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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
I hope to have it back on all 4 tires by the end of the weekend.
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Yes I know that is layed out. So if your wheels were on and you are layed out, your saying you are 4" off ground?
From the center of the hub to the ground in this pic, is that the same height as the center of your rim with tire? Where Im getting at is just maxing out your arms might not be how your truck will lay. If you remove your bump stop you'd get frame lower and it shouldn't max that balljoint out. On my truck ( I know totally diff) my LCA with bump stop removed, hits the frame How I set up my truck was body a tad bit lower so I didn't have to dehump the control arm or notch the frame. again, yours is different because your body is mounted in a stock location on a stock frame. I used speedway UCA's.
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The chassis pretty much bare right now, and when I jack the front suspension up until it starts to lift the frame the bump stop is about 1/4" from hitting. The upper ball joint is not totally bound up, but very stiff. |
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
These are the arms I have.
http://www.airassisted.ca/Bolt-in-Ai...r-Control-Arms
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Canadian. With the way the dollar is now they are almost free for you guys lol
Right now .71
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Last week it was .68.........sorry!
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Hey Coach, it's coming together nicely. Something you may want to consider for the battery location is in the fender well behind the front tire. On my '54 and on my '46 I placed it there and it worked very well. On my'46 its been there for 16 years and except for changing the battery 3 times it has been trouble free.
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Rear end is almost done.....
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Very cool. Nice work
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Nice! Looks compact in there.
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Looks like it was born in there!
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dang, lot going on there. nice job
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Really busy weekend. Buttoned up most of the rear end install yesterday.
Today I assembled the front end enough to at least make the chassis a roller. It was nice to get it out of the shop and get a good cleaning done. ![]() Rear end sits about perfect. Running boards are about 3/4" off the ground when laid out. ![]() Front end still needs to go down about an inch. Set up right now is completely stock S-10 stuff. I was thinking I would need some drop spindles, but now I think I might be able to get by without. ![]() ![]() Bumpers are just touching..... ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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really zoning in on it now. the drop spindles might help with your desired ride height. so once your get your bags in there and cups or plates and get the bag aired to a ride height, you'll know if you want to use drop spindles. You can prolly get away without them, if you plate/dehump the lower control arms so the bag sets lower in there.
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
Great job Coach. The rear end looks factory!!
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
love it! add some camber shims to the front so the front and rear camber is the same laid out and it looks like a toy truck getting squished!
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I am going to order some 2" drop spindles from Speedway and see where I sit. Once I get those in place I can see how much room I have for the bag and know how big to make my cups. Baby steps I guess. |
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Thanks, I am really happy with how it turned out.
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I am still on the fence about how much I like the camber the wheels have when aired out.....
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver
SPC makes reasonably priced S10 adjustable upper control arms. In combination with the spindles you should be able to eliminate camber issues.
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