My 68 "Bessie" Underwent Surgery Today!
 

What I thought was a 2 hour job ended up taking 5 hours...

I managed to break a shock mount stud but luckily had an extra, and the u bolts took over an hour to remove!!

I guess you just never know what you'll run into working on these old trucks :lol:

I used Western Chassis 4/6 coils and shocks, and an ECE panhard bar.

The first picture is when I purchased the truck. Before/After

The tire sizes are 225/70/15 & 235/75/15

I'm hoping the fronts will settle a little more!

I guess she's not too bad for a little shop truck! :metal:

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Looks good! I guess I'm going to have to get me a stepper. Every time I see one I get the urge...:)

LockDoc

Re: My 68 "Bessie" Underwent Surgery Today!
 

>>What I thought was a 2 hour job ended up taking 5 hours...<<

Um... consider yourself lucky??? :) I like your truck!

Re: My 68 "Bessie" Underwent Surgery Today!
 

I'm about to pick up a 69 with 4 in springs in the rear. It needs to be lower. Do you have a notch in the rear? Did you put in 4 in with 2 in blocks? Or 6 in springs?

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Thanks man!! :metal:

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Thank you!!

I like the Stepper but I also want a Fleetside.. So I guess i'll just need to get both!

Re: My 68 "Bessie" Underwent Surgery Today!
 

I used Western Chassis 6 inch drop springs for the rear. Also I used Western Chassis DS2 shocks. It rides really good. I was pretty surprised to be honest! It's kind of on the soft side so its not jarring like a lot of static lowered stuff can be.

As far as the notch is concerned, I didn't notch it. I have read saying that 5 and 6 inch rear drops need a notch etc, but if you're not hauling very much heavy stuff in the bed, you will be good.

I removed the factory bump stops, currently I don't have any bumpstops on it at least right now. There is maybe 4 or 5 inches of travel before the axle would ever touch the frame. I'm really not worried about it; my buddy that weighs 200 lbs was jumping on the rear bumper and we could never make the axles hit the frame.

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Couldn't make the axle hit the frame **

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I like the look of a stepside