four wheel drive rat rod?????

[tburnett]

So I have this 31 four door slantwindshield model A body that I am building, actually it is on hold due to finances, but with it sitting there I can't help but brainstorm about it. I have been thinking of building it as a four wheel drive with, say, 35" tires on it. not an over the top rockcrawler, but a driveable, fenderless, fourwheel drive rat rod. Does anybody have any input or pics of any? I have seen the pink 32 that was on the 4x4 scene for years, but I'm curious if there are any more out there.

 

[Bonehead]

There are a bunch of them out there Terry, (at least two underway at my house).
A little searching should find a couple of different threads here.

 

[Got Rust?]

two wheel drive, more you can do with it looks wise, or sell me the body.
just my opinion.

 

[Tripper]

Here's on fer ya!!!

BoB

 

[tburnett]

Jeff I need to make it out there to see you sometime. I haven't found many pics , but I am leaning pretty heavily toward making it 4x4. It all depends on what parts I can scare up. It is all still on the drawing board for another few months anyway.

 

[Bonehead]

Here you go...
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3637&highlight=wheel+drive

 

[Tripper]

Here's another!!!

 

[Snake Farm]

Here's on fer ya!!!

BoB

Wow, now this thing is SWEET! What's it's story?? Looks like the front drive shaft will exit through the grille .......I like it[cl

 

[Willowbilly3]

There used to be an old Scout frame laying in the road ditch near my place in Willow. I always thought that looked like a great place to start, nice kickup on both ends so it wouldn't have to be so high.

 

[42chevy]

There is a '56 Ford F100 around here very tastefully done on a newer 4 x 4 frame. I normally don't like them but that one is cool. I had a cousin do that to a 1969 Mach 1, that was not so cool.

 

[Sam_Fear]

I like the how the front axle looks on that one. My idea would be to use a chain drive to get the front driveshaft around the motor. It would be sick to see a rat burnin asphalt with all four!

 

[Willowbilly3]

cool but look close, no front driveline, it would have to come through the grill.

 

[Sam_Fear]

cool but look close, no front driveline, it would have to come through the grill.

Yeah, I just like the axle as compared to a ugly Ford twin, etc. Not just the grill, how about the radiator and motor?! I thought of a chain drive linking the front pinion to a offset driveshaft.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Ever see a VX4 van conversion? They used an independent front with a separate shaft running to each wheel. A pair of thos, with the shafts running down the outside of the body, hmmm.
http://www.planet4x4.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5210

 

[Sam_Fear]

That would work great, but that suspension would look fugly on a fenderless. No worse, or maybe even better than regular IFS I guess.

4x4 Rat Rod in the weeds - another future project on my list....

 

[Willowbilly3]

That would work great, but that suspension would look fugly on a fenderless. No worse, or maybe even better than regular IFS I guess.

4x4 Rat Rod in the weeds - another future project on my list....

I was thinking you could fab the gear boxes on the end of a dropped axle.

 

[HOT40ROD]

Not the best picture. But here is the 40 Ford pickup I put on a 69 wagoneer chassis.

 

[Sam_Fear]

I was thinking you could fab the gear boxes on the end of a dropped axle.

Are there any straight axles that don't use a kingpin? Otherwise it looks like you'd have to fab the entire axle ends too since the shaft would have to go through the center of the pivot.

 

[Wilit Everrun]

I have a '29 four door that I am planning to make into a 4x4. Got almost everything except the time to put it together. Using a 250 chevy straight six and a 700r4 tranny and transfer case. I am using a ford truck rear and a suzuki samauri front end. It looks really good in my head. We will have to see though. I think it will be way up in the air to clear all the workings. I kinda like the truck in this pic.