building my first lowered truck

[laid_out_70]

progress from the day b4 yesterday.

First I capped off the lowers





Then I cut out the new gussets



Welded on...







progress on the motor mounts



Love this pic, can see all the holes of the front crossmember, motor mounts and lower link gussets

[laid_out_70]

todays progress.

motor mounts are finished up. they drop the motor 2" and push it back an 1"










then had to section the crossmember a bit for the oil pan



pushed the crossmember down a bit to match the slope of the front of the crossmember.




tada


cant even tell its sectioned




then we dropped the motor in

[FnLow69]

Nice fab work! looking good man...

[67cheby]

looks like everything fits in there GREAT !!

[laid_out_70]

thanks guys. going to have to build headers :/. next is the tranny crossmember and hopefully get going on that tomorrow.

[laid_out_70]

got a few hours in today.

first got all the **** cut out, caps drilled and tapped.


then welded up the ends.


mounting points welded up,




then tacked on

[laid_out_70]

well ive ordered a quart of semi gloss black POR15 for the frame and a pint of silver POR15 for the arms and links.

anyone that has experience with POR15 have some tips and know how far a quart will get me on the frame? plan on brushing it on by the way.

[Cameron 1137]

my one tip: WEAR GLOVES!

that stuff does not come off skin

[laid_out_70]

hah, thank you sir.

[laid_out_70]

after a month off i finally made it into the shop. first we got the truck on castors



then i got going on the tranny crossmember, plate cut and bent, 1.5" .120 wall tube bent @ 39*


wing notched for the tube




fits titties


tacked on




then welded up








going to run a plate as a back bone along the seam of the tube to the upper mounts i built off of the frame. but next we're having a 40s chevy in the shop for a new floor and some other things, ill post that up as it comes.

also the POR15 i ordered never showed up, looking into that now.

ohh in other news, buddy got cut off and tried to off-road his mini, lol

[67cheby]

looking good man !!

[laid_out_70]

thanks slosh-ster

[67cheby]

Lol. No problem haven't been called that since high school !!
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[chevy2racr]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

Lol. No problem haven't been called that since high school !!
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was slosh sloshed in High School? haha

[67cheby]

LOL, my name is Mike Losh

[laid_out_70]

buddy got bored and built a carrier bearing crossmember for me. some rolled 1" looks titties

[67cheby]

That's cool looking !!
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[jbclassix]

Originally Posted by laid_out_70

buddy got bored and built a carrier bearing crossmember for me. some rolled 1" looks titties

nope, tried looking at it upside-down, right-side-up, and and don't see the resemblance... I must be missing something! Cross member looks sick though! are you mounting trailing arms to the x-member also?

[laid_out_70]

Originally Posted by jbclassix

nope, tried looking at it upside-down, right-side-up, and and don't see the resemblance... I must be missing something! Cross member looks sick though! are you mounting trailing arms to the x-member also?

dont see a resemblance to what? lol. truck is already 3 links so no trailing arms. if that was the case it would be much beefier.

TODAY:

moved my frame over for the latest. its a 1940's chevy sedan, mustang ll front suspension, buddy linked it last year and now we're mounting the ls1 and trans then doing some work on the floor, maybe more in the future.

first got my turd out of the way


frame in


then assembled

[laid_out_70]

today first i got the backbone for the tranny crossmember built and welded in. i regret drilling the hole in it but oh well. also the the mitered 2x4 welded to the frame











then started my new back half!

JK

did cut out the tank and compressor mounts though. going to redo them tomorrow


also got the other plate cut out from the carrier bearing crossmember, havent decided on a way to mount it to the frame yet so its just sitting


and my buddy got the motor/tranny mocked up and motor mounts cut out. a work in progress obviously.


front view

[laid_out_70]

paint is here and i got a job. so now ill have funds for parts but no time to work on the truck. lol. gonna try and bust out what i can of the frame saturday and sunday.

[laid_out_70]

made some good progress on the truck over the weekend. first i started with redoing the upper bag plates

the old ones with the gussets already cut



decided it would be easier to just cut out that area of the frame and start fresh


then the new piece sectioned in



heres the design my buddy came up with. i like it a lot







next i boxed in the frame from the back of the cab to the wishbone crossmember





all welded up




next is to finish the upper bag plate for the drivers side, then mount the carrier bearing crossmember.

[67cheby]

nice looking Welds and bag mounts

[laid_out_70]

progress from this weekend, first i got the carrier bearing crossmember finished. tapped holes in the frame for 3/8" bolts.










also got the other bag plate cut out. mount it next time


and a couple other projects that are at the shop. buddy did most of the tube work and sheetmetal and i made the battery box. lol





















fuse box door






next project on the list. sheetmetal floor, firewall and back wall. also misc welding and what not

[Cameron 1137]

outstanding!