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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Frame is looking killer!
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
MAN chadwick is real happy to have his truck in the same zip code
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Glad to see some updates, and thanks for stopping by my build too, the encouragement is very helpful !!
You definately have some irons in the fire !! I too have set a deadline, so I know about the itch to hustle on the build. Good luck and enjoy the camper adventure ![]()
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Outstanding! Glad to see you're moving forward and have accomplished a lot. Everything you've completed so far looks great. Looking forward to the next updates.
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Frame looks great, good to see you back on line, what a winter we have had, haven't seen snow like that in 25 yrs or so
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Rear suspension is a mix of porterbuilt and cpp, porterbuilt stage 1 kit, cpp sawy bar. Just need to install shocks back there. Feels good to put the wheels back on ![]()
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Not sure why, but I love this picture
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
MartyZeeee!!! We are heading up your way in August, would really like to meet up with you, maybe at the beach, think we are going Aug 16/17
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Looking Good Craigers
I'm about where you're at with mine Playing brake line fabber at the moment..LOL Found most of what I need at Bumper to Bumper of all places And at about a quarter of what you'd pay down south . Keep pushin' Bud Trent
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that looks great, I went with the Camaro sway bar on top of the trailer arms! looks a lil different then your setup but in the end its the same results! keep it up, ill be checking in from time to time if not daily, an making updates on mine on the weekends
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your suspension is looking good man. glad you're back at it and posting up again. like the combination of components you chose for the frame... nice.
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
If you don't mind post up some pics of how the captain's bracket works with that CPP unit. I will be running the same getup. Thanks
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Cool camper, and man that is some gorgeous frame work!
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Glad to see you back and making some progress on your truck
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Making progress, but at the same time I am eating soup with a fork. I will have to revisit the control arms in the future as the seals on the lowers just do not fit. I think I will bite the bullet and buy the repop LCA's that come complete with shafts and seals already installed... My deadline is to be able to move the rolling chassis with engine transmission installed in about a months time so I must forge ahead.
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Passenger side together, little disappointed with the shocks, I will have to shave the bushings to fit the stock LCA mount. After all of the trial and error today the driver side should go together pretty quick, maybe later tonight... maybe in the morning.
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Lookin' Good Craigerr...
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Front suspension all together, not shown here, but steering linkage is on as well. Currently working on marrying engine transmission together, should be sitting in the frame Saturday... Sunday latest.
Our house sale/purchase finally firmed up, we take possession of the new house June 6th, but don't have to be out of the current house until July 4th, so the move will be low pressure. Cheers gents/ladies as the case may be.
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
looking good, getting closer to a full roller!!
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Thanks for looking in Chad!
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Will get some pictures up tomorrow, but I now have an assembled roller with engine and trans installed. After getting some pictures loaded up it will be a little while before I have much in the way of updates as I need to get the house in order for the move. We will need to get settled in a bit before getting back to wrenching. One thing I have not mentioned to date is that I have moved my cab to my buddy's shop, more on that when I post up pictures tomorrow.
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Congrats on the new home!
I'm about where you are in the build, except I don't have wheels and tires. I just got done with the front suspension a few weeks ago and it was the most pain in the butt experience so far. I too got frustrated with the LCAs, and ended up ordering new ones after I bent one trying to get the bushings in (I have pressed bushings on mine). Glad to see another getting their front end done ![]() |
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Re: CRGRS 66 – Winter Build Thread
Hey man, nice progress on the truck. On the lower shock mounts I had the same problem but I just bent the mount out a little so they would fit. It didn't take much, just a big crescent wrench an a little tug and they opened up enough to fit.
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Well, I am essentially where I need to be to make the move go smoothly. This unfortunately means that it may be a month or 6 weeks before I get back working on the truck. The only thing I will do before the move settles out is have the drive shaft shortened and toss it in. Also dropping my starter off for a rebuild, no idea what condition it is in, so may as well have it freshened up so it is not a potential concern. Thanks for checking in guys!
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