New 1958 Project

[Kim57]

Looks real good.
Kim

[corvettruck]

Yes I did measure the Corvette specs prior to disassembly, however, after the move, I have no idea where they are!!
Found an old picture with 26 degree reference for the rear mounts, pretty sure I made a cut in the frame for the front K member to sit in, welded it back at 13 degrees with the frame rails level.
Be happy to measure anything you need

[corvettruck]

Back on all fours!! Couple of hang ups getting the rear end back under it, all good now, a few photos

[Kim57]

Very nice.
Kim

[corvettruck]

Driveshaft will be done Wednesday, exhaust to follow, started blasting the cab, got some epoxy primer on some parts, slowly but surely!!
A few photos

[dug224]

Great progress...dug

[Kim57]

Looks real good.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

Love the TPI!!

[joedoh]

I missed a tuned port corvette engine on craigslist a couple weeks ago out of sheer stupidity. yours looks so good I may just kick myself a few more times.

[corvettruck]

Back to working on the truck, got a start on the front sheet metal, terrible fitment, but we will get there, got the doors blasted, bottom of cab blasted, got a few parts in epoxy primer, will start on the cab patch panels this week, trying to get the cab all in primer before the end of the year, a few photos

[corvettruck]

Couple more

[Scottish58chev]

Looking good. Some really nice work

[corvettruck]

Got a little work started on the lower hinge pocket, door has a good start to fitting, step,cab corner, and cowl parts to follow, them both left and right side floor patches

[Kim57]

Looks good.
Kim

[corvettruck]

Happy New Year all!
Got a full day in the shop yesterday, drivers side lower hinge mount area an absolute mess, got all of the rot cut out and lower hinge mount landed, will finish inner and outer hinge pocket patches today, a few photos

[Kim57]

Repair is looking good.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

Nice work!

[svr]

Hi Corvettruck, I'm working on a simular set up for my '57 useing an '86 suspension that i didnt get to take off from the corvette so I'm guessing just what angles ect everything was on the car. I see you built your own mounts for your corvette suspension. Would you do it again or go with purchased brackets and cross member? It doesnt look that hard just have to get things in the right spot. You are useing the vette leaf springs instead of coil overs, your setup does save a lot of money. Talk to me about how it all is working out for you and what if anything you would do different, Thanks, Blake

[corvettruck]

Would definitely do it again to just build the brackets myself, the K member is a very good fit in the frame, all the other brackets are simple measurements.
I'd be happy to measure anything you need, the rear has a large amount of ride height adjustment, the front not so much.
Looks like the front will be where I want it when all of the weight is on the front
Good luck with yours

[svr]

Originally Posted by corvettruck

Would definitely do it again to just build the brackets myself, the K member is a very good fit in the frame, all the other brackets are simple measurements.
I'd be happy to measure anything you need, the rear has a large amount of ride height adjustment, the front not so much.
Looks like the front will be where I want it when all of the weight is on the front
Good luck with yours

Thank you im sure ill have a bunch of questions, getting the frame stripped now, weather crappy, temps in the teens and wind to 40 with light snow blowing around.

[corvettruck]

This truck has not had 2 doors on it since 2007 by previous owner!!
Gaps are not too bad to start, hope to finish metal work on cab this weekend, a few photos

[svr]

Hi Corvett, if you wouldnt mind a question or 2, what do you have for a measurement from the center of the batwing to the center of the tires or drive axle? Also once the bat wing is located and pinion angle set to same as engine/trans angle the dog bones fall into place? Or is there an angle i need to figure out. Thanks for your effort when ever you get time. Blake

[BIGglaSS]

Sorry to hijack a build thread...

Blake, the dog bones should intersect and land on the instant center. Check out this link that shows how to find instant center on IRS.
http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/...so-much-4.html

You can lay it out on the floor in full scale, then build your brackets off of that. Here is how I did it.
http://www.trifive.com/forums/showpo...6&postcount=55

[corvettruck]

Back at it finally, have the bed completely mocked up, took me forever to land the rear bumper brackets and roll pan, happy with the result, pass door fitted now, still plugging away on the cab, could not get the front fenders close enough for me to be happy, going to try a set of AMD fenders, should be here next week.
Everybody likes pictures, here's a few

[Kim57]

Looks good.
I really like the bed wood.
Kim