1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver

[Coach529]

Originally Posted by mechanixman

I'm a little late to the party, but for others that haven't boxed their frame yet, why not weld washers inside the frame?
The only problem I can come up with, is that you can't fit a lock washer in between the washer and the frame, but to fix that, you could just weld a lock nut on instead.



Is there any reason the piece you made to notch the frame sticks out past the boxing plate?

I do not understand what you are trying to explain with the washers.

Notch is made out of 4" wide flat strap. I saw no need to trim it down any.

The extra width will come in handy when I mount some bump stops.

[mechanixman]

Originally Posted by Coach529

I do not understand what you are trying to explain with the washers.

Well instead of making access panels, so you can hold a washer/nut combo inside the frame while you thread the bolt from the outside, weld the nut to the inside of the frame. (Kind of like using a tap.) That way, all you need to worry about is threading the bolt on.