Wood spacers between the floor and the frame

Jim Price · #1 14-09-08, 23:41

My F8 has two long pieces of wood which rest on top of each side of the frame and serve as a spacer between the floor and the frame. (There are also two pieces, one for each side, which rest on top of the floor supports on each side of frame.)

Both of these long pieces end with a section milled out of them as if another piece "dove-tailed" under them and extended the length of the pieces. (See the pictures.) Any extension of these pieces would appear to possibly serve as a spacer between the wood plank that the gas tanks rest on. The original pieces end about 2 1/2" short of the first of a set of holes, which are 10 1/2" on center, drilled though the frame. I believe that these holes are concerned with affixing the straps that hold the gas tanks down to the plank. Is this assumption correct?

Is there an extension to these spacers? If so, how long are they? Any help on this question would be much appreciated?

Regards,
Jim

Mike K · #2 15-09-08, 09:05

Hi Jim,

I cannot comment on the F8, having never seen one. But on the C8, the wood fillers don't extend beyond the cab .

BTW that welded chassis rail would have the roadworthy people here in fits . To get that past an inspection now, it would have to be X rayed and certified by an engineer or similar. Beaurocratic games !

Mike

Jim Price · #3 15-09-08, 17:58

Mike:
Thanks for your quick reply! I suspected that the C8 might be different as it uses a pair of steel rails affixed to the frame to support the gas tanks. As the Ford's support is a wood plank I thought that this spacer might be extended.

Oh yeah! The safety people would have a fit over this factory-made splice. It's present on both sides and the inside channel reenforcing the weld is a very tight fit. A well done job!

Regards,
Jim