stewert raceworks prerunners

[dezerts10]

How is the stock steel cab attached to the the chassis of the luxury prerunner they build? they do no thave any stock portion of the frame rails left do they? im trying to get ideas fot my project. pictures would be rad

Gregg

[Dezertpilot]

Well u know how it is a wide lower area instead of the frame rails, so Im sure they just make the proper attachments to the cab. Im sure you are looking for more piks than an explanation. Finally come to your senses and scrap that POS s-10 frame?:)

[dezerts10]

for the most part yes ryan. we were looking at it again today fo the first time in a year and now that i have a virtual kartek in my room and garage that 100% tube chassis would be easier, cheaper, cleaner, and better. i just have no clue how to attach the sheet metal to the tube work so its solid. Prolly gonna cut the floor and fire wall off and go from there as well.

[Dezertpilot]

Thats a pretty ambitious project Greg. Good luck and hope it all comes together for you. What do u have in the way of parts so far?

[Mike @ pit b]

Look for pics a Steinbergers prerunner. That's how his was done

[dezerts10]

Thats a pretty ambitious project Greg. Good luck and hope it all comes together for you. What do u have in the way of parts so far?

everything but a chassis.

i got a few good people helping me out its been way to long since i have driven anything with 4 wheels inthe dirt. its gonna happen.

[Dezertpilot]

Give me specifics dood! Like what shock/size/etc. Motor, etc. I am pretty interested....

[dezerts10]

and looking at the feature of steinbergers truck i thought thats how it would be done. looks way easy. id prolly plate the tubing to the cab all the way around instead of just a few sections though.

[ErikShallbetter]

If you want to figure out how to do it just cut out your floor and firewall and throw away the frame. Then you'll HAVE to figure it out.

[dezerts10]

haha yeah i guess that would kinda force the issue.

[dezerts10]

haha yeah i guess that would kinda force the issue.

dont you have an f150 project? i think i have seen pics of it

[mfs]

i used to work there, its just welded on with new sheet metal. the whole floor and firewall is cut out. alot of work. they get about one done a year. u have to take the windshield out just to clean the air filter!

[MX808]

From what i have seen they put the cab on a jig table and go from there. My truck however has some of the framerails left so th cab just sits in stock location but connected by tubes and the cage also.

[ErikShallbetter]

Yeah, I was only partially kidding. I haven't worked on the f150 in a while but plan to get back to it once the class 3 bronco is done. I was attaching the cab to the cage by welding sheetmetal from the tubing back to the cab where the old floor would have hit by the doors. I was also going to attach at the windshield pillars and door posts, and the back of the cab under the rear window.

Good luck on the truck!

[Scott_F]

Gregg, I am building a similar cab on tube frame project. I suggest you run your floor tubes next to or under your rocker boxes, and plate to those tubes. My cab roof sits on the roof tubes, and the floor tubes run under the rockers. It would be clean to butt the tube up against the rocker pinch weld if you have one. You could consider using square or rectangular tubing under the rockers.

[baja619]

i used to work there, its just welded on with new sheet metal. the whole floor and firewall is cut out. alot of work. they get about one done a year. u have to take the windshield out just to clean the air filter!

They had 3 under construction a few weeks ago. They seem to have a much better system going and are now able to get a few more out within the year time frame.

They are truly amazing and complex machines, so if I was the customer I think I would not mind waiting or spending more to have it done right and avoid headaches and problems in the future.