800-221-FORD (3673)
BOLT-ON CHASSIS
Introducing Bob Drake’s
NEW SCHOOL
No Weld/Easy Bolt-On™
method for building the
A Snap to Install
These & Thousands More Early Ford &
Hot Rod Parts are in this catalog!Welcome to my
back yard build.
See it,
Believe it!
1941-48 Ford Cars
See Our Guide with
Bolt-On Chassis Solutions,
in this section.Remembering way back, when no aftermarket hot rod
suspension parts were known, stock parts were home-
modified to gain just the smallest of handling and safety
upgrades; or were they really upgrades? Along with real
innovations, good theories were also followed up by
bad techniques in metal forming. Memorable problems
surfaced while driving our home-builts, as many chassis
parts had been torched and bent to theoretically improve
their functions. Not all of them were safe. Not good.Today the Drake Team is building hot rods using the best bolt-
on suspension parts engineered with old school quality,
tailor-made to fit early Ford cars and pickups. We’re forging
ahead with new car building systems by offering a range of
new parts that make for a safe, unmatched ride. Best of all,
these bolt-on parts are a snap to install.We know that not everyone is experienced in MIG
or TIG welding, as welding is rarely done these
days in home garages. But, if you don’t own a drill
and wrenches, you may want to skip this guide.There’s a new approach to joining the structural
parts of the early Ford frame and chassis: We call
it our No Weld—Easy Bolt-On™ method. We’ve
applied this method to our 1935-40 frame, the
foundation of our Project ’40. In the following
pages, you’ll see our road-tested bolt-on parts. So,
just visualize how you can build a great hot rod the
easy, no-weld, Drake way.Cars & Pickups
1935-40
FORD
CHASSIS