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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project
your friends wont let you live it down, every once in a while someone still says to me "hey remember that pink truck you had"
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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project
Well, spent an hour at the garage tonight...took the other two 5 lug rollers so when I get the front end in they're there...Picked up my front rally rims with the drums and spindles still in them. Got to get all that stuff sold soon to make space.
Got one side trailing arm bracket off, put in the 6" 2x4 to space it out 1 1/2" and drilled out the holes/bolted it up. Got the rivets mostly off the other side but it got too late to run the air chisel so I will finish tomorrow. Then I will be able to mock it up and figure out the exact size I need to center the rear. Got ready to take pictures but my batteries were dead in the camera. I'll catch up with pictures tomorrow. Spent about 10 minutes re-tightening bolts that fell off. All the vibration of the air chisel made several nuts come off so I had nuts and washers all over the shop floor. I am planning on loctite for all of bolts anyways. None of these bolts had been tightened...they were the ones for the shock brackets and adjustable panhard bar.
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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project
Great work. I am impressed with your ambition and dedication.
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Thanks. I appreciate the kind words.
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Worked on the truck for a few more hours this afternoon. Spent the majority of the time finishing up the removal of the trailing arm mounts and then installing, uninstalling, flipping, spacing, etc. on the mounts. Ended up deciding that 1/2" stock will work great to center the wheels back to where they need to be to be centered in the rear wheelwells.
1 1/2" "Custom" spacers-(2x4's) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This will all get cleaned up some more and painted before I final assembly back here ![]()
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This is where it was with the 1 1/2" of spacing...too far back...
![]() When finished...with the 1/2" spacers installed, you can see that the rear is centered nicely in the notch and the rear sits down all the way onto the bumpstops inside the C-notch. ![]() ![]() Temporary spacers...I will get a piece made the width of the trailing arm mounts and drill out the 6 holes in it. ![]()
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Then I worked on the compressors for a few minutes. Got the brackets switched over. Had to grind them down slightly so that they would fit mounted on the side. This will allow me to mount them in the best possible position (vertically) without having to build a custom bracket for it. They will mount directly to the frame like in the last picture.
The way the mounts come from the factory ![]() New postion of the mounts ![]() Mounting location....this will allow the top of the compressor to fit up in the void between the bed cross sills. The leader hose will end up going directly into the air tank with just a fitting installed into the tank. ![]()
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The easy off worked well on the tranny...but it still will need one more go at it and then I will clean it off really good and smooth it out a little before paint.
![]() Also took a few minutes to make a list of needed bolts to finish up the airbags and frame/suspension. Got mostly everything I need now. Installed the upper bag brakcets mounted losely until I get my final airbag fittings and then I will put the lock washers on and loctite them. (no pictures of that) Also got the lower bag brackets bolted on losely as well. One of the holes needs a little work to get the last bolt in. I'll tackle that the next time I'm over there. Here's how the frame sits right now with the rear on the bumpstops... ![]()
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lookin good!! it will be done before you know it
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I'll get some the next time I'm over there but the control arms won't be installed for another week or so. These are the brackets jlaird sells on ebay.
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Ahh, my misunderstanding. The pics & info focused more on the rear so I thought you had possibly used brackets for the rear as well. I've been looking for more pics of rear brackets for when people inquire about them.
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Looking good. Keep it up
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Thanks...I posted on your build to see what kind of progress you're making.
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i once used a piece of 2x4 for a spacer on a riding lawn mower! i drilled a 2.5" hole in the middle and used it for a carburetor spacer. the carburetor came off a bigger engine. i got more power and it never leaked! looked funny though. damn red neck i know... ha ha 2x4's are like duct tape... thousands of uses! ha ha ha
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Spent a little time working on the truck this afternoon. Mainly grinding on the welds. Started off with a carbide bit on a dremel-type tool. Got the high spots down and is great for the tight areas. Finished up the larger/flat areas with the 40 grit disc on the grinder.
Before: ![]() After ![]() ![]() Back of rocker to door seam....would you fill this more to totally smooth it? I know the factory didn't but I'm not sure..... ![]() Finished cleaning around the latch area to prep those areas for welding in patch panels. ![]()
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Started cleaning up a patch I got out of another bed. Will finish cleaning up the edges of each patch when I get the old parts cut and the new patches cut out of this...
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Forgot to take cleaned up pictures...that's the shape I got it in....
Spent a good bit grinding more on the engine to get it ready for primer and paint. ![]() ![]()
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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project
great progress...
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Is that an engine? I forgot what they looked like since the machine shop has had mine since March 2nd!!!
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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project
those carbide bits work awesome. thats what i used on my rocker/ cab floor
keep up the good work ![]()
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Thanks...I'm burned out on tedious work right now...looking forward to getting more parts in so I can assemble the front suspension and get it rolling....then things get moving in a hurry hopefully...
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Looking good
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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project
Lookin good man. I know you can want to get this thing on the road. Keep up the good work..
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