1957 Chevy Longbed Project

[Rednek13x]

got the frame cut for the subframe, need to clean a few areas up so it slides right into place.

[Kim57]

Looking good.
Kim

[SHORTDOG99]

Very encouraging! Keep the pics coming!

[Rednek13x]

i got some more work done, not much no pictures. Our garage is filled with things sparks could catch on fire... makes it sketchy to cut and grind, that being said im now going to have to rig up something so i can roll it outside to cut and grind. Shouldn't be a big deal, id rather do that, than burn the house down.

[Rednek13x]

got the clip tacked in place. Really happy with how it turned out. Now to order air bags and get everything mocked up, up front.

[Stepside Jim]

Looking good. I can tell by the tack welds the full weld is gonna be nice.

The silver spanner wrench in the last pic looks like the one I use with my 4 1/2" grinder.

Jim

[Kim57]

Looks like it's going to work out real nice.
Kim

[Rednek13x]

got one side of the bag fabbed up and mounted. The other side should go quick.

[Rednek13x]

got the other side done, hooked some air up to it. See short video.


http://youtu.be/Ho4j639GwBg?list=UU4...E7rEX7aTbRVgqw

[Kim57]

That gets pretty low.
Kim

[Rednek13x]

ordered my ride tech parallel 4 link and Firestone f9000 bags tonight. Got the materiel to build my notch also but waiting until the other parts to come in to figure everything out.

[Spblack]

I would cut that pocket on the inside a little more. it looks like the bag is pretty close. you don't want that coming any where close to touching in case you hit a bump. just to be on the safe side.

[Rednek13x]

yup i just never got a picture of the pockets finished, both sides are now finished with plenty of clearance.

[ChuckDriver]

Nice install!

[Rednek13x]

i bought firestone f9000 sleeve type bags, doing a bag over axle inside the frame trails.

Tires on the rear end now are 27" which is the size ill be running. is my notch a little over kill? from the top of the axle to the bottom of the notch is 4.5"

not entirely sure how im going to do the bag, right now thinking mount it to the rear of the axle flush with the top.

[ChuckDriver]

I'm sure you're just planning and measuring, but why is the rear end housing up-side down?

[Spblack]

Originally Posted by ChuckDriver

I'm sure you're just planning and measuring, but why is the rear end housing up-side down?

I was thinking the same thing. thought maybe he wanted to lower the mileage on his odometer. lol. truck is looking good. cant wait to see more progress.

[Rednek13x]

good eyes guys! was kind of hard to spin the posi around and i just needed to set it there to look at the notch and do some measuring.

Right now just waiting on the snail mail man!

[ChuckDriver]

Cool!

[Rednek13x]

mail man dropped off two packages today. Worked on getting the rear end square and level. will finish that up tomorrow, tack it to the frame so i can install my 4 link.

Sucks not having much time every night to work on it. But at least i have some time!

[58-GMC]

Truck is looking good!

[sqrlnts]

Along for the ride, keep up the great work.

[Rednek13x]

got the rear end true with in less than 1/32 of where it needs to be. Tacked it to the frame until i get the 4 link and notch welded into place.

Then stared at it and scratched my head on how to figure out ride height, so i can figure out where on my frame my front 4 link brackets need to be welded. And that brought me to scratching my head on trying to figure out how high of a notch i need.

Any one got any ideas on how i can figure out what my ride height is going to be, or how to figure out where to weld on the front 4 link bars.

[Rednek13x]

This is an idea of how mine is going to be set up.

[sqrlnts]

I like how they bent the front cross brace for additional diff clearance.