My 64 goes to Lowboy for a back half

[erock805]

The front is done. The motor mounts are in. Everything is clearanced pretty well. Lays 1/4" off the ground all the way around and steerable at the hieght. Heres a couple of pics to of its trip.





and here is some pics of my duece with the new a arms Lowboy put in for me..





Hope you like. I will put some progress picks up in a bit from my phone....

[Restrorob]

SWEET lookin duece you have there and some cool shots !!!

[Dinos63]

about time you got on the boardhow about some front shots

[sams60gmc]

Sick trucks can't wait to see more pictures of the back half. I'm almost done with a backhalf setup. Would be sick to see others.

[erock805]

all right...these are cell phone shots so they suk but somethin is better than nothing...


Here is once it was in the garage. holes in the firewall, laid out onda arms but the crossmember was raised an inch and a half or soo. You can clearly see the steering issues and what not...


Here is ride hieght after the I put in the motor mounts, raised and clearanced the steering, then pie cut the top of the crossmember. I also built bag cups for it so It will have no rubbing and lottsa lift with low pressure....



close up of the motor mounts...

Rob made me drill the holes... and make em unboltable from the mount...

the motor mounts in action....

I moved the motor slightly forward so I could clear the tunnel and pull a distributor... or easily remove an hei. I also lowered the motor as much as I could.


Cleanded up the the new used differntal today. Hopefully will be cutting steel in the am ....

Thanks to Todd at lowboymotorsports for his bagging and general c10 knowledge, Robb for all his help and the truck and Dino for throwin me the seat! My goal is to have this drivable by the end of this month...thank god I got laid off.....

[erock805]

Whoes these guys??

[64shortc10]

Looks SWEET! Dino hasn't talked u into a DROPMEMBER yet? What are your plans for the rear, 4 link? How are you converting the rearend to 5 lug? I'm loving that dually! Keep the pics coming and WELCOME to the 60-66 side!
Tony from Norcal

[63 & 64 Bowties]

Welcome to the "dark side" of the board. Sweet truck. Can't wait to see this one comin' along.

[lakeroadster]

Definately a sweet ride thus far... please tell me you are going to cut the hood to let the dual fours stick through...

I am sooooo tired of cowl hoods.

[xratt]

wow, I really like the way you did you sterring and cross member chop. I did mine a lot different and it took me weeks to figure out a steering shaft set up. Still not reall happy with mine. I swapped in 80's power steering too.
Used the 80's cross shaft to retain the factory tie rods. Well now it does not steer well in shard turns. Like its dragging one of the tires. Also major tire wear. Your set up, using the stock stuff was a better idea. If I ever get my burb. I will be using yours as a model. So post and problems and fixes if you hit anything major.

Also, the other truck is crazy sick too.

[Joemomma1]

Originally Posted by erock805

Whoes these guys??

No one. He does'nt know sh!t about these things.

[protrash64]

Cool start and from another local......

[Dinos63]

DUUUUUDE ,NICE PIC AND THE TRUCK LOOKIN GOOD THOSE DOORS LOOK FAMILIAR HMMMM, AND TODD AT LOW BOY DOES SOME NICE STUFF FOR SURE, DO YOU NEED A BED? OH PS PLEASE DON'T MENTION FORDS HERE

[erock805]

I more of a traditional guy with my old stuff. So no cowl hoods, billet, or big wheels. Will go with cragar or supremes with pins. I am still debating if I wanna keep the duals on there. I love the way the look, but I would rather keep them under the hood as I am not building a race truck. And if they are under the hood whats the point of having em? Who knows....Going for a small block with a 700r4. Just a low cruizer. I have some pretty cool paint ideas bubllin up...that may be to crazy...so I will let my friends guide me. it will sport a gmc grill I picked up at good guys. And yes a simple yet stout four link out back.

All the front suspension advice came from my friend Todd at lowboy motorsports. He did the dually, my sons truck, and my econoline. Going to the shop in an hour, and taking my camera for some good pics. with Any luck we will have it back halved by sunday...

[erock805]

I got the bed that was on it in Robs backyard. It needs work but itll do im sure...And yes those doors did come from you. The doors on this truck were shaved, and I like nobs and bumpers... so we swaped.

Here is a pic of the basic back half....tomorrow I cutt the frame off...I am giddy

[Hickup pickup]

Dude you will now be able to pull GINORMOUS wheelstands with those motormounts lightened like that. BTW This a much better pic of those two guys trucks.

[Hickup pickup]

Sorry about the ford in the background Dino!

[erock805]

Frame is welded on and stronger than a garlic milk shake! Rob (Hickup) came over and checked out the scene along with showing me how to tell what gear ratio my new diff is...



Later in the day I cutt the bottoms off the old frame and Todd welded it up so it has a nice gradual transition from old to new....

Need a engine, found a 700r4.

[Hickup pickup]

A, h,a,a,a ....Fire, Fire..... h,a,h,a,a,aa

[erock805]

Heres some updates. Sits on the control arms...frame is about 1/4inch off the ground. Body is about 1/2 inch. Still a bunch to do.





I wanted it as simple as possible.




Cutt the inner fenders up for a tubbing




Starting putting the sheet metal back on for mock up

Ride hieght

Trev layn it out for me.

[erock805]

[Bazooka]

Looking good man! Keep us updated.. I dig the traditional look also.

[ruffrida2005]

dude the truck is looking sick. I really like it.

[erock805]

Alot has happend since this last post... the duece is gone after 4 years and a ton of money dropped on it. I got a 65 riviera, and a 54 chopped cheby to replace it.

Got a different column thanks to Rob and Jeff on here. Got the brakes to work. Sealed and panted the inner fenders and put it back together. Today is the day! I am going to start my wiring. With any luck I will be rollin hard by tomorrow! I'm so geeked I could peee...

Oh and got my supremes...here is a crappy shot.



heres a pic of the 54 and da buford

[63burb]

nice truck.. i'm thinking about buying some supremes too for my 63, what size did you go with and were did you pick them up?