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Dino you dropping the truck off first thing in the morning?????

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Thats awesome Dino!! :metal:

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the spindles are for an 88-98 chevy c1500. You use the 88-98 upper ball joints(direct bolt in to 70 upper a-arm), 88-98 lower balljoints(need to find 67-68 3/4 ton lower arm and neww balljoint will press in) 88-98 inner and outer tie rods(the 70 center link needs to be reemed out to fit the new tie rods). For the brakes I used 88-98 6-lug rotors to match the rear of my 70, and 88-98 calipers. I havn't delt with the brake lines yet, shouldn't be that difficult though. My tie rod angle is close to stock so hopefully I wont have any bumpsteer issues. With the fiberglass fenders I am using it cleers 35's with no clearance issues. I'll try to post pics(have never done it before maybe someone can walk me through it as I am not very computer savy).

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its back at grunions and kevin has some wicked stuff in mind to do on my truck, can't wait, kevin is also working all the suspension issue,

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Just read the whole thread...

When I first saw you got a lift, I thought, oh hes gonna make it a 4x4. WRONG

Baja! :metal:

I'll have to make a 67-72 Baja one day...

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well my truck has been at grunions and i stop by and check it out . the cage is bad a$$ and is alsmost complete for stage one , and after me a kevin both drove it we decided the truck was way to stiff, soooo were are going to air bag the whole truck, here is a few pics

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Bad A$$ truck dude, i would have never dreamed of a 60's baja. Way Way cool

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:lol: Crazy to see you post on here. Saw your pics on nwbmwclub and I like it. Sadly didn't make it to the show, but heard a c10 was there. Glad to see the c10's represented. Yes I'm one of the bmw guys haha, don't lump me in w/ their antics though...

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Thats crazy dude, lets hook up some time and BS

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duuuude ,nice drag truck

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Heck yes. Would love to. I know whenever the dynoday for the bmw guys is I'm just gonna come out and watch and give James Haile a hard time for anything and everything like I always do. Sadly my c10 isn't on this side of the state, I wish it was. Its in seattle in a million pieces right now, I'm over at GU for college right now.

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well i drove it! It nuts to be up that high and it is even higher with the bags,thanks to grunion on the work, this truck is fun. need to button up some stuff and then i will try it out

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cool Dino!
you still have camber issues?
what about bumpsteer?
looks amazing, nice work!

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yes and no these pics are full up and down, the truck has a height location that the camber set at and it seems to drive and steer fine, feels safe, 37x17teen baja tires I wasn't kidding my self about how it was going steer and after going between10and 13"of movement . I haul butt on the freeway, don't get me wrong its know lambo but its fun

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cool man i love it!!

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looks good dino. as we know, kevin does great work! are you taking it to Grunion's grand opening?

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That is cool as hell :metal:

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not sure, i want to spray it first,

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thanks mike

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Hurry up and paint it

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Who cares if it's not painted, it looks cool. Oh ya, I want to park my 63 next to it. It would be so cool to park my 63 under it! That would be in every classic truck magazine out there.

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I dunno; it kinda looks cool like it is, maybe a few grunions stickers to finish 'er up. :metal:

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Awesome Dino!! Looks like fun!

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when is he grand opening??? i will try to make it... if it isn't over with already. cool truck dino... a few people are working on another get together soooooo be ready!!!

rodstored-72

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cool sorry i had to miss. kevins grand opening is this weekend the 27th, man there will be a ton of trucks and cars , sweet water and cave creek

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will the tires hit the wheelwells if the diff is twisted- 1 side compressed, 1 extended?

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next time i get it out i will get a picture of it on tilt,It looks crazy

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how does it ride?? some spare tires in the bed would really set it off too!

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Dang, that looks badass. Truck looks awesome with the bags.

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thanks , dude it rides smooth,but it takes a little getting use to being up that high:lol:the next stage at grunions get even cooler

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Your truck is turning out great. I bet your gonna like that longbed in Truckin this month.

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dino,
i hate to break the bad news to you but your idea was stolen & is already in the latest issue of "truckin". as soon as i saw it i thought... man! dino got that finished quick!!! (lol)
good job! hope to see you at the meet on the 25th....

take care!

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I will have to check that issue out. Thanks for the heads-up.. even if it wasn't directed at me.

After having bought the issue; I think you're talking about the Matt .. (from the UFC)'s truck.. I like it, but it's not a long-travel, it's just a regular 4x4.. iirc (can't find the magazine right now tho)

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awesome project. im new to this site. definatly alot of cool rides on here. i think ive talked to you before dinos63 at a phx car show. anyways nice work. how do i post pics up of my truck? i have a 65 4x4

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Hey slick65, once you figure out how to post pictures go on over to the 4x4 forum and check out the thread titled "Let's see how many 60-66 4x4's are out there" Welcome to the forums. Is that a big back window truck? And yes Dino's truck is awesome.

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:lol::lol::lol:

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yes it is a big window, custom trim truck, just waiting to put on all the trim till its final block and paint. and yeh ill look for that thread.:metal:

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I think the heat is getting to you my friend.. all laughing randomly like that.. :lol:

Another thought though; doesn't the air-bag system kind of negate the offroad-ability of the truck, considering that you're relying on the air ride to stay intact on what could be a rough landing, if you ever fly it.. and being in AZ, you definitely have the opportunity :smoke:

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http://http://farm4.static.flickr.co...c078c77c_o.jpg


IMO these buggies with air bag suspension will be put through a lot more abuse than his truck will.

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thanks dude next time you come up to phx stop by,pm i am in central phx