The Project Havoc....

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Well i got out to the garage for a bit this week, i got the front rails cleaned up and the rest of the cab mounts put on and got my crossmember bolted on and set the motor in. and of course to no suprise i messed up once again. why always on mine, oh well. my tubular crossmembers are in towards the center of the truck too much. so i now have to do alittle adjustment, but i came up with an idea already and i believe that it will tie into the overall theme better. As for the engine where it sit, i have to decide if i like it where it is, i think that i am gonna move it back 2 inches and down 1.5 inches, to get the center of the gravitydown and the weight transfer back. So much for my cpp tubular engine mounts, i am gonna just whack them up now, anyways on to some pics.


James
Total Hours: 82.5

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an a few more, and she has an engine in her, about time! By the way mx574 congrats on the baby boy also, it is a wonderful feeling.

[Tyler58]

Good job

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So i have got a bit more done on the frame now, i got my new transmission crossmember made and mounted in, i believe that i like it, still unsure, but it will work well for me. i then tried using a set of headers i had laying around and it is for sure now that i have to buid a set of headers, so i ordered a set of Hooker flanges and pipes and collectors, 1 7/8" primaries. The motor mounts from cpp hit the headers, so they may want to rethink their design. While i was at i moved the engine and transmission back 3" for better weight distribution. Once that was all done i bolted up my front suspension to see if i had any problems with things hitting, i do have to modify one mount yet for the power steering box. once that was done, i took some DOM tubing and installed it in the boxed rails for the powersteering box. just to add some strenght for the quick ratio box. once that was all done i just had to see what kind of height the frame would sit at on the ground. i know the frame e little lower yet once there is all the weight on the truck, but so far i am exrtemely happy, it feels like i am getting somewhere, anyways that was quite a novel to on to some pics.

James

Total Hours:89.5

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A few more, thought a couple were neat pictures

[VA72C10]

Is that the CPP 6 lug front setup? (I noticed the other CPP parts) I am planning on keeping 6 lugs now and like the look of that setup.

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You bet, that is the cpp 6 lug set up, it seems to be nice quality, i am happy with it, i will however order and extra set of rotors to have a spare set at home now thought. Just cause

[c10addict]

truely bad a$$!! Keep it up! Cant wait to see it done..

[kyull67]

looking good

[Tyler58]

look good

[pocoloco71]

excellent work, congrats on baby girl. there some great work coming from
the members, yours certainly will rank right up there. subscibed

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Thanks for the replies guys, means alot, well i took this next week off of work to work on my truck, we will see how much i get done, th e wife is going home for a few days so that means i can live out in the garage, i had another part show up for me yesterday and here is a couple of pics of a truck i am working on at work, a 39 chevy, the guy wanted as much leg room as possible, so the new firewall and trans tunnel is about 1/2 inch away from everything, it is also on a s dime chassis.

[70LonghornCST]

Fun build thread. Congrats on your little girl.

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Well i spent the last two days working on the truck, got the differential in place. It took me roughly 6 hours to figure out where everything was going and then i had to come up with drawings for everything. i decided to ask a friend for the use of his shop and equipment at Evolution Metals so it would make it easier and faster for me to get everything built. Turns out he decided to help me all day and help build all of it. Thank you Curtis. we spent roughly 11 hours getting it all done, we built all my tabs and also got my fuel tank mostly done, i still have to decide where to mount my filler and we have to put a drop bottom on it yet and weld in the AN bungs for the fuel system. that will happen later. Here is some Pics and a few i thought turned out neat. All i can say is that we sure had a buzz going on from all the Tim Hortons Coffee that we had during the past 24 hours ppl kept stopping by and bring us some, i am not sure if i will fall asleep tonite that is for sure. Later

James

Total Hours:112.5 Hrs

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Some more

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Here is one of the baffle inside the tank and a few i thought turned out neat.

[MDC]

Just WOW!

[fleetsidefive8]

crazy work, very clean. insanity will clear the mind. keep it up. thanks for posting.

[nuke1]

Well it has been a Long Long day. i got out to the shop around 8 this morning and did not come in till 1 inthe morning. i got most of my watts link done in the back just a couple minor adjunstment, i will do that in the am. i also got my trailing arm brackets attached. So finally i have a ROLLING CHASSIS. YAH!!!! it has been this way too long. in the am i will start to install my anti roll bar and c-notches and shocks. that is the plan at least.

I also got to meet fbird68 tonite. He was in the city on work and stopped on by. really nice guy. glad too meet you and see you in the future. nothing better than shooting the sh*t sometimes in the shop.
So i managed to take some pics and here they are.

James

Total Hours: 127.5 Hrs

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A few more pics. And of course i had to through one of me welding in.

[74chevy454]

Man it is looking very good. I love the work and attention to detail. A+

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Well i cut the wok short today. Mel came home from the farm so we are goin out for supper and gonna watch a movie, i suppose a relaxing evening. so far today i got the rest of my watts link finished up and the anti-roll bar installed, that was a piece of cake, it took me longer to drill the 2 holes for the arms than it did to install it. and i mounted one of my shocks, so the plan is coming together slowly now. As you can probaly tell by now, i am trying for the PRO-TOURING side of the spectrum in builds. gotta see a old truck will do. Anyways on to some pics and i am outta here.

And of course the pic of the day at the end.
James

Total hours: 134.5

[BIG HEAD]

It looks great. Very original. Congradulations on the little one.

[texanidiot25]

Those shocks you ordered, was there anything about their orientation from the manufacturer?

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Originally Posted by texanidiot25

Those shocks you ordered, was there anything about their orientation from the manufacturer?

Not that i am aware of, i set them to 25 degrees inward, the reason for this isit handles corners better with the compression, unfortunatley, they are just cheap shocks for now, eventually i will get QA1's.and by going inwward i limited the travel on them.

Thanks for the replies.