1948 Liner Resurrection

[Silverflames]

The silver looking stringers are they made out of aluminum or galv steel?

[streamquest]

That frame assembly is truly a thing of beauty. Nice work!!

[AldeanFan]

Great looking frame,

If you use POR15 you have to use their metal prep cleaner first.

Have you considered having the frame powder coated?

[submariner]

the springs are new, so is the hardware, u-bolts and so on. I was planing on using the existing axle, but replace the entire backing plates with new ones. old drums are good. Any objections on this ?

I do plan on getting the welding on all pieces done today, so i can disassemble it and paint the steel.

I will post some more later.

[submariner]

Originally Posted by AldeanFan

Great looking frame,

If you use POR15 you have to use their metal prep cleaner first.

Have you considered having the frame powder coated?

I was reading somewhere , you can use the Chassis coat directly on Steel without primer.. thats while i only bought the chassis coat and not the rust coat. Any advice?
And if primer is needed, can i just get some self etching primer from the auto parts place or do i need to use the por 15 product ?

I do not plan on powder coating, as i can not get the outrigger off the center pipe after welding.. plus its overkill i believe.

[Lance M]

Originally Posted by submariner

the springs are new, so is the hardware, u-bolts and so on. I was planing on using the existing axle, but replace the entire backing plates with new ones. old drums are good. Any objections on this ?

I do plan on getting the welding on all pieces done today, so i can disassemble it and paint the steel.

I will post some more later.

I would get a complete new axle. You wouldn't want to do all this work and then break a spindle off of an old axle. Broken spindles are not uncommon.

[Melody Ranch]

Do what Lance said. The old spindles are a real problem to find appropriate bearings for....impossible if your on the road. Original had a 4 inch drop...I suggest a new straight axel ASSEMBLY...mounted below the springs. You will get all the new brakes, hub and hardware and extra ground clearance (which you will appreciate.) It will be cheaper too.

[submariner]

Mhh, new Axle? well i did not plan on getting a new axle, and i do not want to increase the ground clearance much as i want to keep the original appearance as much as possible. New Axle would also mean new rims and different tire size.. I have to check on that one..

got to see, if i maybe get a dropped spindle axle.. it would definitely be installed on top of the leaves.

[Melody Ranch]

The first gas station you pull out of. typical gas station with a n elevated drive, your pipe will be trashed and you will always wonder where the force has taken effect. A new axel has no effect on wheels and tire size...you pick what you want when you order it.

[submariner]

I was under the impression, that i will not be able to purchase new axles with the correct bolt pattern for my rims?

[submariner]

well, did some more work today. All frame parts are aligned and tacked in place. had to take some photos, before i take it back apart to finish the welding and paint.

[submariner]

frame is back apart,

was fairly easy though.
I cleaned up for today and will continue next weekend, as i have a regular job during the week

please feel free to comment with any advice you might have.

thanks

[submariner]

does anybody know, what size axle i need ? talking about weight rating though.. thanks

[submariner]

i have been working some more the last couple weeks.
The frame is entirely welded out and then painted 2 coats of por15 rust protection and 1 coat of semi gloss chassis paint... someone surely could have told me, not to get that paint on your skin... what a mess..

After pre assembling everything with bolts, i started to rivet all cross members with 1/4” rivets.. that took a while as well, as there are 300 rivets in this frame..

here some of the pictures i took during my progress :

[submariner]

Next project i did last week was the floor.
I used 5/8 plywood and cut it to size, first per template i made and then verified both end pieces under the shell, to make sure, my curves are correct.
After everything was verified, i epoxy coated both sides of the floor.. took 1 gallon of resin per side..

here some more pictures:

[Cochese]

Very nice!

[submariner]

I decided to use is a Bulldog pipe frame hitch. Heavy duty with 2 5/16 ball size. The OD of the pipe was 2 1/4. I welded a short sleeve of 2 1/2” schedule 80 pipe on top and then a sleeve of 3” schedule 80 pipe. both sides are welded solid. this was a tight fit, but worked good.. Both sleeves brought me up to the 3 1/2” ID of the pipe frame.. The assembly was then welded solid to the frame.. this should hold the camper i guess ... tomorrow i will clean up the welds and paint the hitch.. then i start assembling the floor and work on the new c-channel this weekend..


as usual, i keep the pics coming:

[calais66]

Very clean work! Looks amazing!

[submariner]

thank you for the compliment.

[streamquest]

Absolutely beautiful work!!! That has got to be about as good as it can get.
Your choice of the Bulldog coupler provides the period correct "streamlined look" with a very functional contemporary piece. Great execution!!