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12-28-2012, 10:29 PM | #1 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
Don't do it ahahaha I can head out your way right now!
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12-28-2012, 10:36 PM | #2 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
lol..... i want to get everything ready by monday and get all the front suspension out there and leave the xmember only to do the Z.... and hopefully i can do the Z on monday well see how it goes...
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12-28-2012, 10:44 PM | #3 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
Good luck man. Why not just pancake the crossmember?
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12-28-2012, 10:47 PM | #4 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
if i pancake the xmember it wont get me to lay pinch or rockers like i want i have to Z it regarless to get it to lay that low....
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12-28-2012, 10:53 PM | #5 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
and of course trim the bottom of the frame so the cab becomes the lowest point....
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12-29-2012, 09:21 PM | #6 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
i got a little more done today until started raining here so now is cold and is raining lol... i did get to take all my front suspension apart upper and lower control arms, bags front and rear and all the air ride stuff from the rear..... im gonna be replacing my old compressors with new ones i can't believe i runned those this long lol...
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12-30-2012, 07:27 PM | #7 |
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well i got started early today and it was really cloudy but i was still able to get some work done until the weather went to **** and started raining again and after that a hail storm came and still raining now...... damn moose stop sending the bad weather to us over here lol JK man... but by that time i was allready putting tools away but i still got a good amount of work done here are some pics...
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and some more....
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12-30-2012, 07:31 PM | #9 |
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next to do is to brace the Z from the outside and inside and make it nice and secured....
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12-30-2012, 07:52 PM | #10 |
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Re: My 73 c10 project.....
Are you going to have to raise the transmisson tunnel sheetmetal?
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12-30-2012, 08:50 PM | #11 |
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yup im gonna have raise it up too....
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12-30-2012, 11:36 PM | #12 |
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Looking good man...
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12-30-2012, 11:41 PM | #13 |
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thanks bro i can't wait until i see this thing on the ground again but lower lol...
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12-31-2012, 09:44 PM | #14 |
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got a little more work done today i started to plate the Z from the outside and inside to secure it a little more....
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12-31-2012, 09:46 PM | #15 |
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a little diamond plate action lol..... hey i have it why not use it right?...
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12-31-2012, 09:48 PM | #16 |
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i also boxed in the horns where they were cut and brought down....
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12-31-2012, 10:39 PM | #18 |
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thanks bro i need to get this thing to lay lower.....
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next thing to do is the part i hate the most weding the 2X4 inside the frame and cutting the bottom of the frame more pics to come....
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looks good brother.
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01-02-2013, 12:43 PM | #21 |
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thanks bro not alot of feedback on this site i thougth i would get more feedback here than on the C10 FORUM cause there is more members here but i guess i was wrong....
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how big is your Z? Truck looks wicked man! very jealous of your rides!
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thanks man...... is a 3 Inch Z
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more work done today..... i got the 2X4 trimmed to fit the inside of the frame and i cleaned it up for better penetration and i started to weld it in place sorry about the crappy pics........
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i also got the cab mounts all welded up...
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