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#3626 |
State of Confusion!
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
You can say that again!
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Been forever since I have been on the board but I'm back for this build...
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#3629 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Today's progress includes making 4 frame rail sides and welding them in. Next up will be tops and bottoms and patch plates over the connection of old and new for extra beefiness. I've got a project to bring home on a car hauler trailer and I can't have my tow vehicle's frame break in two!
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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#3630 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Welded in 4 patch plate reinforcements where I connected to the front of the old frame last night. Also cut and fit up the tops and bottoms of the new frame, sorry no pics though.
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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#3631 |
Junk Yartist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Greeley, CO
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
looking forward to the pictures!
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#3632 |
Still Learning
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Central Oklahoma
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Hey Drew, are you going to have to cut your bed floor to accommodate the new braces? Looks like you are beefing up the frame considerably.
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Yes, the frame will protrude through the floor about 5 inches, I'm currently thinking I'll get a new set of wheel tubs and tub it out to hide it. But the tubs may be short to just cover the frame? Kinda stair stepped.
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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#3634 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Pictures as promised and new work showing top and bottom plates fitted and welded in.
I have to be done by Easter Sunday, my son is taking his car back to school and I'll have no ride!!!
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Still Learning
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Central Oklahoma
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Nice work on the frame Drew. Should be plenty sturdy
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#3636 |
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Location: West Plains, Missouri
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Looks good...Jim
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Two nights worth of work here in these pics.
I raised the frame so much, I had to mount my snubbers on raised blocks. Later if I decide it needs to be lower I've got an easy inch and a half by taking them out. I even welded a nut inside the frame to screw the snubber straight to the frame. I know I'll want to play again! Also I have my airbag helpers set up with mounts on the frame and axle. These Afco coil-over shocks are a tight fit with the quadrasteer, but I managed to make room for them. I'm still working on the upper mount in these pictures. I think by tomorrow I'll be done welding and can throw some black paint on. Gnande my helper will be home for Easter and I'll have him cutting the bed floor while I'm painting the frame. Maybe get everything hooked back up on Saturday and then be ready for family members here for Easter lunch to help me set the bed back on.
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Stayed up until 2 am getting plenty of paint on the frame so I could reassemble today.
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Here you can see the upper and lower suspension mounts I crafted to mount the coil overs.
Can't wait to get this thing back together!
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
See where I'm going with this?
Limiting straps, snubbers, coils, shocks, air bags - all done. Now to rewire the rear and reinstall the Quadrasteer computer. Oh and of course, what started this all, A Straight Panhard Rod!
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
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Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Most importantly though,
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#3642 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Whew, got that done in the nick of time.
Tonight I can hook up the lights and pop on the tailgate and be rolling tomorrow. I'll still have a lot of sheet metal repair to do, but I can drive it while messing with that at night. I just tested it over the one bump that always bottomed me out and it sailed right over it no problem.
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Location: West Plains, Missouri
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Congrats, and keep us posted...Jim
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#3644 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Indep, MO
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Looks tight! Nice job. Are you just gonna make double-width tubs?
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
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I've got a question for anyone: If your truck is completely level, are the wheel arches exactly the same distance off the ground?
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
This was an old comment, but I like it.
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Awwww, poor fella. Maybe we can find you something else to watch.
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Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!
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#3648 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Arlington Washington
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Those coilovers look niccceee
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
One coil over had to come off tonight. Brand new and it sprung a leak at the rebound adjustment screw. Oil is all over, good thing I haven't buttoned up my tubs yet. That also sure made it easy to remove. You can see I am suspended on my backup airbag suspension - What? doesn't everyone have 2 types of suspension ready and usable at all times???
Actually I am able to drive it this way on my overload airbag, it just rides a little low on that corner.
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Smyrna Tennessee
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Just found this thread while searching for CCSB builds. Holy smokes. Absolutely amazing. I secifically remember seeing this truck in Hot Rod Magazine, because my first thought was, "Dang, that thing's broken!" Took me 6 solid hours to read it all thoroughly. I giggled like a girl when the quadrasteer was revealed.
Favorite parts of the truck: Kids inside hamming it up, brake dust on the wheels, dirt on the frame and the dirt in the box. It means you use it. That's what it's there for. It's why you built it in the first place. If I ever run down through west Tennessee I'll PM you and see if I can come get a picture of this awesome machine. Of course, if you ever run through Smyrna, I'd love to see it! P.S. Are you running out to Knoxvegas for the power tour this year?
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