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?
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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?
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:
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:
...and a normal truck bed depth:
Finally, here's the FFR '35. Compare it to the steel-bodied rods at the top of this post:
Last edited by David Hodgkins; 09-21-2018 at 12:39 PM.
FFR 5369 Pin Drive, IRS, Trigos, Torsen, Wilwoods, FMS BOSS 302 "B" cam , Mass-flo. CA SB100 (SPCN) Registered
Delivered 4/23/06. "Finished" 4/2012 (still not done!)
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
"May you be in heaven a full half hour before the Devil knows you're dead"
If you lower the bed much more then you have to move things into the bed. for instance....
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