Project "The Mistress"

[Twistedvegas]

Well, I've been workin on this for a couple years now. 71 C20 Camper Special. The entire front end was shot so rather than go back stock, I decided to build a better mousetrap. I decided to upgrade the braking system and lift it while keeping it 2wd. Rather than converting to 5 or 6 lug, I wanted to keep it 8 lug, so off to the races I went. I started with ordering Fabtech 92-98 8 lug 4.5" lift spindles, flipping the trailing arm mount on my Eaton, and a crap ton of pressure washing and cleaning. Once the spindles came in, I realized how screwed I was when I went to look for ball joints. I found nothing in a stock design would bolt up without MAJOR surgery to the arms I just bought. After months of looking for a capable machinist I trust, I finally found one. Then it took us 8 months of R&D on CAD and C&C to get the upper ball joint perfect. The result is now I have a replacable upper joint that I hope and pray other folks are interested in because recouping some of this money spent sure would be nice. If not I have a 1 of a kind truck! Now I'm just waiting on my rear disc kit to come in for the Eaton and I'll update with alignment notes and anything else I run across that y'all want to know. I'm running 35's so slight front fender trimming will be necessary but this honey badger ain't scared. Let me know what y'all think!