I appreciate your commitment to safety . The work and thought that you put into builds like this is very honorable , thank you and may you be forever blessed !!!
Hi Tony. The tips are good. The safety tip for the angle grinder was a real good one. There's a reason that it's called that the death wheel! If you don't respect how much power is that little tool, it will hurt you. The frame is looking good. Nice and clean. Thanks for the video!
Some time back, there was a guy on the news here in Australia showing what happened when a cutting wheel exploded and hit him in the eye. It took out his eye and a big scar above and below his eye. I've had two of these cutting wheels explode in the past, shrapnel went in all directions except towards me because I had the guard on the grinder. Always safety first.
I’ve got access to hundreds of channels on TV and many thousands of UA-cam channels. I prefer to watch the most common sense builder, body-man fabricator and craftsmen. Nice work Fitzee.
Excellent workmanship and design on the frame and safety bars.I love watching you work.Looking forward to seeing it hauling down the track.Hurry up,I am 80 years old and love drag racing.Blessings.
Great information Tony . I see so many people build cars and they throw safety out the window . my mind says if ya want to go fast first thing ya do is make sure the brakes are better than good and that it is safe . fun never includes death. Thank you Brother.
Mr.Fitzee, Sir you're a gentleman & a scholar young man!!! I preciate that you are very informative bout how you go bout fabrication and giving up some of the secrets to the one's in these new generations that preciate your knowledge!!! An one other very important fact that you always try'n explain how important safety is above all other things when it comes to try'n be the best fabricators that they can be!!! I don't know if it will let me drop a couple pics;but, I'll try. Thanks so very much for your time & help instructing all'ove the want'a fabricators and that's me included!!! Joe Clement
Some years ago, I knew someone who had the front universal joint on the driveshaft fail. He said the driveshaft dug into the road and lifted the car up and almost rolled it. The floor was also pretty bashed up. After that, I fitted a drive shaft loop in my car, because back in those days, we drove a bit faster than I do now.
I think it would look good with a X bracing at the back going to the shock mounts and a diagonal one on the roof just throwing out some ideas to you the car is looking really good you might even need something in the firewall when you go to put the sheet metal in It’s a lot of work doing this stuff by yourself 💯👍
Don't see alot of X's in cars these days. It was done to keep it from twisting. I'm running a anti sway bar and that what that does. As for one in roof. I thought about that. Think it be something I'll hope my helmet on. Lol
Don't think I've got the patience to do the kind of work you're doing on that car of yours!! To do the kind of work you do takes just that though. My hat is off to you!
Very impressed with your fabrication skills. In the process of building your race car, you must have gotten a rule book of the do's and don'ts of building your race car. Very impressive indeed. Again all this done with 0.23 wire. Thanks for the education.
I'd definitely agree with You Fitz with securing the shifter and seat undermount brackets, that's a smart way to go about fitting things up, especially, when your racing, it's called wisdom..Why take the risk it's just not worth it.
Excellent safety precautions with the grinder. Had one explode on my cousin while he was working in my shop. The disc literally disappeared! Found it a couple of weeks later 18 feet up in the roof insulation
Tip: using light-weight card, wrapped around the tube end (think: toilet roll type tube slipped over the 'cage' pipe), you can easily copy complex curves from one pipe to another. Using tailors tape (or the fancy printed tape measure type tape) you can 'clock' the 4 cardinal points around the circumference of your pipes, from the original to one your trying to copy the same end profiles to. Leave a 2-3mm extra to fine hone into place with your grinder/hand filing/whatever. There are folks who show this method on UA-cam and it may save grind-fit-grind-fit... tediousness, to more agreeable time frames. Question: other than aesthetics, why not keep the over-lapped two halves fabricated and weld them along the ends and edges, to form a double loop, almost, for your prop-shaft safety loop? Trimming them off and simply butt welding them, can't be as strong as over-lapped 'straps', no? Is it a racing spec. requirement, to show penetration/presentaion of welds you've employed/deployed? If it was me: I think i would have braced the shifter platform, though how you've finished it will perform as required, I just don't like 'springboard' brackets and triangulation of engineered frames provides performance, security ("a rock solid base", if you will), and a little harmonious aesthetic too... in my humble opinion. Loving and learning from every Fitzee presentation. Thank you, Sir. Onwards...
The overlap will put one end off center. Reason I added the pipe to the welded area. To add the strength. Acts like a gusset between each end. As for welds. You need to see welds so as to see how they are connected. A grind off weld hides what is possibly done.
Seems strange fitzee laying down beads. So used to the tack welds on sheet metal. Got power back from the hurricane was able to do some welding on my truck today😊.
Have you thought about placing two 4” (I’m guessing) vertical tubes on either side of the driveshaft opening to connect the rectangle tube crossmember to the parallel round tube piece you put in? Looks like it could get some flex under a load from the engine/rear suspension after you cut that section out of it.
Keep in mind, you will be strapped into your seat snugly, make sure you can easily reach the shifter both forward & backward. May need to move the shifter mount back a bit.
That's a pile of nice work Tony, I guess you're not allowed to have the swing-out door bars in your racing up there but it sure would be nice for the driver side anyway
Re: exploded u-joint example. Two approaches. One, follow open driveshaft rules, a la Pro Mod class for such. Or second on the driveshaft; build with the idea "nothing built too strong ever broke" Lipton. Safety either way.
Weld t 42:19 hat floor on the bottom of the frame rails to make bottom of car smooth! Cheat the wind ,little faster! Finish floor will let everyone see your chassis work!
Tony, I remember you saying you were very particular about the floor of your garage that you wanted it perfectly flat. I noticed that it has a little shine to it. I was wondering what you used to seal the floor that can take the wear and tear? Whatever it is, it looks nice.
Great tips for the poor mans plasma cutter. I was wondering why did you make the loop in 2 halves, I'm sure you could have repositioned the flat bar in your jig and continued bending to leave just one butt weld, or am I overlooking something?
No you are correct but not knowing how high I wanted the loop most likely if I did it that way I have to cut to shorten it. This way it was not a guessing game
@petediamond7263 think the square top frame needs to be heavy. This one over the years has a slight bend in the top in middle. If I was to start I build the top out of I beam. Seems that I can find short sections around
Yes but the loop would have one side off center. My OCD won't live with that. Lol. The pile that mounts it is overlapped on the joint so that adds to the strength
An old black smith once told me” there’s only three things you can go to hell for 1 pounding on cold iron ! 2not charging enough! 3 pounding on cold iron! 😅
I appreciate your commitment to safety . The work and thought that you put into builds like this is very honorable , thank you and may you be forever blessed !!!
except he should cover up the skin while welding.
Hi Tony. The tips are good. The safety tip for the angle grinder was a real good one. There's a reason that it's called that the death wheel! If you don't respect how much power is that little tool, it will hurt you. The frame is looking good. Nice and clean. Thanks for the video!
Some time back, there was a guy on the news here in Australia showing what happened when a cutting wheel exploded and hit him in the eye. It took out his eye and a big scar above and below his eye. I've had two of these cutting wheels explode in the past, shrapnel went in all directions except towards me because I had the guard on the grinder. Always safety first.
Excellent episode, always glad to see Crusty. Very good advice about the cutting wheels. I had one come apart and luckily it missed me.
Excellent Blacksmith skills you have. Wonderful cold steel bending, You Rock Fitzee!!
Thanks for the video I always appreciate you passing along your knowledge to us. Your videos are inspiring to a fellow car hobbyist 👍
I’ve got access to hundreds of channels on TV and many thousands of UA-cam channels. I prefer to watch the most common sense builder, body-man fabricator and craftsmen. Nice work Fitzee.
Excellent workmanship and design on the frame and safety bars.I love watching you work.Looking forward to seeing it hauling down the track.Hurry up,I am 80 years old and love drag racing.Blessings.
Great information Tony . I see so many people build cars and they throw safety out the window . my mind says if ya want to go fast first thing ya do is make sure the brakes are better than good and that it is safe . fun never includes death. Thank you Brother.
Wow! I've never seen that before, the top of Fitzee's bench (clean) 😀
These videos always cause me a "why didn't I think of that" moment.
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Thursday night with Fitzee. Can't beat that! I have the same poor man's plasma table 😂
All fantastic examples of how to build a chassis, Mr. Fitzee. Thank you!
Your attention to safety makes for a great car to use without worry of everything staying together. Great job!
Mr.Fitzee, Sir you're a gentleman & a scholar young man!!! I preciate that you are very informative bout how you go bout fabrication and giving up some of the secrets to the one's in these new generations that preciate your knowledge!!! An one other very important fact that you always try'n explain how important safety is above all other things when it comes to try'n be the best fabricators that they can be!!! I don't know if it will let me drop a couple pics;but, I'll try. Thanks so very much for your time & help instructing all'ove the want'a fabricators and that's me included!!!
Joe Clement
Nice work Fitzee. Crusty will be doing burn outs in no time. Take care and stay safe. 👍
Awesome lesson taught. Can’t wait to see you and Crusty in the first Race
Extraordinary, I could watch craftsmanship like this all day.
You got a lot of good safety features, let’s hope you never need any of them 👍 I can’t wait to hear the turbo whistle and see you take it for a rip!
I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you!
Nice work Tony you can never be safe enough mate in my opinion …it’s really taking shape now and come a long way 👌
I love all the things u do for safety and telling us how it could save us from being hurt or worse great videos love it god bless
Inspector Peanut also like the safety tips!
Thanks Tony. 👍💪✌
You'll have to change her name to "not so Crusty". She's looking sharp!👍🇨🇦
Some years ago, I knew someone who had the front universal joint on the driveshaft fail. He said the driveshaft dug into the road and lifted the car up and almost rolled it. The floor was also pretty bashed up. After that, I fitted a drive shaft loop in my car, because back in those days, we drove a bit faster than I do now.
Thanks!
Thank you
That was a great tip about pinching the cutting disc. I will remember that as I use a grinder in the future.
Nice work again Fitzee, it’s really looking good!! Look foreward to the next one. We’ll done!!
I think it would look good with a X bracing at the back going to the shock mounts and a diagonal one on the roof just throwing out some ideas to you the car is looking really good you might even need something in the firewall when you go to put the sheet metal in It’s a lot of work doing this stuff by yourself 💯👍
Don't see alot of X's in cars these days. It was done to keep it from twisting. I'm running a anti sway bar and that what that does. As for one in roof. I thought about that. Think it be something I'll hope my helmet on. Lol
Don't think I've got the patience to do the kind of work you're doing on that car of yours!! To do the kind of work you do takes just that though. My hat is off to you!
Never disappointed! Keep up the good work!
Yeah Fitz, that's the part I hate too. Up and down and scootchin' around on the floor. Good advice for personal survival! Thanks
Makes me wanna buy a toymota......once again, many thanks Tony
You make everything look easy! Love your work, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for your safety tip. I don’t use a cutoff wheel often, but I will remember your advice. 👍👍
Coming along.
Loved the grinder safety tips!
Great work, well thought out and safe. People call some of this overkill and always change their minds when something lets go.
Very impressed with your fabrication skills. In the process of building your race car, you must have gotten a rule book of the do's and don'ts of building your race car. Very impressive indeed. Again all this done with 0.23 wire. Thanks for the education.
Yes all 023 wire
I like the way you have the driveshaft loop doubling as a shifter mount. Simple and sturdy!
Very nice work Tony coming together
I'd definitely agree with You Fitz with securing the shifter and seat undermount brackets, that's a smart way to go about fitting things up, especially, when your racing, it's called wisdom..Why take the risk it's just not worth it.
Excellent safety precautions with the grinder. Had one explode on my cousin while he was working in my shop. The disc literally disappeared! Found it a couple of weeks later 18 feet up in the roof insulation
Love your videos. I watched a whole bunch of them and I have used your cut and but method many times.
Ive been needing a crusty fix
Hey it's a good day, Tony's on yeppie😊
crusty is looking good
Great to see the progress on Crusty. It's going to be interesting seeing how you make the floors.
Some move mountains, you move steel 😅 love your videos
Good tips sir 👍
Tip: using light-weight card, wrapped around the tube end (think: toilet roll type tube slipped over the 'cage' pipe), you can easily copy complex curves from one pipe to another. Using tailors tape (or the fancy printed tape measure type tape) you can 'clock' the 4 cardinal points around the circumference of your pipes, from the original to one your trying to copy the same end profiles to. Leave a 2-3mm extra to fine hone into place with your grinder/hand filing/whatever. There are folks who show this method on UA-cam and it may save grind-fit-grind-fit... tediousness, to more agreeable time frames.
Question: other than aesthetics, why not keep the over-lapped two halves fabricated and weld them along the ends and edges, to form a double loop, almost, for your prop-shaft safety loop? Trimming them off and simply butt welding them, can't be as strong as over-lapped 'straps', no? Is it a racing spec. requirement, to show penetration/presentaion of welds you've employed/deployed?
If it was me: I think i would have braced the shifter platform, though how you've finished it will perform as required, I just don't like 'springboard' brackets and triangulation of engineered frames provides performance, security ("a rock solid base", if you will), and a little harmonious aesthetic too... in my humble opinion.
Loving and learning from every Fitzee presentation. Thank you, Sir. Onwards...
The overlap will put one end off center. Reason I added the pipe to the welded area. To add the strength. Acts like a gusset between each end. As for welds. You need to see welds so as to see how they are connected. A grind off weld hides what is possibly done.
Thank you so much! Love and share all of your videos.
Hey, until next time Fitzee.. have great week!
Quality work, Tony. I have come to expect only the best from you and I'm never disappointed.
I always enjoy your creativity and attention to fine detail
Seems strange fitzee laying down beads. So used to the tack welds on sheet metal. Got power back from the hurricane was able to do some welding on my truck today😊.
Have you thought about placing two 4” (I’m guessing) vertical tubes on either side of the driveshaft opening to connect the rectangle tube crossmember to the parallel round tube piece you put in? Looks like it could get some flex under a load from the engine/rear suspension after you cut that section out of it.
It's all tied together and the two short bars off roll cage will triangulate the frame
Great fab work Fitzee 👍👍
Keep in mind, you will be strapped into your seat snugly, make sure you can easily reach the shifter both forward & backward. May need to move the shifter mount back a bit.
No I checked for that. I'm good
Keep the guards on your cutting & grinding wheels!!!! ALWAYS
Great video sir Tony thank you for sharing your skills well done
That's a pile of nice work Tony, I guess you're not allowed to have the swing-out door bars in your racing up there but it sure would be nice for the driver side anyway
You are I just don't like them.
Heya Bud when did crusty become a Dune Buggy??
I save all the burned down zip discs too. Great for small radius's and shims.
Nice work.
Great video Tony!
A very cool bending tipp. Thank you!!
Well done Fitzee! I enjoyed the vid
Nice job.
Peanut still quite the 48:53 inspector
Thank you for the safety advice Sir
Re: exploded u-joint example. Two approaches. One, follow open driveshaft rules, a la Pro Mod class for such. Or second on the driveshaft; build with the idea "nothing built too strong ever broke" Lipton. Safety either way.
Great job tony
Very good Fitzee good show.
You forget how big your bench is, until you clear it off!
Very nice im seriously thinking of something similiar in my fairlane
Awesome as usual 👍
The tips were great!
Weld t 42:19 hat floor on the bottom of the frame rails to make bottom of car smooth! Cheat the wind ,little faster! Finish floor will let everyone see your chassis work!
I have a use for all this cavities under the car. They will need to see the frame under the car for inspection if I go to a different track.
Great one ! !
I see you like your solutions cut and tried,
Tips are good!
On your bending jig if you cut the outside leg of the curve off you can bend past until it straight without spring back
Yes but it have to be at the end of the bend. Good point.
Tony, I remember you saying you were very particular about the floor of your garage that you wanted it perfectly flat. I noticed that it has a little shine to it. I was wondering what you used to seal the floor that can take the wear and tear? Whatever it is, it looks nice.
It has nothing on it. It has a helicopter finished and that's it
very nice!!
Looks good, great job
Great tips for the poor mans plasma cutter. I was wondering why did you make the loop in 2 halves, I'm sure you could have repositioned the flat bar in your jig and continued bending to leave just one butt weld, or am I overlooking something?
No you are correct but not knowing how high I wanted the loop most likely if I did it that way I have to cut to shorten it. This way it was not a guessing game
Very cool, Crusty is coming along nicely, starting to look like a sand rail.
So, when you were cutting the crossbar out, why use a blade (circle saw) and not a torch? Just curious, not criticizing.
Don't have a torch. And a plasma don't leave a nice line. Most cause I'm so use to using a grinder I tend to do everything with it
nice work Tony, will you be closing in the 2by's on the side frames (areas positioned behind the seats, facing the sides)?
Those are welded to the body
I know you said it was going to be street driven,why didn't you S bend the door bars to make entry a bit easier?Any way thumbs 👍.
Could of and would of made things alot easier to get in and out. Lol
Say, where is the helmet hook going? Look excellent
Haven't decided that one yet. That with the switch board will strap on
Fitzee you amaze me with that Jig ! I know you said you built the table but where did you get that large piece of steel for the table top?
The table was something given to me years ago. I never built it.
If you were going to build one how would you do it!@@fitzeesfabrications
@petediamond7263 think the square top frame needs to be heavy. This one over the years has a slight bend in the top in middle. If I was to start I build the top out of I beam. Seems that I can find short sections around
Did you di all the welding with your mig 140?
No these are with the new arccaptain mig 200
I'm not a welder but it must be nice to work with heavier materials like that loop when you can just weld and not like 18 gauge body of a car.
Fantastic work Fitzee, how is the new welder?
Still dialing it in but it's working great
GREAT PITCHER U IN the garger of u and crussdy
What u building it for the street.
Bravo Maestro
Wouldn't the overlap be stronger than a butt weld??
Yes but the loop would have one side off center. My OCD won't live with that. Lol. The pile that mounts it is overlapped on the joint so that adds to the strength
Wish you'd teach a few more folks about those cutters. You see far too many folks using them in the wrong way.
They are bad if your right handed. The blade is on the inside then.
An old black smith once told me” there’s only three things you can go to hell for
1 pounding on cold iron !
2not charging enough!
3 pounding on cold iron!
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Hahaha