup.

Where can I get plans to build this frame ?

Ha ... .that is soo cool... my builds are not as cool but I'm working on it! LOL

What Metal do you use? Stell of what type?

cool!

I wanna do this

So a Model A frame flare out towards the rear. I see you didn't do this. I'm guessing that it's because you aren't going to use stock body mounting. I made relief cuts much like you did to accomplish the flare out. I drilled 1/8 holes at the front of the frame on each rail across from one another. I used these as my zero mark to properly position all body mount holes and crossmember locations. I worked for Freightliner and that's the way frames are built at our factories. I had a stock frame that was in bad shape, rust and cracks, but it was square. I also drilled 1/8 holes in it at the same location and used trammel a trammel bar to transfer locations.

Hi and thanks for your vids they are good question , if I wanted the body for a 32 convertible at high boy lines is the frame angles you show here right for this car I see you channeled this body low where's I want higher and hi boy lines thanks

Ong it’s Matt 😂 iron trap garage never realised

Hey Eastwood Company. I am new to welding. I heard that tig welding is ideal for this type of job; however, I see that you are using a mig welder. Is your mig welder just as good as a tig welder? Am I getting wrong information? Thanks for your time.

Can you give me the measurements for the engine mounts. Motor will be 350 Chevy, thanks

This is so fucking awesome.

thanks

Eh, A bit of information, but a lot of misinformation. The front frame horns show a distinct lack of penetration, and the welds for the swoop you didn't bevel at all. Also, not a single fish plate in that rear kick. Build it, but build it safe!

2:17 . .. just wondering if that is 100 wall For the frame rails I will be doing a 1934 Pontiac sedan.. with a 400 / 400 turbo.

How does he know how long the frame needs to be? and how does he know how much of an angle he needs? was he looking at blueprint's? how do I get these blueprint's? :o

Do you use the original rear axle from the model A ? I want to put a 350 cut smallblock in my model A but I am unsure if the rear axle is strong enough to take the forces. Thanks

I really want to know how to build a hotrod.

Where did you get the Plans from for doing the Frame?

Nice kob

What kind of welding did you use ??

Hi. Are the plans available? I'm interested

Nice

Is suspension also a chassis part???

what length is rectangular tubing is for making the chassis

El mejor chasis de ford a

Is the mig 175 welder good for making a tube chassis? Im new to welding and dont really understand what machine I need

now i just need a manufacturer plate with a forged serial number!

What are you using for tubing size 2x3 and wall thickness .188" or .250"???

What if I wanted to use the trunk? And have a mean rake on it so ass up nose down but not too low? Also why are y’all doing structural welding with MIG? I do want to build a rat rod but not sure what years are exempt from having to have hoods and fenders and which are too new.

its actually simple. but still would want help

so this is the eastwood that sells car stuff body and paint? the one with the catalog?

How much caster did you set on the front crossmember?

For all the effort of building new frame rails you could've Z'd it, used a front drop axle, and got the car equally low. You'd have preserved the original interior space and lowered the weight of the engine and transmission, producing a better handling, more comfortable and more stable car. I'll never understand why present day hot rod builders insist on using the worst solutions possible for every problem and handwaving it as "traditional". OG hot rodding was about innovation and coming up with the best solution you could afford to implement!