COHI's 1966 Longbed

[Duncan K]

Looking forward to following this build! Gotta be a great day when the UPS man brings boxes of Ride Tech goodies!

[Cohi]

Originally Posted by Duncan K

Looking forward to following this build! Gotta be a great day when the UPS man brings boxes of Ride Tech goodies!

I was out of state when they were scheduled to be dropped and had them diverted to a local Walgreen so my daughter could pick them up. Needless to say, they weren't expecting so many boxes and it filled up their counter for a bit. I came home to a garage full of boxes which is always fun

[Cohi]

I lost count on how many rivets needed to come out... where i could get to the heads with a grinder I cut an X in the head to make it easier and quicker with the air chisel.

[Cohi]

Pics.. sry would upload in previous post

[Cohi]

If you're doing this same kit, this is something you need to address when you order everything. If you have a wood bed, the rear crossmember will sit too high and interfere with the wood once you install the bed. Ridetech initial response was to notch the wood to allow clearance. I didn't think notching the wood was the smart way and pushed a little. Ridetech will supply you with free spacer plates if you ask but you'll need to get longer bolts yourself. So make sure you ask when you order or it just causes delays and rework. Once the spacer plates were in, the top of the crossmember sat flush with the frame as it should. This also resulted in a loss of about 3/4" of drop... no wood notching.

[Cohi]

a few more

[Cohi]

rear end came back out after the suspension was in. Got it rebuilt keeping the same gearing but added a Yukon LSD and new 5 lug axles that came with new drums. Once I got it home and back in, I replaced both rear wheel cylinders.