The suspension is a three-link up front and a triangulated four-link out back with high-travel, nitrogen-filled air shocks, Rock Jock Anti-Rock sway bars, and Trail Gear limit straps. Jason boxed the frame rails with 10 gauge steel plates and added new tubular crossmembers for the Turbo 350 transmission, Rock Jock antisway bars, and rear upper shock mounts. Here’s the 5.3L LS engine mocked up on the Ford’s frame. He took it apart, removed the X-member and crossmembers, boxed the rails, and added new crossmembers for the drivetrain-a 5.3L GM LS engine a Turbo 350 transmission a NP231 transfer case and Dana 30 front and Ford 8.8 rear axles. And don’t worry-the removed parts found a good home with a friend of Jason’s who is a purist when it comes to hot rodding old Fords. Everything attached to the frame was given the heave-ho, and the center X-member was removed to make room for the new drivetrain and suspension. Under 80-odd years of dirt and surface rust, the Ford’s chassis was solid and complete. Sights like this are what make old gearheads cry. 116 inch wheelbase, 61.9 inch track width, 173.4 inches overall length.112 inch wheelbase, 55.5 inch front/58.25 inch rear track width, 182.8 inches overall length.Here are the dimensions for comparison: 1936 Ford Dimensions: That meant he could adapt suspension components made for the Wrangler to the Ford. Jason discovered that the Ford’s chassis dimensions were very close to a four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. (Image/Rodz by Ludwin) Chassis and Brakes It didn’t take long for him to hatch the idea of turning it into an overlanding/adventure vehicle. When Jason Ludwin found it, he bought it even though he wasn’t sure what he was going to do with it. Don’t let the scratches, splotches, and surface rust fool you-this 1936 Ford Tudor barn find was a super-solid car, especially for one that lived in snowy upstate New York all of its life. The barn find was unmolested and in remarkably good shape for a New York resident, so Jason bought it on the spot. All it needed was a spark, which arrived in the form of a 1936 Ford Tudor sedan. He started as an off-roader, got into hot rods and rat rods (including a wicked 1936 Chevy pickup powered by a twin-turbo LS) then went back into 4x4s, so the idea to combine them was already percolating in his brain. Jason is no stranger to building rods or 4x4s in his one-man shop, Rodz by Ludwin. With the exception of the rear seats, every idea you see in the renderings made it onto the actual vehicle. Jason had Hitchens Artwork put his vision on paper. The idea doesn’t make sense if you think about it, but when you see it the pieces just fall together and you go yeah, that works. He took two concepts-hot rods and off-roading-and combined them to create what’s most likely the world’s first and only 1936 Ford overlander. In those cases, it takes a person of vision (or perhaps delusion) to combine two almost opposing ideas into a whole new creation.
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