another '66 front shock relocation bracket question

[Rust-O-Matic]

What's up fellas? I am about to fashion some simple brackets to raise the upper shock mounting point on the front of my lowered '66 C20, and just had a thought I wanted to run by you guys. I drilled out the original rear brackets and made some out of tubing per Lakeroadster's thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=451200

It looks to me like I could trim the original rear brackets and weld or bolt them to the frame above the original front mount stud locations. Has anybody else done this? Mounted to the side or top of the frame rail? Any pics? I realize I'm surely over thinking this, as this is a very simple task, but I am curious to see how others mounted theirs if this has been done before.

[Rust-O-Matic]

I finally got around to trimming these old rear shock mounts up this weekend. These will be welded to my frame rails, moving the upper shock mount about 3" upward. Very similar to the aftermarket relocators available, except free.

In case anybody cares, here's some pics.

[Chevymann66]

Awesome job man. I was just trying to figure out how I was going to relocate my aswell. Thanks for posting

[Rust-O-Matic]

Thanks! I'm kinda surprised I haven't seen them done like this in other posts. Maybe no one bothers with it because the aftermarket ones are readily available. No thanks, I'm a cheapskate.

You'll need an extra pair of shock bolt sleeves too, if you wanna use a standard 1/2" bolt on the top of each shock. The stock upper eyelet of the shock doesn't have one in it. The size you need are 1/2" i.d., 5/8" o.d., and approx 1 3/8" from end to end. I got some off of ebay. Not sure if local parts places carry them or not.

[Captainfab]

Good thinking making use of old parts. Post up some pics when you get them installed.

[WOLFMANmike]

this is what me and my friend did to mine

i went from this