1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension
 

Here's what I started with.

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thats a good truck to start with,appears in very good shape not many are like this one,and welcome from TX.

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Welcome.
Looks like a decent start.
Kim

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So other than the title of your thread, what's the plan?

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The truck needed more work than it looked like. I have replaced the doors, hood, bed, core support and all kinds of other things.

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I will try and get some pics up of what has been done so far.

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I ended up having a custom frame built. I used a corvette c4 front and rear suspension with a custom 4-link in the rear.

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I also had all motor mounts mocked up with my motor and Ididit steering column.

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For the motor I have a 400 SBC. This was completely gone through. All machine work..bored .60 with roller rockers. I plan on running a 700r4 transmission with it as well.

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The stance on the truck looks perfect. This picture is with no weight on it but with it all together it should sit just right.

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Here are some random pics of the suspension. Once everything is test fitted it will all be broken down and the suspension will be polished and the frame will be powder coated.

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Right now the cab is at the body shop. A lot of metal work is being done. Cab corners are being redone. Dash, cowl, dome light and firewall are being smoothed. Here is the current pic of the can before it went to the body shop.

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I have had to replace a ton of stuff: Doors, inner/outer cab corner, hood, inner fenders, core support, complete bed and a new frame. I also have the one piece window kit for the doors plus a ton of other parts that I will eventually need.

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This is shaping up to be a real nice build. Keep the pics coming.
Kim

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Most 4 link for corvettes are @12-14". Yours appear tobe 35-40", looking at the pic. How come so long? Just looking for info, thinking of put one in my 38 sedan.

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My 4-link bars are 30 inches. We did it longer to help get a better ride and to limit the pinion angle when there's suspension travel. Also if I ever wanted to put air bags on it I wouldn't have to change up too much.

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What size frame rails did you use to make the frame (width, height, thickness)

Thanks

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The truck was originally swapped on a full size frame. They did a horrible job so I picked up an original frame. That frame turned out to be slightly bent in the rear. Plus the original frames had all of the holes in it. I finally had enough and had a new one built. We used 2" x 4" square steel tubing and it's 3/16" thick.

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Thanks for the info!

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good looking truck to start with.
nice work on your frame

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Here are some more random pics from the body shop. The cab has been there for a while. I'm having all kinds of work done.

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And some more

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Some newer pictures from the body shop. Smoothed firewall and fitting the driver door with the new step.

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Really nice looking project.

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new doors? nice. what do you think of the fit and finish of them?

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Thanks Kabwe....as far as the doors go...they aren't as bad as I was expecting but they do need a little bit of work to get them right. Other than that they seem solid. I have the one piece window kit for them so we will see what kind of mess that is to install.

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You gotta stop taking pictures on weird angles like that. The pic of your firewall looks like you cut the entire roof off including the pillars. I was pleasantly surprised when I got to the next pic and realized that you hadn't.:lol: Your project is looking great. Good luck the rest of the way.

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Clean project truck. The custom frame is very cool.

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Every thing is looking real nice.
Kim

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Here are some new pictures of the cab. I have both new doors mounted and they are being fitted. I also have the cowl shaved and some other work being done on the cab.

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Here is another picture of the new door. I'm also having the entire dash smoothed as well. I will get some pics of that as it comes along.

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Looks good.
Kim

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Here are some more pics of the rocker panels and cab corners. Getting everything smoothed and looking nice.

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Here are a few more pics. Cleaning up the seam lines and smoothing them out.

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Coming along real nice.
Kim

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Some more work has been done on the cab. The custom dash is in. It just needs to be finished. The steps and rockers are all smoothed. The doors aren't 100% done but they are close. The driver side of the firewall was smoothed to match the passenger side.

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Here is another picture of the dash. They have to smooth the rest of the dash where the headlight switch goes. It's coming along.

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Coming along nicely.
Kim