Bartmans AD-S10 Chassis Swap

[a5Ben]

Great progress Bartman. Wish I was this far along. Question though, did you have to do anything special to bolt up the camaro rear end? I have one thats from an older car that will need some mods to work like moving the spring mounts inward.

Ben

[av8tr33337]

Originally Posted by a5Ben

Great progress Bartman. Wish I was this far along. Question though, did you have to do anything special to bolt up the camaro rear end? I have one thats from an older car that will need some mods to work like moving the spring mounts inward.

Ben

Ben

I cut and ground everything off the Camaro Rear end. I went to Atwoods (A farm supply store) and bought some cheap spring perches that are actually for building a trailer and are too narrow for my springs. I'm just using them for mock up, but the radius fit my rear end tube perfect. Nothing welded, just held in place by the U bolts. I will make my own spring perches later with some 2 1/2 inch square tubing. Just set small goals for yourself Ben you will get there.

[bjcaldwe]

Did you get any of that big hail up there? I saw that you were near Wichita on a previous post.

[av8tr33337]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

Did you get any of that big hail up there? I saw that you were near Wichita on a previous post.

Funny you should ask. I pushed the truck outside and took those latest pics about 2 hours before the storm hit. I was planning on leaving it outside over night because I planned on cleaning the shop up a little bit the next morning. My wife heard that there was baseball size hail a few miles north so we put it back inside. We only got pea and marble sized hail here at the house but my niece across town got some a little bigger that golf ball size. There was also a Tornado heading right for us but it lifted about 3 miles away and didn't do any damage here. Gotta love Kansas!!!

[Merki]

Great thread. Will you be posting any more photos?

[av8tr33337]

Yes I will. I've been at a stand still due to lack of funds and lack of time, but I plan to start replacing control arm bushing, ball joints etc and get it back into a rolling chassis. I would really like to get it running and driving before next winter but that's pretty ambitious.