Question for you. Hypothetically; if an all tubular, Jig Welded (2”x4”x11 ga. rectangular) C4 chassis was available, specific to Tri-Fives, with Engine Mounts for SBC, BBC or LSX at the proper firewall distance, using a stock tank, priced at $6095.00 and all you have to do is supply hardware, paint it and bolt your supplied C4 Suspension to it, would you consider purchasing it?
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Couple of things....
First of all, maybe I'm wrong but I think you might be hard-pressed to make much money selling a complete new frame for that price. There's a lot of parts involved and a lot of welding. Maybe you've figured that out already.
Secondly, I don't believe a wagon tank will even fit with a C4 rearend. So a wagon would have to use some kind of custom tank.
Are you going to make your own crossmember or use the C4 one?
There's definitely a market out there, if the price is right. I have 4 more in the schedule right now. It's a niche market, but there were close to 5 million of these cars built and a lot of them still exist. AME is still selling their chassis, even though they're over $12-14K.
I don't know what ever happened to the "build it yourself" kit that was posted here a while ago, but from what I saw it was not feasible at the price point that most guys would be interested.
For those of you who have an interest, what price would you consider paying for a C4 conversion frame if you had to finish some of it yourself? A lot of the construction can be done without a frame jig. Just curious.
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