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Old 01-23-2009, 01:02 AM   #10
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Re: 64 Short Bed Pro-Touring

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Originally Posted by bentfab View Post

It's pretty simple. I don't understand why people tear out the frames on thes trucks and build some crazy bach half. The trailing arms on these trucks is where NASCAR got it's rear suspenson design from. The articulation and simplicaty of these suspensions is bad a$$. Put a c-notch in the frame depending on how low you want to go. Put a cross member to connect the c-notch and use it to mount shockwaves on the front side of the axle and put a watts linkage set-up off the back. This type of set up keeps the rearend perfectly centered and is the most stable through the hole travel of the air bag and any side to side movment. As for the front I instald a Jim Myer bolt in unit that would be welded in later. I will try and put some pics up tomorrow.
Looks like it was a cool project.
What were the wheel & tire specs in the pic (dimesions, back-spacing, etc...)?
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