Hey AV8

[Bib_Overalls]

Saw an article in one of the Buckaroo magazines (Rodders Digest?) about building a traditional AV8 frame.  They used a Tardel repro crosmember and gave your book (the Bible) a good plug.

In Chaper 2, "The Frame" you position the front motor mounts first and locate the trimmed 32 K-member using a block and tranny. When I read that I asked myself "What about the wishbone?  Will it marry up or will it need to be massaged to fit?"

In the article they located the K-member by bolting up the front suspension and using the ball on the wishbone.  And then they used a block and tranny to locate the front mounts.

When I started building my Model A coupe in the late 50s I did not use a 32 K member.  My neighbor, * Tindal,  and I fabed one using 2" angle iron.  We positioned the front mounts using a measurement the late Gene Scott gave us.  He assured me that if I put them where he said the engine would clear the firewall.  Was that your logic in starting at the front and working back?

[av8]

Saw an article in one of the Buckaroo magazines (Rodders Digest?) about building a traditional AV8 frame.  They used a Tardel repro crosmember and gave your book (the Bible) a good plug.

In Chaper 2, "The Frame" you position the front motor mounts first and locate the trimmed 32 K-member using a block and tranny. When I read that I asked myself "What about the wishbone?  Will it marry up or will it need to be massaged to fit?"

In the article they located the K-member by bolting up the front suspension and using the ball on the wishbone.  And then they used a block and tranny to locate the front mounts.

When I started building my Model A coupe in the late 50s I did not use a 32 K member.  My neighbor, * Tindal,  and I fabed one using 2" angle iron.  We positioned the front mounts using a measurement the late Gene Scott gave us.  He assured me that if I put them where he said the engine would clear the firewall.  Was that your logic in starting at the front and working back?

That was pretty much it. We used a '29 cowl for early mockup and fitting and positioned the motor as close to the firewall as we could. It also positioned the pedals, shifter, and steering wheel in a good relationship.

BTW, in our eagerness to be helpful we put too much emphasis on dimensions when we should have encouraged mockup, and let the builder find his own dimensions.