Deep Sideskirts for a '68 ??
#1
Deep Sideskirts for a '68 ??
Hi,
Does anybody know of some extra deep sideskirts that can fit a '68?
I need them to make the rocker panels around 2" lower than stock. I don't think the eleanor style skirts are that deep? Anybody know?
Maybe some universal model exist?
I am installing a '68 body on an '06 chassis and I need to have some "bigger" rocker panels because the '68 body cannot sit low enough on the '06 chassis because of headroom inside the cab....
Thanks!
Does anybody know of some extra deep sideskirts that can fit a '68?
I need them to make the rocker panels around 2" lower than stock. I don't think the eleanor style skirts are that deep? Anybody know?
Maybe some universal model exist?
I am installing a '68 body on an '06 chassis and I need to have some "bigger" rocker panels because the '68 body cannot sit low enough on the '06 chassis because of headroom inside the cab....
Thanks!
#3
Aeroform and Mustangs to Fear both make "Eleanor" style fiberglass rockers that are lower than the normal style fiberglass rocker (ie. SW Fab, Maier, Rebel, etc.)
Hope that helps!
Last edited by 82firebird; 08-03-2011 at 10:52 PM.
#4
Peanut gallery huh? Way to make freinds on a forum that you have posted on 16 times. You go dude. In the future please try and be a bit more civil and I will try and do the same. Sincerely, the peanut gallery
#6
I ship parts from the US over here all the time so shipping is no problem.
I will check Aeroform and Mustang to fear - thanks for the suggestion.
#8
There's also the matter of wheels/tires and their impact on ride height - are you sizing them outside diameter-wise more for the S197 chassis (~27" tall) or for the early sheetmetal (I think closer to 25" tall)?
Sounds similar to Bob and Wayne Julian's "SN65" project from a few years back. Information on that car is probably still available by googling on that term.
Norm
#9
The problem is not getting the S197 chassis close to the ground, but getting the '68 body low enough on the S197 chassis so the rocker panels on both parts line up - which they do not.
I will probably have to adjust suspension ride height later on in the project, but this should be relatively easy compared to all the other stuff on this car...
I have already welded the body to the chassis so that height is set. The decision on how high to install it was decided on how low the cowl was able to go and still keep the S197 front frame structure.
I am currently working on the quarter panels and wheel tubs and will finish this and the rear of the car before starting to work on the cowl and front area.
Many hours of thinking and measuring have gone into this already so most of it is fabricating parts. The only real headache I have left if the dash area because I want to use the S197 heater/AC but the '68 does not have room for the heater control ducting.
All systems from the S197 will be kept except for the passenger side airbag.
The SN65 project of the Julian brothers was actually a few years back my main inspiration for doing this project. There have also been done a similiar build to the SN65 for actor Patrick Dempsey, but I forgot who the builder was.
They both did SN65 chassis and '66 fastback bodies. I have never heard of anybody doing a S197 chassis and 67/68 body like I am doing which is kind of cool...
I am in no way a professional builder like they are, just a regular carguy with many years of hobby building experience.
I have a few pictures but I cannot upload them here - only link to an url??
I will probably have to adjust suspension ride height later on in the project, but this should be relatively easy compared to all the other stuff on this car...
I have already welded the body to the chassis so that height is set. The decision on how high to install it was decided on how low the cowl was able to go and still keep the S197 front frame structure.
I am currently working on the quarter panels and wheel tubs and will finish this and the rear of the car before starting to work on the cowl and front area.
Many hours of thinking and measuring have gone into this already so most of it is fabricating parts. The only real headache I have left if the dash area because I want to use the S197 heater/AC but the '68 does not have room for the heater control ducting.
All systems from the S197 will be kept except for the passenger side airbag.
The SN65 project of the Julian brothers was actually a few years back my main inspiration for doing this project. There have also been done a similiar build to the SN65 for actor Patrick Dempsey, but I forgot who the builder was.
They both did SN65 chassis and '66 fastback bodies. I have never heard of anybody doing a S197 chassis and 67/68 body like I am doing which is kind of cool...
I am in no way a professional builder like they are, just a regular carguy with many years of hobby building experience.
I have a few pictures but I cannot upload them here - only link to an url??
#10
You may be able to attach thumbnail pictures, although that might require you to have some minimum post count.
Norm
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