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Has any one modified the frame to lower the bed floor height to it proper level? I understand that FF is using the roadster frame to save on tooling, but doesn't this truck deserve to have a proper looking bed?
KenWilkinson
09-12-2018, 05:49 PM
Has any one modified the frame to lower the bed floor height to it proper level? I understand that FF is using the roadster frame to save on tooling, but doesn't this truck deserve to have a proper looking bed?
Changes to the chassis would ruin the rear suspension.
David Hodgkins
09-12-2018, 06:10 PM
I've been looking around for another example I have that is a '32 with an open bed to demonstrate but the fact is that when a truck is slammed like the '35, the bed is usually raised to clear the rear suspension. Here are a couple of steel-bodied '32s as examples:
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93109&d=1536793566
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93108&d=1536793560
In both cases you can see that in order to have a flat bed, it has to be raised to clear the rear suspension.
HTH,
:)
EDIT: Here are a couple of shots of a "normal" '35:
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93111&d=1536794229
...and a normal truck bed depth:
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93110&d=1536794218
Finally, here's the FFR '35. Compare it to the steel-bodied rods at the top of this post:
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=93112&d=1536794504
Presto51
09-21-2018, 12:10 PM
Easier to put a tonneau cover on the back and store your gear, than to modify the chassis, which would require a complete new redesign, defeating the purpose of a kit that you can put together in your garage.
I guess you can call me lazy.
Ron
TDSapp
09-21-2018, 01:34 PM
If you lower the bed much more then you have to move things into the bed. for instance....
http://hotrod.sapp-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Truck.jpg
Tom Veale
09-22-2018, 08:39 AM
Easier to put a tonneau cover on the back and store your gear..................Ron
Yes, A couple of bows and fixtures, like a sailboat cockpit cover would do the trick.
Tom
Houdini
10-05-2018, 10:18 PM
I am thinking of building a alum diamond deck hip roof with about a foot of riser under it but want to keep it below rear window, I cary a lot of junk in trunk usually my car trunk and whole backseat is full, I want to road the truck a lot
PS I did a rear wheel bearing on a merc on labor day sunday in a motel lot in Illinois