Building your own chassis

[olschoolkid]

Hello everybody. I know this question has probably been asked many times, but what do you use to build your own chassis? For example, if I wanted to build my own chassis to turn a 4x4 pickup into a lowrider street truck, what kind of tubing would I need and what size? Does it depend on the type of vehicle you're building? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[MeatMan]

I'd just use 4mm x 2mm  styrene for that, and most other.

I plucked this pic from FB. I hope the poster doesn't mind but I thought I could use it in the future, and I think you can use it for what you have in mind altered for use on a p/u.

Edited October 27, 2019 by MeatMan

[Tom Geiger]

If you want to scratch build your own, best way is to copy a decent kit chassis. Take a look at the Foose 56 Ford pickup chassis. You can copy it, or simply modify it for your own application.

A shortened Foose chassis under a Datsun pickup.