Dutch '59 Fleetside Longbed

[reaper71]

Nice clean lines,and a really cool car!

[ptc]

That is tits man!

[RockinKees]

No updates, but I decided to go on airride.
Main reason was the sloppy rear coilovers.
I did calculate some things and the outcome was that a complete airride was about $250 over only adjustable coilovers in the back.
The airride would be on all corners and all are switched independent.
There is no bolt on kit for Jags, so I have to make it myself. I emailed a few people around the world, they all been a great help, but I have to find out myself how to get it in. Well, that's Hot Roddin', aint it
I ordered two Double Neede gages, four universal On-Off-On momentary switches, four 3 position 5 way solenoids, a pressure relief valve and an electric pressure on-off switch for the compressor.
When this is inhouse, I'll get the rest such as compressor, airtank, airlines and air bags. All these I will buy in Holland, things I already ordered come from overseas.
Hope to have it all ready and working before our trip to the UK.

In the meantime I finished the '48 Plymouth. Only thing left to do is probably the fenderskirts. They are at the painter, when they are ready, I don't know.
I have some pics of the trunk, I post them this evening.

[RockinKees]

As promissed ,the pics of the Plymouth, for those who are interested.

He's named his car "The Red Devil" so I put a Coop styled devil on there as well, as a present.
Boy, did he like it!!

[oldman3]

Kees, you are the man, great brush work and the "devel" is super, nice work...Jim

[lower50's]

Fantastic job, Love the devil.

[reaper71]

Awesome my friend!

[Steve-W]

Incredible art work Kees! and that toolbox turned our great as well. Did you TIG the bottom in? I hear aluminum is a biatch to weld

[reaper71]

Aluminum is not that bad to weld (just keep it clean!)

[RockinKees]

Thanks guys!!

The bottom of the toolbox exists out of two plates, TIG welded. The Floor itself is revited in (is this English ?? )
My buddy with the '48 Plymouth welded it, my TIG machine only has DC current, for TIG you need AC current.

[RockinKees]

We're on it again!!
This time it's sorting out the airride.
Front axle shouldn't be a problem, drill the springcone out, make a new lower bagmount and your ready to go...so they say
We'll see if that's true.

I started today with dismanteling the Jag suspension, took the springs out and made a few templates for the rear bags.
They have to go on the outside of the frame, so I've got to re-route the entire exhaust, bummer.....
Question:
If I dump the exhaust gasses in front of the rear axle, would it be much louder then?
I now have a double system with H-pipe and mufflers at the very back, it is a nice rumbling sound, not hard, but a deep tone.

Pic#1- I managed it to get it up high with no trouble
Pic#2- The Jag IRS with full suspension on...
Pic#3- The Jag IRS suspension without the coilovers, not much room for bags though..
Pic#4- How I undo the front LCA of the springplate, I find this easier then a bolt through the middle of the spring as Jag says.(pics is on it's side )

[Steve-W]

also not available for Land/Range Rover? seeing they used a lot of parts from Jag, maybe an easier conversion

[RockinKees]

Correct, but they don't have IRS like this.
I think I already figured it out....

[lower50's]

If you dump your exhaust under the truck you will get a drone more than a rumble and it will be louder.

[Dan in Pasadena]

You're hugely talented, Kees. Congrats!

[RockinKees]

Thanks Dan!!
I wouldn't say that myself....

Thank you Lower. I can live with a bit louder, but don't like the drone..

[RockinKees]

Busy sorting out airride on the Jag IRS.
Made some templates and had them laser cut.
All fits nice, now I can put the parts in the right model and bolt it together. Weld some brackets on the framerails and we're good to go
I wish it was that easy....

On the front I saw a little rust hole where the springcup meets the IFS.
So to prevent any damage later on, I changed my plans. I'm gonna make an extra plate on the IFS and bolt a springplate to it. You see it when I come to that.
I'm now three days in the airride work and it almost goes to plan

Pic#1- freshly cut parts, to be remodelled a bit...
Pic#2- had to cut a piece of the hubcarrier away to make room for the bag.

To be continued..

[reaper71]

Nice pieces Kees!
That truck will look So awesome sitting on the ground!!

[lower50's]

Did you design the parts yourself?

[RockinKees]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Did you design the parts yourself?

Yes sir, I did.
There aren't many who did a Jag IRS on airride. With all the pics I found on the internet, I decided to invent the wheel myself...let's see how it works...

oldman3
Kees, like Mark said, super nice pieces...Jim

Thank you Jim

[RockinKees]

Thanks Mark!!
Hopefully I thought it out well and works like I intended to...
We'll see tomorrow.

[oldman3]

Kees, like Mark said, super nice pieces...Jim

[RockinKees]

I started with some templates and went on from there.

We had the steel plates set at the angles we needed, drilled the holes for mounting first.
I have to bolt the pieces together because the the lower threaded bars are out of one piece, so I can't bent the plates over it.
The lower bag plate bolts to the vertical plates. I also made an extra angle from the bagplate to the sides. All plates are 1/4" thick.

Only thing to do for the rear is a mounting place for the shocks, that won't be such a problem I think.

(don't know why my all my pics are on there side...)

Pic #1 - the templates
Pic #2 - test fitting with airbag
Pic #3 - Extra angle piece from bagplate
Pic #4 - tack welded the upper plate on
Pic #5 - better view from the side

[RockinKees]

Also been busy on the front.

They all said front is easy!!! Take the springcup out and bolt in the bag...
Yeah right.....

I took a special drill for the spotwelds, drilled out the spotwelds....but, I came across a little hole, that was rusted through.
So, I came up with a different idea to cut away a nice piece of subframe, and weld in a 1/4"plate at which I can bolt another 1/4"plate which at his turn holds the airspring. Problem solved
At first, again, made a template.
I made the upper plates with a grinder, drilled in the large holes and tackwelded it to the subframe.
I have to make the plates for the bags yet.

Pic #1, 2 - what I removed from the subframe
Pic #3 - Drilling the upper plates, Action shot
Pic #4 - Tackwelded the plate in. You can see that the holes are big enough
to bolt in the airbag later on its own plate.
Pic #5 - How I cut the plates...

Now I'm busy with the pics, I know why the pics are on its side, try to take better pics next time!

[oldman3]

Kees, you don't let things stop you, you just take care of the problem. Nice job...Jim