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thanx I guess I'll air them up...I hate to the foot print is even and I dont want to wear the middles out anymore than I do already.....

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Here's a few of mine:

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hey Greg I'd love to check out your truck I'm going to be in St Pete next week( wednesday)..theres a show in Oldsmar saturday (17th) I'm going to check out..the rest of the time I'll be at the Under Tow,Jimmy B's or some where on Gulf Blvd...hiding behind a beer..yea I spend alot of time in your neck of the woods......

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Man that truck is lookin sweet!:metal::metal::metal:

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They are bias ply sportsman. You are actually running too much air. I believe the tires are only rated at 20 psi max which would be under max load rating. When I ran them at 18, they got worse. It causes the tire to crown real bad. I run 16 in mine and it's about what the truck likes. They are going to feel like they are walking on you no matter what pressure you run. I am on the hunt for either M/T radials or Hoosier radials. I have talked to a lot of people that started with the sportsmans and switched to radials. They say you won't believe the differences. It's not so much that you are running radials with bias as the fact that the bias are so wide and not much of a sidewall. You really have to choose the "look" or ride quality. I chose the look.

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Thanks DJ, and if it only ran like yours!

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thanx PSC10 my tires are 31's so there a bit tall for my truck ( being bagged with a C notch) I should be on 29's I'm going to use the old school white shoe polish trick to bring them into the correct presure

Greg got your pm I'll give you a call next week some time ( whens good? )

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hey guys anyone intrested in a group buy on the MT 6642...it's the 29x15.5x15..radials..
seems like there is a price fix on them..$282 each maybe we can get a deal if we buy a few pair??

Jeff

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What backspacing did you end up with Hottrucks and were there any clearance issues? I'm looking at buying some 20 x 15s with 9" BS, but I want to make sure they fit.

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I added 4" to the backspacing of a stock rally any more and there would be issues..mostly because of the panard bar bracket on the cup car arms you can see the Pb hanger in the build pic and the other crappy pic shows the clearance

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I must confess I find the color unappealing. But make it metallic blue or green and you have the truck I want!:metal: This looks just like what we would see back in 78-80, a clean truck with a front lift, big rears (N50's not M&H's but the same idea), and a whole lotta motor!:ww:

Now I gotta go find a short step but a :gmc2:!!

Seriously, how much did you lift each end to get that stance?

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Let me know how many are interested and I will see what I can do.

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Ok a quick measurement is 8" back space and 4 up front (stock)....the 9" will be close to the spring..really close I would want to check off your wheels if you know what your spacing is??

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Use what you feel you need to come to the correct pressure but max air is for max load. You can't compare these to your car tires that you run 35 psi in. They distribute the load differently. You will not want to be anywhere near 20 lbs.

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With the price they're asking for the 20 X 15s, believe me, I'll do some serious measuring prior to ordering them, :lol:.

R/

PSC10, what backspacing do you have on your wheels?

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were you at pinks all out???

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that is nucking futs!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If I recall.....I have 8.75 to the back and 6.25 to the front.....or 8.5/6.5!

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I'm guessing you didn't have any clearance issues? Yours are 14" wide correct?

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No clearance issues at all because I did all my cutting and welding first, then just ordered the wheels to fit perfectly. Yes, 15x14's.

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hey Rob I pretty sure he is running a shortened axle and custom wheels...I'm jealious...but IMAO I have the biggest tire and wheels you can cram under with a stock axle and frame....

I could be wrong but I dont think you can put the 18.5 wide tires under our trucks if they are dropped

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Ah Grasshopper......
those are 14" and that is a bone stock 12 bolt with zero narrowing. Look in my signature at the "my sorta build thread". You will see how the magic unfolded!!!! ;)

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Ahhh Not only did I read your build ( about 5 times) I could have writen it after I copied everything on my build...your budget build must have been shot in the AZZ after buying custom wheels....Keep in mind

Sherwood Racing ( owego ny 607-687-2991) will cut and add backspacing for about $50 a wheel.....told you I'm on a really low budget ..But you still get a gold star for making it work....

do you have 18x 29 or 31?? with the 31's I rub the inner bed sitting on the frame..with the 29'' alls good but like you I'm looking for another cheap set...

funny our build pics and what we are doing is almost Idenical except I'm going with the caddy to bad we don't live closer it would be great to see them side by side.....with a Xmas tree between them!!!

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They are 29 x 18.5's

Just one other though. First of all, the back wheels were about $150 each which seems cheap to me for custom built. The problem with adding to the backspace is that you have to go with what ever the front spacing is.....you can't change it. That was critical for me getting everything to fit right. It also seems kinda tricky to get a wheel perfectly straight and true doing it that way. Then again.....I can't believe what they can do now a days. Mines would have rubbed too if I didn't shorten the front spacing away from the fender wells. I also know that "budget" can be a huge determining factor......that's why my truck looks like it does!!! LOL

I'll just leave you with this and this is not to anything specific. Never sacrifice safety for looks! I can't believe the death traps that are on the road. Nice truck though!

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I agree...those guys do tons of race car wheels..I don't know them personaly...but they will do what ever you want to a wheel and there prices seem really fair compaired to new ones I ought all 4 rallies for $50 so I figure I have about half the $$ of a new one whick works well with any budget..I'm sure they could move the center to make up any off set I wanted but I have no idea what it would cost..I'm sure your getting closer to a new one...My big thing was to keep the stock 6 lug rally LOOK and these wheels ( with 16 holes) arn't available in other widths ( that I could find or afford)

As far as safety its always #1..I have done alot of dumb stuff but I always try to build in safety first...I don't bounce like I use to?? or heal??
I think you and I are on the same page on sooo many things..........

Jeff
sorry for the highjack

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That's funny.....I thought it was your thread until I went to the first post. Ooops!

......and now back to those pro-street pics!

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ok if you insist....tubs are done and I even painted the tail gate and inside of the bed (I should have used flat instead of satin??)

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How tall are your current tires? How much lower could you go in the back and still have good clearance?

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Rob,
They are 29's. I have a little more room acutally. There is also so room for fab work on that little piece of metal that goes from the outer fender lip (it's tack welded from the factory) to what the fender actually bolts on to. The reason I'm not lower it because of the suspension itself. I don't like the pinion angle and I even have angled shims.

Once I get a few things done on the 67 Fastback, I'm going to cut off all the brackets on the 12 bolt and four link it. Then I can really get down and have good driveline alignment at the same time. One thing always leads to another though. When the drive train alignment changes, so will the header angles which means I will have to have my nice exhaust redone....at least a little. At the same time I will go to spindles and disc brakes up front. This way I can get a good portion of my drop out of the spindles. As you can see, it's a can of worms so I am holding off and just driving the darn thing for now!!!

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Mike Nutt told me if you drop the rear much you need to flip the trailing arm brackets in the front and that helps some. I'm assuming you still have trailing arms I didn't look.

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You are right. That's why I'm not getting under there again until the bed is off and I'm linking it. Unlike leaf springs, the rear end doesn't go up into the chassis in a straight line with these trailing arms. I have seen so many dumped trucks with the most jacked up geometry under there. If I would have caught it before I had my custom exhaust done I would have fab'd a trans crossmember to get me just a few degrees more and the back end. The cool thing is that I should have just enough drive line yoke left for the change down the road.

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BTW Mr. Kevin....every now and then I have to go back and watch your PT video. I remember the first time I saw that. Me crapped me pants. That dude left hard. What's that thing weigh....3,800??

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It was 3200 with me in it but it should be lighter when it goes back together.

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With you? Hmmmm....there has been some metal leaving that truck somewhere. That's pretty light! Is there a ton of glass panels on it??

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Race Weight, glass nose, glass doors, fatman mustang II frontend, Bed Skin only. Tom had the truck down to 3275 with him in it with only a glass hood when it was a blue stepside.

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Lots of sweet trucks!

Here are a couple pics of my buddy's 65 C10

http://yuk0njack.com/tony/tonyp6110002.jpg

http://yuk0njack.com/tony/tonyp5120007.jpg

http://yuk0njack.com/tony/tonyp5120003.jpg

http://yuk0njack.com/tony/tonyp6110008.jpg

http://yuk0njack.com/tony/65c-notch25.jpg

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you guys bring up some valid points ..when you switch to cup car arms you can shim them also (there 2 piece) they also have a P bar mount on the DS TA you guys have seen it in my pics ( but 12" wheel is all you can have) I madwe my new P bar 42" long and mounts on the outside of my frame on te PS..my side travel is very small and tucks the wheels dead center on the frame......as far as the inner bed you could make a cut just under the bolt holes for the wheel tub and push it in and make a small filler panel..this would cure my issues even with the 31's

is anyone still running a 2 piece DS??? I plan to swap to 1 piece when I add the caddy trans ( 13" tailshaft) that will eat up some of the pinion angle too

and PS10 when io get home from Fla I plan to open that exact can of worms...motor,exhaust,ds angle, Drop spindles with disc...I hope it will be my last can of worms..they're getting expncive???


Jeff

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Lightweight..........Im just jealous (spell check)

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PSC-10 I really like your truck I bet its lots of fun with the 4 speed . When I had a 4 speed I was running a small block . I would be getting alot of tickets with your ride .

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Oh.....it's more than fun! I could NEVER see this particular truck with an auto. I am a downshift freak. I love pulling up to the cruise and going 4th......3rd....2nd.....and so on. It's also fun because 4 speed rigs "bump" through the parking lot just a little different than an auto car, especially if you have a little stall.

Main reason I bucked-up for the M-22 is so I could cross out the 42 yrs old on my driver's license and pencil in 19, not worrying about breaking anything. I just love banging 2nd and getter 'er all sideways when I have a passenger. Greatest thing about being the driver is that only you know what all hell is about to "break loose".

Thanks for the thumbs up!!