It has been a while that I posted on 55/57 Chevy forums, but I collected my pics and will post some of my progress. The work took me a while, because it ain't easy in Europe building a hotrod or classic car. Shipping and import are expensive. When I have the money, I don't have the time and when I have time I don't have money...
But anyhow I sold my old chassis and then had the luck to find two one piece framerails of a '57 four door sedan here in Holland. I ordered the narrowed frame clip from Progressive Automotive with the parts for mounting the 1987 C4 Corvette front suspension.
Here is the old chassis with Ford 9" ladder bars and the C4 donor car in front
The replacement frame rails and Progressive frontclip
I did not have a jig, so It was not easy to get started
I had lot's of measurements (my old chassis, factory frameplans etc) but none seem to correspond. Maybe I was to serious about measuring
I finally bit the bullet and just took the sizes that fitted my body best. There for I had to cut the bodybrackets of PA clip and reweld them in other places
I bought the Morrison crossmember, because I ilke that one the best
Used an old muffler to test if there was enough room for it
I studied numerous www pics and some place the rear crossmember in front of the body brackets and some in the back. I choose the later, but I cannot recall why anymore. The holes for the exhaust tubes are a crime to get in, especially those in the front that are angled
I test fitted the frame under my body and it worked out. The nose of the car and frontbumper all fit fine and are straight. I still have to mount the C4 IRS rear axle. I have bought the C4 rearkit from Laszlo/Classic Edge for it. I want my car to be low. My idea is that on most C4 builds I see the rearend sits too high to my liking. I will use Shockwaves all around and that will help a lot. But I want my 20 inch rear wheels deep in my mini tubs
Here are the rearaxle pieces after I cleaned them up
That's it for now