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looking AWESOME!!!!!!!

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Wow, that was quick!

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I was already doing that before. Now I guess I'd need another 4" of drop hitch (or a lowered trailer). Good thing the Jeep has a tow package...
Me too, I took a few quick measurements and I think it's gonna sit nice and low :D
Thanks! Pretty stoked here, too
That's what a 4-day weekend gets ya when your wife is taking 3 graduate classes. Lotsa time to entertain myself, haha

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Little more progress and she is back on her feet and very near terra firma! In these shots, the coilovers are as low as they will go and still not in the sweet spot at mid-stroke. It will come down another 3/4 to full inch once it's all back together :metal:

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It's a little hard to tell but judging by the back of the cab it looks like you'll be around a 6" ride height? That sounds about perfect to me. ;)

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I'm thinking 6.5" or so, but that remains to be seen. My goal is to be around "bagged on stock suspension" dumped height :)

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Sounds good.

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Looks great! I'm running the PB coilover 4 link rear with the touring notches on my 66 so I'll have a similar ride height (whenever I get done with rust repair...

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I'd love to see it. Looks like Photobucket killed your thread...

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Chris, Here is the fix for photobucket I use goggle chrome on my computer. I did a google search for photobucket fix and there was this from google chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...fegnfnflicjjgj
I clicked on it and at the top right there is a blue box that says add to chrome. so I clicked on it and that is all I did. now I can see all the pictures in the build threads on this forum and others.

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This is cool, thanks!

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Chris, I think I'm more excited to see yours done and back together more than mine.:c2:

That works flawlessly! Thanks!

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Frame's looking good Chris! I think you'll be sitting lower than I will aired out in the back with my factory frame rails.

That's awesome! I use Firefox, so I looked and found the same thing here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ed-fix/?src=ss

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Likewise. Too bad we don't live closer, we could work out an exchange program :lol:
That's what I'm after--I want it to make people scratch their heads. Maybe even a custom plate: ALTYMLO or NOTBAGD...

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I created a new "continued" thread with a bunch of pictures in it but skipped all of the details. Link in my sig

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My Boyd welding tank showed up, so I dropped it between the 'rails. This thing is high quality and worth every penny. Now I can work on plumbing fuel and brake lines :smoke:

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Plumbed the fuel and brake lines over the notches--what a pain... not as pretty as some I've seen, but they'll do the job

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Damn pretty in my opinion! :metal: My least favorite thing to do. I had to be different and went through the notches with my fuel lines. Turned out clean but will never do it again lol

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I thought about doing them inside, but decided for the sake of time and the fact that this is not anywhere near a show truck that I would go the easy(er) route. Glad to be done with the hard part

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...and got the tank mounted. It mounted on top of the notches, since that's the only available space and keeps it tucked nicely up out of harm's way. With it being on top of the 'rails, I had to trim out an area for the bed risers to fit and use a 3/16" spacer on the rearmost bolts to account for the thickness of the notches. Now I can work on final routing of fuel lines :chevy:

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Looking good!

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Awesome progress Chris! Digging all of the upgrades!

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Very nice!

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Thanks dudes! I may tear into the front this weekend as I'm reaching a point of details only on the rear and can't progress much without driveshaft mockup.

My wife caught me slipping the other day while I was working on the old girl, I had no idea she was there. Apparently I was "in the zone" :lol:

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Little before and after of the beginning of teardown of the front. Unfortunately, I found some rust in the driver's cowl area, so there will be some unplanned sheetmetal work. May be a good time to go ahead and shave the firewall, we'll see...