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Senior Member
Turn signal hole dimensions
Hi All.
I am finalizing the build of my body buck in preparation for the kit's arrival in a bit over a week. This will be a minimalist body buck design which will hang below the deck off the back of my house, and I am taking a page from this design with the two primary supports bolting onto the body at the front and rear turn signal mount points:
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/show...l=1#post165404
Can somebody tell me the center-to-center measurements between the turn signal holes (distance between left and right for both front and rear)? I've been searching for a diagram showing this but no luck.
Thanks!
Jason
Last edited by Traveller; 08-15-2019 at 04:26 PM.
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The simplest thing you can do is run a couple of 2x4 boards across the wheel arches, one front and one rear. Set a brace across the cockpit, front to rear, and the hang the body from the 2x4s in the wheel arches. Make sense?
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Senior Member
Yep, like Papa said, use a couple 2x4's in the wheel wells and you're done. No need to over think or over build something just to hang the body from the ceiling. I hung mine with rope and plastic hooks in the wheel wells, was there for over 6 yrs, no issues.
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Senior Member
Dang it you guys, don't you know I like to overthink and over-engineer everything?
Thanks!
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Well, instead of 2x4's in the wheel wells, you could use 4x6's if that counts as over-engineering. It's very likely that your body buck will weigh more than the body.
Built FFR9457. 351 Windsor, TKO600, 3.73. Fitech EFI. Russ Thompson throttle pedal, turn signal, and trunk pan. Carbon Fiber dash with Speedhut Revolution gauges. Paint by Jeff Kleiner.
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2x4s are already an over-engineered solution. You could easily use 2x3s. The body only weighs about 100 lbs without the hood, trunk, and doors.
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David aka Ducky2009
Originally Posted by
Traveller
Can somebody tell me the center-to-center measurements between the turn signal holes (distance between left and right for both front and rear)? I've been searching for a diagram showing this but no luck.
44" front & rear
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