Poor mans drop

[project69c10]

Cut them or have some body do it for you.i know when i started to build project 69c10,a good friend of mine owned a junk yard,and sold me a set of ccoils for 10 bucks and cut them down to size,thank god for good friends.wow your truck looks like mine did ,mine is a 69 long bed same color same rims what a flash back

[ratridechevy454]

Ok if you lower with chevelle springs and put 2" blocks in to get aprox a 4" drop how about the rearend track locate bar? Can you retain the stock one or need a adjustable one?

[project 67 sub]

you could always temporarily bend the stock one to center your wheels until you can buy an ajustable one, or build a longer one and relocate the diff mounting point like im doing.

[Hottrucks]

Originally Posted by project 67 sub

you could always temporarily bend the stock one to center your wheels until you can buy an ajustable one, or build a longer one and relocate the diff mounting point like im doing.

how much will it need to be shortened??? i'm bagged now with a notch and was thinking it would be a good time to do that before I put the bed back on.......I guess I could measure it if I wasn't so busy doing other stuff....

[project 67 sub]

Originally Posted by Hottrucks

how much will it need to be shortened??? i'm bagged now with a notch and was thinking it would be a good time to do that before I put the bed back on.......I guess I could measure it if I wasn't so busy doing other stuff....

that depends on how low you go. if its lowered anything over 5"s it will end up being to short. when mine was lowered 5"s in the rear, i only bent it as much as needed. now that im lowered 9"s it was to short even when it was not bent, so i got one off a 66 c-20 coilspring truck and bent it to where i needed it, until i can finish my extended one.

[Hottrucks]

I'm bagged with a C notch....not even sure how much drop that equals????

[Shane]

Originally Posted by Hottrucks

how much will it need to be shortened??? i'm bagged now with a notch and was thinking it would be a good time to do that before I put the bed back on.......I guess I could measure it if I wasn't so busy doing other stuff....

Or you could do it the right way ... and I just happen to have something that might help ya out.

[project 67 sub]

im doing mine the right way too, the bent one is only temporary until i finish my new one im building. and it isnt costing me anything to do it

[Hottrucks]

well I'm lucky enough to live in a big race car area and they have them hanging on the walls everywhere...( the dirt guys bend them up pretty regularly)...I got my c notchs cut/welded today and bed on so a quick measurement and a 2 sec drive and I'm at the store to pick one up...... seems to need to be about an inch shorter but maybe tomorrow my cab and bed mounts will be in so I can get a better idea once things are put where they are going to live.......