83/84 swb stepside long time build

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I cut the bottom of the frame off and now it picks the cab off frame when its aired out. LOL. Probably end up rolling the pinch welds under and laying the rockers. Did run into the ball joints running out of travel. Held it up a little. So I made some angled shms at work and got rid of that problem.

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That was around X-mas. The rest this spring has been slow. Classses ate up all my free time. Managed to get the seats im going to use mounted.

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had to cut a tunnel for my driveshaft. Just got metal this weekend to cover the tranny and driveshaft.

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Bought some gauges for X-mas.

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Saw some really cool seats and interiors by TMI.

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Now I'm back to the frame issue. Come to find out the frame is jacked up in the front. Took it to a frame shop and they had a hard time with it. Pulled a sheet with measurements from these forums and going to try and correct it myself. After I got it all set up, only place I can find messed up is from the front suspension forward. So im going to try and get it straight, make pockets for the sway bar to sit in, then box the front horns to renforce it.


Cut the frame where I put the cups in for the rack and pinion. Hopefully this is where I can get it all lined back up.

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Here is after the frame shop worked on it. Got it up on stands and got as close as I could to the measurements from before mentioned sheet. See that the frame shop tweaked the front the other way.