Dutch '59 Fleetside Longbed

[oldman3]

Kees, nice job. Inside the carrier looks great...Jim

[ChuckDriver]

Frame looks good!

[reaper71]

Nice and clean looking on the frame.
The Diff. looks in perfect shape

[RockinKees]

Rear frame is painted, two coats primer and two coats black.
Thats ready to take the IRS

But paint has to dry...so on with drilling out broken bolts of that same IRS.
Bolt is out, but I have to make new thread.
It was 7/16 and it will be M12 metric, because I have enough of that
I made a bolt just like the original on the lathe, except it's an M12.
No pics yet, sorry.

I also did consult NoClassic, because he also has Jag IFS, and is "two" steps ahead of me...I belief he's in driving state
I asked him about the shockmount measurement, and what I came up with is almost the same as what NoClassic has. So took the Grinder and made some mounts:



I made them of 5mm thick angled steel.
This is what it looks like:





Sorry about the hand and the bad quality of the pics, made with my cellphone....

[Kim57]

That looks good.
Kim

[Advanced Design]

Nice shock mount Kees. You are moving right along!

[ChuckDriver]

Nice work!

Have you seen this build, they are also using the Jag suspensions front and rear.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653170

[oldman3]

Kees,pic looks find, nice bracket...Jim

[RockinKees]

Thanks guys!!

No, I had not seen it ChuckDriver. Just read it, they have a bit more work than me
Great to see a family involved in a build

Yesterday I talked about a broken bolt in the carrier, this is my solution to get it repaired. I drilled the broken bolt out, made new thread just milimeter thicker, from 7/16" (11 mm) to M12 metric



The bracket is hold by the two (!!) bolts, that at his turn holds the lower control arm. The bolt on the right I've made, the bolt on the left is from Jag.

Here you can clearly see the difference in size:



When you bolt everything together it looks like this:



Put some new paint on it, just because I can



While I was at it, I could, at the same time, move the diff permanently to his new home, so I did:



Tonight I cleaned the lower control arms and mounted them on the diff. Also gave them some shiny black paint. Unfortunately no pics of them, because I forgot to take all my digital stuff....
That's for next time!!

[Advanced Design]

Always a good thing when painted parts are going back on!

[Katrina/10]

Nice safety wire job.

[Steve-W]

Damn Kees, I keep repeating myself, but it's a fantastic build!

[oldman3]

Nice work as usual...Jim

[Kim57]

Nice fix on the bolt.
Looks real good.
Kim

[reaper71]

1 more check off the list!!!

[RockinKees]

Thanks again guys!!
And indeed one more check off the list
Just two thousend to go, more or less....

Just got back of a few hours work, nothing much done...
Welded the shockmounts on the subframe:



Also made an extra gusset at the front side of the subframe, 'cause you never know



Took a pic of the rear that I promised you:



Calipers next, then the half shafts and shocks...almost ready!!

Back to the front, I have a broken bolt on the lower control arm, I drilled it out.



Here you see the broken bolt, it's a 3/8" unf, 5 grade. Difficult to come by overhere. Searched on the net what I could use to have the same strenght, looks like your grade 5 is the same as our 8.8 bolts...
That makes it a lot easier to repair the bolt holes.
I think I drill them all to metric M10, also is mounting the springpan a lot easier to do
Then I can use 4 threaded bars to get the spring at his place, instead of one thread through the middle...
We'll see...

[m.o.t]

Nice job! Can't wait to see this thing on it's wheels..!

[Kim57]

Looks real good.
Kim

[Katrina/10]

Just curious, where do the tops of the front shocks mount on the Jaguar car?

[jkeating1]

It's interesting that a British car has so many non-metric bolts.

[RockinKees]

Originally Posted by m.o.t

Nice job! Can't wait to see this thing on it's wheels..!

Me too Steve, me too!
When do we get your buildthread??
It's about time, don't you think

Looks real good.
Kim

Thanks Kim!

Just curious, where do the tops of the front shocks mount on the Jaguar car?

At the inner fenders, which is part of the whole construction. These Jags have no apart chassis like our trucks do.

It's interesting that a British car has so many non-metric bolts.

I had a '67 Volvo Amazon once, all bolts were unc and unf...and that's from Sweden
The British don't have the Metric system... yet...they don't have the Euro neither


I also started with the wheelspacers out of airplain aluminium.
Pretty hard stuff, I must say!
This is what I started with:



After some turning and drilling I got to the point thjat I could testfit it on the wheelhub:



Fits pretty good, also in the wheel itself.
Now have to turn the inner holes at the right size, make holes for the countersunk wheelnuts and wheel studs.
I did draw the drill lines on the next one also:



I have to make these, because the tires are just not hitting the inner fender walls at the back, I want some more room to avoid future problems.
So few hours of work left, for me at home

Tomorrow I get a towbar from a Trailblazer I belief. Hope it fits the '59 chassis. I have to unmount it myself and then get it for free, I'm a happy man

[oldman3]

Kees, doing some nice work, and it looks great...Jim

[Advanced Design]

Nice machining work!

[m.o.t]

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Me too Steve, me too!
When do we get your buildthread??
It's about time, don't you think

No buildthread yet, still working on my convertible bug...

It's going to be more of a winterproject, and just like you i need to get it registered first

[RockinKees]

Today I bolted the rear calipers on, the radius rods the and torque arms.
Looks great and I think it will work as designed





Next I can bolt the halfshafts on, I have them at home, was buzzy turning aluminium things....
Now I have the spacer size right, I can take them to the truck again.

I also drilled the bolt out of the front lower control arm.
I make all the bolts at metric M10, that's easier for me.
But then again I must also drill out the bolts for the lower shockmounts, they too are rusted in the L.C.A. More work, but I'll get there

Get the towbar yesterday, unbolted really easy. It's just a little bit wider as the frame of the TF truck, so I have to make something to get that right.
Will do a search on that little problem.
The towbar came off a 90's Blazer.