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Like the seat cover Chad!! Bag it!!

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Diggin' on all the new parts but lovin' the tig welding.

Great work.

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LOL @ Paul........ :wave: you do like 'em low.

Chad, those parts do look rather tasty.

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Nice stash of parts that came in. I really like the seat covers!

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thanks Don

yea but with the turbo ls, not sure which way to go but I got options

thanks Greg, my buddy that tig welds for me is also my supervisor an before an after work doesn't have a problem helping me out!

thanks Rian,

thanks Bill, the covers are nice but took forever

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Nice job on the welding and it was great to talk and catch up with you the other night .

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so some might remember back right before x-mas I had started building my own trailing arms! I have been working on them a lil here and there! well this week I really worked on them to get them almost finished, I got two flat brackets to measure out for the Camaro sway bar to attach to them, and to weld two tabs for the panhard bar to attach to the passenger side arm!

I also move the two holes for the axle back 1/2"

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more pics of the arms

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I also had to make my own brackets to mount the trailing arms to the cross member, since I went with the 3" ballistic joints, had I went with there 2.??" ones the factory mounts would have worked! but No I wanted the BIGGER BEEFER ones with the 1-1/4"-12 threaded shank!

anyways back to the bracket, I got some 4" square tubing we had around the shop, cut two pieces to 6-7"! I had bought some POL trailing mounts that wouldn't work an just copied them but made them wider to work with the bigger joints! I did have to make some spacers for each side of the tabs that the bolt will go thru!

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more pics of the mounts, these mounts will let me adjust my pinion angle as will, I'll tig the spacers to the mount in the mourning an pull the bolts out! there just there to hold the spacers where I need them

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Somehow I've missed out on this awesome build, Very nice work

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looks good Chad...
got your fender roughed in today and maybe next weekend it will be ready. so if you got the time... lunch on saturday?

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Nice work Chad!!! I :metal:

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I love your work Chad.

Lunch at Clems...... Hell yeah !!

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thanks buddy, it's a project an has taken me awhile to get it where it is now!!

thanks Clem, i'm busy from Tuesday to Tuesday this next week so i'm hoping for July 16th. of coming over to have lunch
you know if I keep it up, sooner or later you'll have painted all my panels! just saying, lol

Thanks Don, I've been watching your build! your so much closer to finishing yours then I am

Thanks Rian, with me working all the time I don't get many weekends off to go visit Clem or I would be over there a lot (learning for the master)!!

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so incase anyone waits to know what a stock trailing arm weights, compared to my trailing arms I built! stock 22lbs. each vs mine 34lbs. an I'm still got to weld another lb. on for the panhard bar bracket an the sway bar mount! so I'm thinking they will weigh 35lbs. each

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You are dedicated to the cause Ehhh Chad?

This guy has gone to another level.....http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...quickest-legal

Where he is trying to build a world record car and shaving off grams at a time.

I like the look of your trailing arms.

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I know you're off to like Kansas or Missouri fixing those giant valves this week but I wanted to thank you for lunch. Good to hang out with beers and BSin'... And when Mitch broke out the margs, I knew it was all over.
Thanks for the help bro...

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Thanks Clem, yes I was in St. Joseph, Missouri! and I'm going back tomorrow for at least 3-4 days! Let me know were your at on the fender, also you can post the pics here!

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Hey Chad, Don't know how to send pics on PM's so I'm posting on your thread... the fender is ready and if you bring the buddy bucket over I'll get ScottyBob on it...

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so a small update, might not seem like much but still moving forward!

frame is painted with P.O.R 15

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Looks really good Chad!! Keep at it.

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Nice and shiny!! Looks good Chad!

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Glad you were able to break away and make it to Clems. Had a great time. Look forward to next year.

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Yup YupYup !!

Was great spending a load of time together at Clems.

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so I didn't want to just post some pics of my center buddy bucket seat that I got Clem's upholstery guy to add cup holders too! that I picked up at the get-together he was throwing! so when I did find time that I wasn't having to work I tore my buddy bucket seats apart, man does 50 years old foam smell BAD, like wet cat an dog an mildew! I then blasted the frames, painted them added burlap over the springs to help keep them from pushing thru over time, and once I got done with that, I started to put on the new stuff! I put on the new upholstery seat covers myself to save some money! not to bad for my first time putting on new seat covers!

anyways here's so pics

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kids tested an approved

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Nice!!

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Great job on the seats. Couple of happy campers trying them out.
Win Win

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Great spending time with you at Clems Chad.

He and Kim really are hosts like no other.

And having him on your side to help with various little things is pretty cool in my book.

Your seats look awesome, really nice.

And getting the rebuild of the other seats done yourself.........
Impressive.

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Oh yea!! Looks great

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Very Cool!!!

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those seats look great.

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The seats look stellar Chad!!!
ScottyBob does some Killer Work!!!! I know first hand!

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seats look great bro… nice job. your truck will be on the road this spring at the rate you're going.

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thanks Paul

thanks Greg, got your package in the mail yesterday, one of them is going on my tool box at work!

It was great getting to hang out with you guys this yr.
Kim an Clem are really great hosts, I look forward every years get-together!
an thank you! I was cussing, fighting the whole time rebuilding the seats, thinking what did I get myself into, lol!!

thanks Donnie, lil by lil is still progress, right??

thanks don, wish you would have been there at Clem's this yr. maybe next yr.?

thanks JJ

thanks Mike, I had all the seats covers made before taking the middle seat to Clem to get ScottyBob, to work some magic on getting the cup holders put in! but did have a backup plan if I couldn't get it done! the driver and passenger seats I did myself! I very happy with the middle seat ScottyBob did for me

Thanks Clem, if I could start over I would have had ScottyBob do all the seats! from new foam, making the covers and upholster it all! I think we talked about what I paid for everything and I would have paid lil less getting ScottyBob to do it all! and they would have been done months ago

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Just want to tell all my c10 brothers have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Years

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Likewise Chad!
Happy Holidays!

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so I haven't posted on here in awhile but thought I would just let you know i'm still alive!!

Since the first part of Dec. I have had a problem with SelfMade Fab ( http://www.selfmadefab.com/products ) doing some work for me, and never sending me my stuff, I made a very big mistake a gifted the money to him so I don't think I will get my money back! it's been weeks since I have had contact with him, and when I did he said tracking shows it was delivered a month ago but wouldn't give me the tracking number and never let me know he sent it in the first place!
anyways "I got screwed" an will never buy from him!!

as far as the truck goes, I have been working to much and when I do work on the truck it's for very little time! and i'm still cutting rust out of the cab, I have enough donor pieces to fix the rust I have! no more aftermarket patches on the cab, I got oem patch pieces with no rust or holes in them to fix my cab!! i will say this at one point i gave up for a few weeks and wished i had a better cab, then one day while doing some searching i found a guy selling stuff i needing, when i got to his places i bought almost everything he had! long fleetside begsides, couples dashes, complete inner roof skin (no rust or holes), original complete outter windshield patch (no rust or holes), inner door panels with no dents, complete gauges, hood hinges and springs, etc. i'm missing some stuff, but I got a whole truck load of stuff! the guy cut everything perfect all on the otherside of the spotwelds, if I would have brought a trailer with me I would have got more stuff! but he gave me a price, and I know I scored big time! just to have no more rust in my cab made it worth it, but I can sell some stuff and make my money back

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that's great Chad… nothing better than rust free original patch panels. hope you get time soon to fix your cab.

don't know what the 'selfmadefab' guy was doing for you but i do know there's lots of crooks out there, hopefully that will work out in the end.

good to see you post up again...