Dear Welder Series…
Hi Dave
Just a quick email to make sure your parts arrived in good condition, and most of all to make sure you’re happy with them. I hope you’ll get a chance to go through the catalog that was with your order and let us know if there’s anything else we can help with. Remember… we also do custom work.
Thanks very much for your business.
DW Horton
Welder Series Inc.
Hey guys,
I’m very satisfied with the entire process. As a matter of fact, I’ve got the cross member and spring pockets tack welded in
place…..Looking to purchase more stuff to do my brake/clutch and rear-end installation.
Dave
Thanks Dave, I’m glad you’re happy with everything. I would like to see some pictures of your frame!
Talk to you soon
dw
dw
here’s a photo of my frame. Just an old ‘52 Dodge, that I saved from the crusher. I’m concerned about the spring tower angle (from horizontal) It’s about 15 degrees. Is that correct?
Thanks,
Dave
Dave, this is a very good picture of the installation. The upper towers look fine. The angle is correct.
Thanks for the picture and the positive feedback.
Paul Horton
Dear Welder Series…
I’m looking to do a 56″ wide MII on a ‘64 Volvo PV 544. The frame stubs are somewhat hat shaped like a 40’s Chevy.
The main rails are 21-3/4″ inside above the hat and are 2-7/8″ wide.
The hat is 20-1/8″ inside and 29-1/8″ outside.
At desired ride height the bottom of the hat is 14-1/4″ above the ground. The lower a-arm pivot is at 8-5/8″ above the ground and the spindle centerline is 11-1/2″ above the ground.
I haven’t found any diagrams that give the same sort of info for a MII. Is your standard kit any where near being able to fit in the confines of the Volvo frame rails. I’m a competent fabricator so I can change the rail tops as may be required. The car will be getting 10″ rear tires and widened fenders so an icreased track width in the fron can be accomodated by fender mods there too.
Thanks for any info you can supply along with a price including shipping to 49442.
Charlie
Thanks for this note, Charlie.
Here is some dimensional info about our MII crossmember:
The 56″ crossmember is 30″ wide outside the “wings” on each end.
The crossmember can weld to the bottom and the outside of the frame
rail, when this is practical.
The top of the crossmember is 3″ higher than spindle c/l. The
bottom of your frame will pretty much be sitting on top of the
crossmember “wings”.
At the top of the wings, the dimension from inside corner to corner
is just over 25″.
The spring towers will not work easily with this frame configuration,
because the upper arm cross shaft will be lower than the top of the
frame rail and the cross shafts will be on 29-1/2″ centers (approx).
The frame o.d. is too wide for the arms.
It might be easier to make new frame rails from the firewall forward, or
at least in the crossmember/spring tower area. The WS14340 kit can be
notched so the frame will sit at the ride height you want. Could you
design the frame section so the bottom of the frame is about spindle
height and the frame O.D. is about 30″?
I hope this helps. If there are other dimensions you need, please get
in touch.
Paul Horton.
Thanks Paul,
Doing some measuring today I realize that I’ll have to modify the upper portion of my frame. That’s really not a problem I think. The good part is that it looks like I can add a flange to each side of the MII crossmember to facilitate bolting the crossmember in place while determining ride height.
I will order a WS14340 kit in the next day or so. I appreciated your help – very clear.
Charlie
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