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brn agn · 11-07-2009, 10:47 PM

I found a 72 rear axle locally. I cleaned it up and painted it with Eastwood Chassis Paint:

I installed the rear axle along with 5" drop springs from GMC Pauls, KYB shocks and shock relocator brackets from ECE. I also transferred the brakes from my 6 lug rear axle to the 5 lug axle and added new brake shoes:

I really, really wanted to run 17"x8" steel wheels with baby moon hubcaps, but the expense was too much for me. Maybe some day that plan will work out. As an alternative, I found a pair of 17x9.5" Torq Trust II wheels locally. My brother in law, who lives in St. Louis ran across a set of 17"x8" Torq Thrust II wheels on Craigslist and picked them up for me. I had Nitto NT-450 tires mounted. Those are 255/50/17 tires for the front and 275/50/17 for the rear.

Now that the suspension was straight, I jumped back to finishing up the rust repair. In order to prevent pine needles, leaves, etc... from getting into the cowl area, I made a cowl screen. This is courtesy of Lowe's Home Improvement.

This is what it looks like with the cowl reinstalled:

11-07-2009, 10:47 PM	#10
brn agn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 952	Re: Project Charity Case I found a 72 rear axle locally. I cleaned it up and painted it with Eastwood Chassis Paint: I installed the rear axle along with 5" drop springs from GMC Pauls, KYB shocks and shock relocator brackets from ECE. I also transferred the brakes from my 6 lug rear axle to the 5 lug axle and added new brake shoes: I really, really wanted to run 17"x8" steel wheels with baby moon hubcaps, but the expense was too much for me. Maybe some day that plan will work out. As an alternative, I found a pair of 17x9.5" Torq Trust II wheels locally. My brother in law, who lives in St. Louis ran across a set of 17"x8" Torq Thrust II wheels on Craigslist and picked them up for me. I had Nitto NT-450 tires mounted. Those are 255/50/17 tires for the front and 275/50/17 for the rear. Now that the suspension was straight, I jumped back to finishing up the rust repair. In order to prevent pine needles, leaves, etc... from getting into the cowl area, I made a cowl screen. This is courtesy of Lowe's Home Improvement. This is what it looks like with the cowl reinstalled: __________________ 1969 C10 SWB Project Charity Case AKA "Roscoe" 1971 Cheyenne Super A Combined Effort The Service Station-A practical ministry for those in need Last edited by brn agn; 01-01-2010 at 08:48 PM.