Well, I've learned that apparently this web site won't allow pictures OR URL's until and unless I first make three posts..

Oh, I just thought.. this is the second,.. look for number 3 and then I'll try to post the URL....Grrrrrrrrrr

ok, Now let's see what happens...

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/PaulGerdes/49%20Ford%20Coupe%20Start%20Mid%20May%202011/?action=view&current=Jagdwggray001-JagDwggray2finally.jpg#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc231%2FPaulGerdes%2F49%2520Ford%2520Coupe%2520Start%2520Mid%2520May%25202011%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DSintonCar49only.jpg

Last edited by Daze (5/01/2012 5:46 pm)

49 FC here.
Right click on image. Then select view image. If you want to post it here copy and paste the address then put the address in [img].......[/img]

Last edited by Ralphy (5/01/2012 5:45 pm)

Welcome Aboard!

You can do the same with any image on line.

Last edited by Ralphy (5/01/2012 5:48 pm)

So your showing 2" clearance inside and 3" above the tire? How much travel are you looking for?

Ralphy

Hang tight the Jag guys will post soon I'm sure. Day the board owner will know.

Ralphy

They are inboard.. check it out
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/PaulGerdes/49%20Ford%20Coupe%20Start%20Mid%20May%202011/?action=view&current=SintonCar49only.jpg#!oZZ4QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs28.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc231%2FPaulGerdes%2F49%2520Ford%2520Coupe%2520Start%2520Mid%2520May%25202011%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DDSC00994.jpg

Thanks for the info, 'Stang...

I'll definitely have some sort of bushings between the pumpkin and the frame. I had seen SnowWhite's setup a few weeks ago, but have not called to check on pricing yet... maybe the way to go, actually.. unless he charges an arm and a leg...

I was also just wondering if anybody knows the "nominal weight" that gives the "horizontal axle" condition. Hell I guess I can google Jag weights...

It's information like you gave me that makes all this project work come out right, and not wrong..

Thanks again..

Oh, and the tag (there is only one) indicates 2.88 ratio.. there is a stamping in the machined surface next to the cover the appears to be an "L" above an "E" and what looks like "2" and "5". There is also an "86" above the "2" and "5"... so I guess it's an '86 ???? The flange to flange dimension is 61" (or 60.75?)

Thanks, 'Stang...

I "thumbed through" the roll axis stuff, but will return and digest it thoroughly. Did you check out my link to my build/photos? I added a fair amount of text to explain what's going on with each pic as appropriate. I'm using an S-10 front clip (already welded in), and the frame is dropped about 3.5". My target ride height for the rear is 6" , and the front will be just slightly lower. I'm planning for the car to ride just like the "original" in my avatar. A "better" pic of my avatar is the first in the series of about a hundred pic's that I've posted.

Hell, if you want to talk about bad handling, when we were kids (15 to 17 years old), we knew NOTHING about ride dynamics. When we reversed the front spindles on the stock '49 front end, the wheels rode real goofy (dont'  remember which direction), so we took a huge torch to the spindles and bent the hell out of them till it "looked right", then took off down the highway.....the funny part was that one had to be VERY careful turning corners at anything over 15 mph, cause the dang thing wanted to turn all by itself .. so one had to pull the steering wheel OUT of the corner...........hahahah... made for some exciting rides.... but nobody was hurt, and the only wreck I ever had was when I  was in HS, after a dental appointment, and still "gassed up", I decided I'd drive by Austin HS (it was about time classes were letting out... well, I made a left hand turn and locked horns with a tan '55 ford at about 5 mph. Three grand damage to the front end. Then when I got home (on my birthday, no less, I had a "dear john" letter awaiting me from my GF..................... bad day... ahahahah . That was in Dec, 1962.

Oh, and due to the wheelwell height, and interior width, face to face, of the wheelwells, it appears (notes at the bottom of drawing) that I need to cut out (ideally, for 1/2" clearance on the wheel wells, 3-1/8" from each axle/LCA.... but probably will cut 3.5" just for grins. The wheels are stock Chevy truck 15"x8" (inside the flange).

And I just found this forum about S-10 geometry. DANG I have a ways to go before I'm done, it appears..

http://www.v8s10.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=28250

'49 Ford Coupe wrote:

And by the way, could you "reshoot" the picture of the catalog, maybe zoomed in or closer at a higher resolution? I can read some of the notes, but some of it just blurred together....

I went to Pop Brown's website, but found nothing that looked like what you posted..

Thanks

I found a pictures of Pop Brown's catalog in another forum.  I have not been able to find a better copies.

Are you going with 15 inch wheels for the traditional look?  Something like this:



The reason I ask is that as you remove the wheel/tire you can rotate the bottom inward.  The lack of outboard brakes on the Jag allows you more clearance than you would have on a live axle with outboard drums.  I guess with your 15 inch wheels and tires you need about 8 inches.  If you could go with a 17 or 18 inch rim you would need only about 6 or 7 inches.
This car in Custom Rodder has 18 inch on the rear and 17 inch on the front:

Yeah, I saw the 11 inch dimension.  If you rotate the wheel in the well as I mentioned you might gain a couple inches.  But the only way I see you getting the wheels and tires mounted right now is if you disconnect the coil-overs and drop the arms down a bit further or flare the fenders for clearance.  I had a similar problem on my '57 Nomad so I feel your pain.  I solved it by rolling the lip on the fender well and going to 18 inch wheels.

Last edited by irstang (5/03/2012 10:31 pm)