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bagged78 · 02-25-2003, 10:11 PM

You could fab a new one!
With all the effort put into a project like that why not take more time for the details.... I am not raggin' on you guys, I do all of my own work, and yes I have doen this on a truck before, and yes it is a stock floor body drop. All I am saying is that sucks that it happened, and maybe you should look into modifying you x-member to avoid.... This kinda thing happens when you do this kinda work that has not been doen before...

lotik · 02-25-2003, 10:17 PM

actually the cross member orange is referring to is out of my truck.
but the frame turns up, and in order to strangthen that if you replaced it you would have to make a new frame all the way to the front.

orange72 · 02-25-2003, 10:19 PM

i didnt want to change the x member in mine because i liked the structural integrity that the stock one offered. a little cut in the floor board isnt nothing anyways.

orange72 · 02-25-2003, 10:28 PM

hey lotik i thought you still had the crossmember. i guess not. if it were still in the truck would the cab hit it? i left mine in but if its gonna hit ill take it out.

bagged78 · 02-25-2003, 10:28 PM

www.ifcustom.com

Look at how they do the rear of a newer truck, you could get some ideas on how to do the front of another.
The new frame section angles up and that allows you to shave the top of the stock fraim rail, box in and fab new support x-member... Just some food for thought..

justin · 02-25-2003, 10:29 PM

Dude!
Instant Wood!
Sweet ride!!
What color is it going to be?

lotik · 02-25-2003, 10:32 PM

that crossmember didn't work with my tranny, so i made another one. so i just cut it out and tossed it.

casey · 02-25-2003, 10:48 PM

Man that's going to be one bad ass mother!!

baggedblaz · 02-26-2003, 12:12 AM

Lotik,Orange72,
i think what bagged78 what trying to say is that he wasn't baggin on either of your trucks, they are both badasss and have had alot of work put into them , but if you are going for that bodyless body drop thing then why should you have to cut the floor? other than for tranny clearance,
you can achieve the stock floor by pie cutting the front frame rail to the 2x3 you added ?
and boxing the pie cut, as for the rear you shouldn't have a problem i have seen a couple of ways to do this on 67-72 and 73-87 as well as 88-99. if you were going for structure you lost that a while ago??
as for the crossmember up front in later pics of lotiks frame up front that looked to be a 4speed tranny crossmember and couldn't use it anyways right?
but for the crossmember in the back you could have easily boxed the rear half of the frame and cut the top to a pie cut angle also? just a thought?
hey this is all new to all of us and not everyone is a pro or a rocket scientist so what do you do? its trial and error???? keep postin pics and updates but yes they are both gonna be bad ass rides goodluck with them both you guys!!!
other people just have a few different ideas about cleanliness in the way some things should look , check out that website they hack em up with the best of em!!!

02-25-2003, 10:11 PM	#26
bagged78 world class smart ass! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Clinton Utah Posts: 335	You could fab a new one! With all the effort put into a project like that why not take more time for the details.... I am not raggin' on you guys, I do all of my own work, and yes I have doen this on a truck before, and yes it is a stock floor body drop. All I am saying is that sucks that it happened, and maybe you should look into modifying you x-member to avoid.... This kinda thing happens when you do this kinda work that has not been doen before... __________________ Aric 75 2WD BLAZER (never ending project) -some day maybe- 02 2500HD CREW CAB 4X (daily drive) -8" lift 37s and 22s- ____ ____________________________

02-25-2003, 10:17 PM	#27
lotik drag it like you stole it Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 542	actually the cross member orange is referring to is out of my truck. but the frame turns up, and in order to strangthen that if you replaced it you would have to make a new frame all the way to the front. __________________ negative camber //LA\\

02-25-2003, 10:19 PM	#28
orange72 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: huntington,texas,united states Posts: 399	i didnt want to change the x member in mine because i liked the structural integrity that the stock one offered. a little cut in the floor board isnt nothing anyways. __________________ 1972 chevy long bed. Currently under construction!! Bagged, 383/700r4.

02-25-2003, 10:28 PM	#29
orange72 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: huntington,texas,united states Posts: 399	hey lotik i thought you still had the crossmember. i guess not. if it were still in the truck would the cab hit it? i left mine in but if its gonna hit ill take it out. __________________ 1972 chevy long bed. Currently under construction!! Bagged, 383/700r4.

02-25-2003, 10:28 PM	#30
bagged78 world class smart ass! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Clinton Utah Posts: 335	www.ifcustom.com Look at how they do the rear of a newer truck, you could get some ideas on how to do the front of another. The new frame section angles up and that allows you to shave the top of the stock fraim rail, box in and fab new support x-member... Just some food for thought.. __________________ Aric 75 2WD BLAZER (never ending project) -some day maybe- 02 2500HD CREW CAB 4X (daily drive) -8" lift 37s and 22s- ____ ____________________________

02-25-2003, 10:29 PM	#31
justin PROJECT LO-LYF Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: MO. Posts: 285	Dude! Instant Wood! Sweet ride!! What color is it going to be? __________________ FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE "O-SH*T, THAT TRUCK IS LOW" CLUB PROJECT: LO-LYF Bagged 68 Shorty home.att.net/~justin.lewis

02-25-2003, 10:32 PM	#32
lotik drag it like you stole it Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 542	that crossmember didn't work with my tranny, so i made another one. so i just cut it out and tossed it. __________________ negative camber //LA\\

02-25-2003, 10:48 PM	#33
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	Man that's going to be one bad ass mother!!

02-26-2003, 12:12 AM	#34
baggedblaz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Layton,Ut Posts: 196	Lotik,Orange72, i think what bagged78 what trying to say is that he wasn't baggin on either of your trucks, they are both badasss and have had alot of work put into them , but if you are going for that bodyless body drop thing then why should you have to cut the floor? other than for tranny clearance, you can achieve the stock floor by pie cutting the front frame rail to the 2x3 you added ? and boxing the pie cut, as for the rear you shouldn't have a problem i have seen a couple of ways to do this on 67-72 and 73-87 as well as 88-99. if you were going for structure you lost that a while ago?? as for the crossmember up front in later pics of lotiks frame up front that looked to be a 4speed tranny crossmember and couldn't use it anyways right? but for the crossmember in the back you could have easily boxed the rear half of the frame and cut the top to a pie cut angle also? just a thought? hey this is all new to all of us and not everyone is a pro or a rocket scientist so what do you do? its trial and error???? keep postin pics and updates but yes they are both gonna be bad ass rides goodluck with them both you guys!!! other people just have a few different ideas about cleanliness in the way some things should look , check out that website they hack em up with the best of em!!! __________________ '82 chev swb 4dr 2wd project '72 2wd blazer LT1/4L60E "SURFSIN" bagged 20's '71 2wd blazer '95 chev 2wd Xcab swb



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