AD Truck Project

[JohnC]

What can we say?

[scotts62]

sorry Billy just have to keep you motivated

Its been quiet in my threads so ive been slacking haha

Any upcoming game plans for it?

[bjcaldwe]

It is all good.

No game plan at all right now. Gotta replace the outside unit of my central heat and air at home. That, kinda jacks up a lot of stuff. No idea when I could even get it in my dads shop right now to start getting the cross member on it. I keep getting the... oh few more things on my car first... response.

[scotts62]

That sucks.. its going to set you back a bit too, well if you need help or a trailer to haul it over there let me know.

[bjcaldwe]

Covert opps would have already taken place to get it to my house, if I had suspension under it lol.

I think mac said he had a stock front axle. Maybe I can borrow it long enough to move it.

[scotts62]

yeah it makes it hard to move when it doesnt roll..

[kulturekat]

yeah scott knows all about having to move trucks with no suspension under it at all hahahah hire him hes good help haha.

[scotts62]

and loading heavy arse motorcycles too!!

[bjcaldwe]

I owe Scott bbq before I can ask him to do any work lol.

[kulturekat]

yeah that was a killer. i still owe you a steak haha. billy let me know if you need a hand with anything moving or anything. i have an old 9 inch ford rear end that rolls maybe we could tack weld it good enough in place to at least make a roller.

[bjcaldwe]

I was kinda thinking about doing something like that. I have the s10 rear end I could use out back, and then somehow out a rearend up front, just good enough for it roll.

Another option is we have a front crossmember out from under a 51ish chevy car that we could maybe tack or chain to the front of the frame.

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I owe Scott bbq before I can ask him to do any work lol.

Originally Posted by kulturekat

yeah that was a killer. i still owe you a steak haha. billy let me know if you need a hand with anything moving or anything. i have an old 9 inch ford rear end that rolls maybe we could tack weld it good enough in place to at least make a roller.

ah it will all come out even in the wash

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I was kinda thinking about doing something like that. I have the s10 rear end I could use out back, and then somehow out a rearend up front, just good enough for it roll.

Another option is we have a front crossmember out from under a 51ish chevy car that we could maybe tack or chain to the front of the frame.

I have a 10 bolt chevy rear end if you need something to make it roll.

[bjcaldwe]

I am tired of things setting me back on this truck, so I managed to get the rearend in my truck and taking it down to my folks. Who says a lowered truck can function as a real truck lol. Not sure If I can get it under the truck this weekend, but at least it is something small I can mark off the list. A bunch of small things eventually equal some real progess.... um right?

[joe231]

Originally Posted by scotts62

ah it will all come out even in the wash



I have a 10 bolt chevy rear end if you need something to make it roll.

don't give away my diff

I hope to have a diff that will need a home soon

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I am tired of things setting me back on this truck, so I managed to get the rearend in my truck and taking it down to my folks. Who says a lowered truck can function as a real truck lol. Not sure If I can get it under the truck this weekend, but at least it is something small I can mark off the list. A bunch of small things eventually equal some real progess.... um right?

don't get discouraged, I have been there. you just need to get a few things accomplished and it will get the ball rolling.
Have you heard the saying.
"inch by inch, life is a cinch....yard by yard, life is hard"

[bjcaldwe]

Joe, you are a poet, and I didn't know it...

[joe231]

Lol
I can't take credit for the saying...

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I am tired of things setting me back on this truck, so I managed to get the rearend in my truck and taking it down to my folks. Who says a lowered truck can function as a real truck lol. Not sure If I can get it under the truck this weekend, but at least it is something small I can mark off the list. A bunch of small things eventually equal some real progess.... um right?

A lowered truck just makes it easier to load.

Little things here and there still get it done.

[mcbassin]

How about some pictures eh? And yes progress is progress!

[bjcaldwe]

I have two pics to post tomorrow, nothing special. The rearend is under it good enough to move it. The 52 car crossmember idea will not work, it is too narrow. I am going to try and find a stock front end I can borrow long enough to move it.

[bjcaldwe]

Temporary placement. When we work on it for real, it will be centered properly.

[JohnC]

Cool!

[bjcaldwe]

It sets too high too lol.

[mcbassin]

nice! Now we're talking!

[bjcaldwe]

A verbal update and pics all in one day. Lookout for this freight train of progress!

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

A verbal update and pics all in one day. Lookout for this freight train of progress!

Woo Woo