Bmi built 66

[casey g]

last pic for the night

[62stepside longbox]

Very nice work

[tinydb84]

The frame and fab work look great

[chad64chevy]

don't worry about the none responses! I get looks an lil comments, but it don't bother me now! you weld skills are awesome as is your fab skills, can't wait to see what you do to the rest of the truck! I haven't tried looking but how is your dads truck? the 35 yr. project I think it's called!

[casey g]

Thanks man. He has been pretty busy. But just got a shop built at the house so I'm thinking that should help him get back on it.

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Hi casey g. I really enjoy following chassis fab work, and I'm loving yours. Nice job.

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Whoa, i guess while i was posting these new pics popped up. Cool chopped C10! Your dad's? Looks to me like he got the house-space to shop-space ratio just about right.

[casey g]

Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge

Whoa, i guess while i was posting these new pics popped up. Cool chopped C10! Your dad's? Looks to me like he got the house-space to shop-space ratio just about right.

Thanks Johnny. And ya that is my dads truck. He has owned it close to 40yrs now

[casey g]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=553238
link to his thread

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Thanks for the link... I was searching for it. I'll be following it too.

[casey g]

started to clean up the garage today since the temps are a little better. Made a few dump runs. I should be getting back on the truck soon.

plan is to get the rear end cleaned up and cut all the old brackets off. then get it welded onto the 4 link brackets. Then it will be time to start making final measurements before cutting the old swb frame up.

[RANDY COX]

Wow nice a lot of fab work..

[casey g]

thanks man

[Gary V]

Crazy Skills! Awesome job... Dad's truck looks killer

[casey g]

Thanks Gary! Your build is badass!
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[61K10]

Built a few tube frames in my day--nice work, and i like your platform you're working on. only way to keep things straight. Not many fab people like you around anymore. Great job casey.

[mooseknuckles]

sweet build, nice work!

[casey g]

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles

sweet build, nice work!

Thanks man. Appreciate it.

[casey g]

Originally Posted by 61K10

Built a few tube frames in my day--nice work, and i like your platform you're working on. only way to keep things straight. Not many fab people like you around anymore. Great job casey.

Thanks man. Ive got a lot to learn. Im just a young guy trying to build something a little better then most

[casey g]

well got the back half welded into the old frame. Im kinda mad at myself because for some reason my rear end is 1/8 out of square when measuring the length of the frame. I had it perfect but I must have bumped it when I was moving stuff to the other side. But really 1/8 isnt to bad for my first time... and I can just adjust the bars a slight bit to bring it back inline.

once I cut the back of the old frame I took the rear cab mounts off so I could slide the new rails in without hitting the rivets. Then I went and bought a 2.5 inch hole saw and cut two holes on each side and one 7/8th hole also.
Then cleaned the metal up and stared all the measuring. I ended the night with welding all the holes I made : )

[tinydb84]

I like how you dropped the crossmember/4link brackets in. Any tips on how you measured and laid it out? I am thinking of doing the same for my 4 link. What thickness material are you using?

[casey g]

Originally Posted by tinydb84

I like how you dropped the crossmember/4link brackets in. Any tips on how you measured and laid it out? I am thinking of doing the same for my 4 link. What thickness material are you using?

I drew all of this in cad before ordering any parts so I could make sure it would work.

the rails are .180 wall except the 4 link cross bar.

If you look at these pics below it should help understand how I layed it out. I wanted a 6 inch off the ground ride height so you can see how I built the metal up under the rails to show where the ground would be. Then with the size tire they want to run I set the rear 4 link mount so the bars were parallel to the ground at ride height on that size tire with them centered in the peak of the notch. After that the front inside mount gives you a good spot to trace where the rails need to be notched for the front 4 link mounts to be set in.
hope this makes sense. If not let me know.

also in the bottom two pics the front mount was to low and would have hit the ground when the truck was layed out. the top pic shows the final spot it was set at

[casey g]

Oh and all the flat plate parts are 1/4 inch

[tinydb84]

That does help. Thank you.

I am going to have to figure it out a bit as my chassis is still on the truck (cant think of a better way to word it). How think was the cross member itself? I have .180 for my notch and just bought a stick of 2x3x.120 to use for cross members, raise the bed, etc.

[casey g]

I think I might have said it wrong. I think the railsight be .120 wall the crossmember is .180 wall I'll check tomorrow
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