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Well im still waiting on the paddle switch valves and the front air bags to show up via UPS, so i decided to try and get the rear end buttoned up....
I still have a 1 1/2" more before the rear end bottoms out in the frame c-notch but the pumpkin is hitting the bed floor, and i dont want to cut a hole in the bed because i still want to use it as a working truck to haul stuff, so when i redo the bed wood im going to raise the bed floor up a 1 1/2" so the pumpkin and the axle tube bottoms out all at the same time....I planned ahead that i will add 1 1/2" lowering blocks later on down the road and planned that into the shock relocation...... First i made some brackets to relocate the rear shocks higher then the frame and the future blocks so when aired out the shocks dont bottom out,i used the front shocks on the back since they are short shocks..... http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-25.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-25.jpg heres the shocks with the new higher mounts and the stock lower mounts drilled and swapped backwards with it aired out with travel left in the shock before they bottom out.... http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/007-19.jpg bought this adjustable trac bar before i planned on bagging the truck and this doesnt quite do the job, so i plan on making this into a longer bar that mounts to the trailing arm giving less movement of the rear end when going from aired out to full air... http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/009-15.jpg Then i relocated the carrier bearing, here you can see when aired out the drivline is at a extreme angle: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/010-14.jpg being cheap and not wanting to buy a new aftermarket drop cross member,i drilled out the riviets that hold the carrier bearing mount and flipped it over.... i took the difference from when the rearend is aired out and and when it is at full air and put the rear end at the middle of those two and drilled and mounted the mount for the carrier bearing with the drivline straight..... here it is aired out with the drivline angled up slightly: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/011-16.jpg And dont worry about those air lines that is 1/4 line inside of 1/2 line and im going to put that inside rubber hose...just waiting on it to show up, it wont be rubbing on anything...and thats why the plastic clamps are loose in this picture... when full air it is angled down slightly..Ive had three of these pinch welded carrier bearings come apart on my old 65, and finally had my buddy weld them together better and never had a problem again so ill have him do that to these one ,instead of buying one of those billet aluminum $100 replacements.. still have to relocate the rear camero swaybar still....... untill next time!! |
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while still waiting on air ride parts to show up i decided to do something that didnt require crawling around under the truck on the concrete.....I had bought a truck radio for $20 and decided to put it in....i had a butt ugly black plastic cd player holder mounted to the bottom of the dash and didnt want to have a radio in the dash and a cd player under.....
So the card board glove box insert was long gone....... i found a couple scrap pieces of sheet metal out back and i took some measurements and bent and riveted a panel to fit in the glove box opening to hold the cd player: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-26.jpg threw some paint on it and installed it....cd player fits nice nd the door closes,hot glued a magnet to the back of the cd player remote and stuck it to the panel and still have room for my reg. and insurance paper work, and some fuses: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/008-15.jpg found the chrome chevy glove box emblem in a box of stuff i pulled off the 65 after the wreck and put that on. Its a little scratched up from the wreck but will match the rest of the truck..:lol:...need to get a new latch for the door: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/005-25.jpg put the radio in the dash it is a little smaller then the opening but think thats because its not a 66 push button radio, Its amazing how mush better it looks with a radio then a square hole in the dash: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/006-19.jpg Still need to rewire the cd player and the radio(see if it even works at all) need to sand down the dash and the glove box panel i just made and repaint everything but for now it is what it is, hopefully later in life ill have a garage that i can tear the whole truck down and redo everything......but for now its a low buck build! |
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Cool progress man, i dig the guinness shamrock bottle opener. Are you going to cut the bottom of the trailing arm crossmember off and weld in a piece of flat bar, or is it not a clearance problem yet till you drop it more later on...
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Timmy, QUICK....Unfold the Cal-state DMV reg. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO JAIL?????? I just bet you're the type to rip off the mattress tags too!
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Nice your truck is coming out nice how low does it sit and the rear I can't wait to bag the back of my truck and the the white walls look clean
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Looking good! Keep it up!
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OK guys got my truck bagged! it is very very slow but does the job, theres no bed wood at the moment so the extra weight might help when i get the new wood in.....the back can down another 1" or 1 1/2" or so,Im waiting on my lowering blocks to show up from "way2lo2"....the front bags raised the front end up compared to the cut coils i had, so cupping the front a-arms are in the future plans and also some better compressors.......enjoy!
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UPDATE: I took the bed wood out since it was old rotten and boards were cupping, and i needed to raise the bed floor up a 1 1/2" so the pupkin on the rear end wasnt hitting the wood and could go all the way up in the c-notch..... I bolted some new 3/4" boards around the outside so the bed would stay at the same height: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/008-16.jpg Then i took some 2x4 pressure treated boards and notched and drilled all the holes for the bolts that the metal strips use, I also bolted the big carriage bolts to the bed braces and recessed the bolt heads under the pressure trreated 2x4's so you wont see them in the new bed wood but still hold the bed down....the 2x4 space the wood planks up 1 1/2" that i needed for the rearend to raise up: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/012-18.jpg Well i received the lowering blocks from "way2lo2" and the worked perfect! My bags were bottomed out on the trailing arms and the rearend still had a 1 1/2" before it was all the way in the c-notch and the lowering blocks were used to raise the rearend up the 1 1/2" : http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-27.jpg Also the old stock "monroe monro-matic #32207" that i bought on ebay for cheap showed up and with the higher shock relocate brackets i made they worked perfect and the shocks bottom out at the same time the rearend bottoms out in the c-notch: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-33.jpg I also got the camero rear sway bar mounted to the trailing arms instead of on top of the rearend it worked out great with the bag setup this way it doesnt limit the bags at all in the full range of the bag travel: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/003-23.jpg Then my buddy gave me a under dash a/c unit out of one of his mopar trucks, he said that "it will be the best upgrade on the truck because its a Chrysler unit" HaHaHa :lol: hes a die hard mopar guy so he was quick to take a stab at my chevy......took it apart and cleaned it up a little think it might be to big to fit but will give it a shot at installing it with all my accessoriesi got going on: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-26.jpg thats it for now i forgot to take a picture of how low the rear is now with the lowering blocks but will get one for the next update.. |
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Well heres the picture of how low you can go with the basic bolt in c-notch this is with the bed wood raised 1 1/2" with the rearend bottomed out in the c-notch(you could go 1/2" more with the bump stops out but i didnt do that)....
This is also how low you can go in the front with d2600 bags and the basic bolt in bag brackets(Not very low).....Im going to modify the front lower control arms with bag cups and should be able to get alot lower in the front: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/010-15.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/011-17.jpg Next i got the wood planks for the bed, earlier in my thread you can see i spaced the wood up 1 1/2" with 2x4 runners because of the rearend hitting the wood.... figuring out how to notch the planks: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-27.jpg Cutting the notch's: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/008-17.jpg Primed the wood: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/009-16.jpg originally the bed wood would of been a black stain, and since im still going to use this truck as a working truck, i didnt want anything fancey so i just painted it a flat black so if it gets beat up i just pull the wheel wells and give it a new coat of paint(has 4 coats now).....I also painted the inside of the bed red: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/012-19.jpg need to get some bolts for the wheel wells but besides that bed is finished, I think it turned out nice for a driver....also if you didnt notice but the big hold down carriage bolts dont show thur the bed i recessed them under the 2x4 runners...... got about $220 into the bed. Hope you guys like it :lol: |
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Sweet I love it aired out keep working on the front redoo the front lower a arms and it will be sick!!
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Not a huge update not that it really needed it but always feel better with new wiring in a older car,so i did pick up a haywire wiring harness for the truck, I have wired 3 other classic cars with this same harness it is a decent harness and always have extra circuits left over..,the only thing im doing different with this wiring job is that i went to harbor freight and picked up a soldering iron and shrink wrap and some other items to solder all the connections instead of using crimp style connectors like ive done in the past....it might take longer soldering but in the end it will be better, plus ive got alot fast at wiring a car since the first wiring job: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-28.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-34.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/003-25.jpg |
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truck looking good what the wire harness cost
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Man you are tracking in some areas exactly the way I want to, especially in regards to your recent decision on the wiring!
I want to get away from the crimp style connectors but no matter how much I try, I cannot seem to grasp the concept of soldering!! LOL Anyways, your rig is really coming along great! Your progress is inspirational to me! |
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Lookin good man! Again, NOT you, the truck! Like the way it looks being lowered, but not sure I wanna go bagged, or quite that low. I also like the stereo-in-glovebox deal. and I'm gonna look into Haywire and see what they've got and where they're made.
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Well earlier in my thread my buddy gave me a under dash A/C unit....I cleaned it up and got to thinking to my self "am i really going to find the missing parts i need and hook this thing up" and i came to the conclusion no.....i still wanted to install it to go with my low rider accessories theme i got going on! when i bagged the truck i wanted to hide the gauges and switch's so i came up with this........i also hide my after market gauges also! Dont mind the messy truck im rewiring and it looks like a bomb went off in the cab! HUH looks like a A/c Unit for sure!!!!!!!!!!!: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/022-3.jpg BUT WAIT ITS NOT!!!! http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/023-5.jpg theres fan intake grills on each side near the back that im thinking of putting some small speakers in you would never know they were there! |
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Way cool!!:metal:
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That is just too funny.
Way too innovative for my mind to come up with. Rock on man !! |
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sweet build watching.....
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you have a crazy build. you take a bunch of nothing and turn it into some really cool stuff. i really like your bed. i want to do something like this. my truck is low key. no fancy wood for me
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Well not much done lately due to unforscene dental problems so any extra funds are going to that and also been raining alot(no garage), but i did finish up the wiring install (except for a couple extra circuts i havent tied up yet)and then went to clean out the cab since I sat inside and wired the cab in the rain it looked like a bomb went off, so i pulled the bench seat to get all the crap and tools that had fallen behind it and then that led to repainting the floor.....my first choice would have been a flat black but i had three old cans of gloss black in the shed..it looks better then the white someone painted it before and eventually i want to get a rubber floor mat to lay inside...No carpet ill get it to dirty heres the before: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-31.jpg I wire brushed and sanded to scuff the floor I did some cleaning and primed: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-36.jpg Plan on repainting the ivory white in the cab so i didnt bother taping the sides off and sprayed the gloss black: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-28.jpg and with the seat: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/006-21.jpg And i noticed i never posted a picture of my groovy sun visor's......I'm assuming the old man that had the truck pulled them out of a motor home,At first i hated them but they are so ugly i kinda like them...ands character LOL! http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/007-20.jpg |
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Looking good I want to do that to my bed in my truck soon
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I got the truck running with one of my spare edelbrocks 4bbl but it never quite run right so i took the nice one to the shop to get rebuilt...I have rebuilt them before but since this is going to be my daily driver i want everything to work properly and rebuilt(motor,trans,carb,brakes ect),they got all the right tools to do the job and clean,rebuild,test and tune, and i dont have to do anything and i cant beat the price of $40 plus carb kit..
besides that not much but i did turne my reverse lights into a extra set of brake lights,they were never hooked up and i plan on adding some reverse lights later down the road, i kept the clear lens just used red bulb: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-32.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/012-20.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/009-17.jpg I have a extra set of revers lights so eventually the goal will be when i do my rear grill idea to have three lights on each side the top and bottom will be brake lights and the middle ones will be reverse lights, kinda like this: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-29.jpg |
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Great build!! Keep up the good work!!
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cool idea on the lights man!
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Well I didnt take many pictures but heres what i did ,im still in the process of making a flip up license plate because im going to install a hitch if i need to pull a trailer heres a picture without the license plate on and you can see the hitch hole(got to fab a hinge and make some big holes for the license plate bolts to pass through when the hinge closes, so dont mind the cocked eyed drilled holes): heres me with my p.o.s harbor freight flux core welder: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-21.jpg remember the front grill? heres a picture so you dont have to go back through me thread: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/011-9.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/005-18.jpg and heres the grill i used two different size drawer knobs instead of bullets like the front grill: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/003-14.jpg the license plate is just mocked up right now I have the LED plate bolts to light it up: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/004-15.jpg This is my first attempt at something custom besides doing frenched headlights or tail lights |
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that turned out great man!!! nice work
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i dig how the roll pan turned out! nice job
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I agree on the oil pan,wasnt sure from the start but pretty sweet!
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I really enjoy your build, mostly because like Bullwinkle, I never know what you are going to pull out of your hat next !!
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looks good, dig those lights ... old beat up plates are best in my opinion ;) i managed to find a '66 non-com plate that was never used for mine at a local meet recently.
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Well not much on the truck because i started working on my 54 ford again, but I did make it up to "glendales" house for the weekend and we sandcasted some plaques we made a couple, so now i got one for the truck im still not at home so ill take a picture of it on the truck when i get home but heres some sandcasting pictures enjoy "glendale" was taking the picture's: Getting aluminum melted: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04885.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04865.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04842.jpg making the mold: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04835.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04832.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04840.jpg mold ready: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04845.jpg poured: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04847.jpg open mold: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04881.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04850.jpg finished product besides cleaning it up and painting: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04886.jpg http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...2/DSC04874.jpg |
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