Berrien Chassis's

[BrianB]

Anybody have any experience with these frames? Any items I should look out for? I will be lengthening it to fit under my Bradley GT. Has anyone done any mods to them? Are they a quality product?

[mike cook]

had one qaulity is very good very rigid which I think is good are you going to legthen fiberglass floor or go steel

[BrianB]

had one qaulity is very good very rigid which I think is good are you going to legthen fiberglass floor or go steel

I'll be getting rid of the Fiberglass floor if anyone is interested. I'll be using Aluminum Diamond Plate that will be a little lower to the ground than the current floor.

[Texasbuggys]

check your PM on the floor

[BrianB]

OK I have the chassis now I need to figure out the drive arrangement. Is this IRS or Swing? It looks like IRS but there is nowhere for the trailing arms to mount?

[Aquabuggy]

That's a really old style a swing axle torsion from 50's or early 60's

[Texasbuggys]

can be converted to an IRS setup

[BrianB]

can be converted to an IRS setup

Actually its better if it is Swing because the transaxle that was going to be going in the Bradley is swingaxle. Its already rebuilt ready to go. Thanks for everyones input.

[blackthree4me]

I would definatly put that FG pan up for sale
someone will buy it for sure

[BrianB]

I would definatly put that FG pan up for sale
someone will buy it for sure

You're not interested in it are you? After much thought I am going to build this buggy with the glass pan. In the future that may change but for right now I'll use it. The chassis under the fiberglass is really engineered well so I dont feel too bad with the glass for the pan.