American Motors Xperimental full frame

[andrewb70]

Ron,



I'll be sending my GTO in the spring so you can whip up a custom frame for it in a couple of weeks. Ok?

Andrew

[Flash68]

Yeah no kidding... Ron you are a machine.

[wellis77]

Looks awesome Ron! What are you using for your notches? Thanks.

[Ron S]

Looks awesome Ron! What are you using for your notches? Thanks.

If I remember correct, its a Pro Tools notcher. Dominic is a master on that notcher, most of the time it only requires a scotch brite pad to clean up the ends, and its perfect.

[RS_Customs]

Man....... a couple days since the last update????? What have you been doing???? lol

Happy New Year buddy!

Robert

[Ron S]

Still crazy busy at work, drilled the spot welds yesterday to remove the front clip. Originally I was going to try to use the sheetmetal inner fenders and core support, but figure I might as well have a jungle gym in the front to match the one in the back. My new game plan is to make a new firewall which will be part of the chassis with pedals and column. I need to set the engine and trans back in the car to see how big the dog house will be, really hoping I can use the original dash.

[RS_Customs]

I bet your busy around now. Hit me up when you get a min.

Good idea on keeping the steering and firewall all on the chassis. You have to drive it without the body at-least once lol.

Robert

[Ron S]

The cage work is about done, lifted the body back off to finish welding. Will set the engine back in this weekend to run the exhaust, and get the firewall built. Big tires are mounted on the front, just has rollers on the back.

[coolwelder62]

Ron,Looking real good.

[Ron S]

A few more crazy pics

[SRD art]

Wow Ron! Just getting caught up and I see these insane photos. That's unbelievable, man this car is gonna be soooooo way bad. I hope that after lots of practice after I get done with school I can walk in your footsteps one day. Keep up the great work, you're an inspiration!

[Zanie]

Ron,
When you were building the mustang, i caught your thread right at the start and would check it daily.
I'm glad to have another thread to obess over. This car is so cool, I can't wait to see it at motor state.
Now don't take this the wrong way, but without the front end and with those huge front tires...

[DCPerformance]

Got 95% welded up tonight.Just a couple gussets and she's done!!!! better take the trailer to work tomorrow..LOL

[Mr. Anderson]

This is -the- coolest project on this board, hands down.

[HectorM52]

This is -the- coolest project on this board, hands down.

Agreed.

Ron, thanks for taking us on the journey with you. Your threads are freakin' awesome. And the fact that they move along at such a rapid pace just makes them even better.

I can't wait to get a ride in this thing at RTTH or where ever you have it out to play.

[chunger]

Seriously Ron, you could subsidize your build costs be selling tickets to your shop when you have a build going on...

[bonecrrusher]

Ron - car is looking awesome.

Cant wait to see what you have in the works for the body mods.

[preston]

People used to think I worked fast when I had 30 hours a week to devote to the car hobby (pre-children) but you are really gittin' her done. I would like to see some more x-bracing int he floor though, I know you have that torque arm in the way, but when I was doing my chassis' in Grape analysis, the x-bracing in the floor from corner to corner was huge for stiffness. YOu have those nice solid steel floors on the outer rockers but they are not tied together. If it were me I'd bring a tube from each "floor boxed corner" and bring them as close into the trans x-member as possible. Probably not even possible on the front but there is definitely room in the rear. Just a thought.

[fordsbyjay]

It looks like some kind of Batman car.

[BulldawgMusclecars]

Ron, this build is keeping me just as entertained as your Mustang did! Awesome work. I love the fact that is an AMX, which you almost never see modifed much to begin with, and it has tires on the front that are twice as wide as what is typically seen on the rear!