maxxy's 81 bagged c10 build

[maxxxy]

Did lots of welding today after school. I'm getting all the rear arms finish welded, I would like to be pretty much done with this homemade wishbone four link by the end of the weekend.
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[maxxxy]

On Saturday I met CuRtdogG, he was pretty cool and he hooked me up with a deal on his old bed. I really just needed it for the bedfloor and the inner fenders so I can do my raised bed floor.

So I spent the first half of my day working on removing the bedsides and stuff.



There had to be like 50+ bolts plus 4 very hefty spot welds. Lol
Then I spent like an hour with the body hammers getting out every possible dent. Even though it doesn't look like it because it's like 5 different colors, It's now one of the straightest looking old used bed floors I've seen in a while. Haha


Then I spent the rest of my day welding up all the ends on my wishbone, all I have left is to add a couple gussets/ braces, and final weld in my axle tabs.

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[CuRtdOgG]

Looks good man. That's gonna be tight

[maxxxy]

Thanks man. I got a little bit done yesterday.

I cut some of my old bed out. Still not exactly sure how I'm going to go about my raised bed. I've seen lots of different ways, but I still dont know yet.
Any input would be appreciated.


Then I got some fittings for a temporary rear end air.

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[ekjunky80]

Question.. what are you going to do with the brackets hangin off the frame for your E-brake cable? what did you/what are you going to do with the hard brake line on the pasenger side that runs to the rear ? Im just noticing these things as im going through my build. Maybe you have seen or talked to someone about this also. lemme know man! lookin good BTW!

[maxxxy]

As for the Ebrake cables, I think they are long enough to just keep the way they are and the brackets for them don't hang below the frame so there's no issues with those either.

The hard brake line, I'm going to have to replace the portion attached to the frame, because I accidentally cut it when grinding, but there's the portion that is rubber that connects it from the frame to the axles hard line, from what I've read I believe it's too short to allow much clearance, but can possibly be traded out for a 4x4s because theirs are supposedly longer.
Did I understand your question correctly?
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[ekjunky80]

yessir, you understood me. thanks. are you laying it out? or are you not trying to make it "Lay frame"? thats where my problem is. Im setting it all the way down. i got a 10" notch for mine. Im sure that cable bracket on the drivers side will hit on mine. what are you doing for a fuel tank? lemme know how you finish up that brake line setup on the passenger side! thanks for the quick reply. time to get back to grinding!

[maxxxy]

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the brake bracket is at a place where the frame is not at its lowest. But if that becomes a problem, I'll probably just try to relocate it to run on the outside/inside of frame rail.
I plan to get some drop spindles, and by that point I'll be really close to laying pinch weld, probably less than 1 or 2 inches. I don't remember exactly how far the pinch is in relation to the frame. No idea on the gas tank yet.
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[ekjunky80]

yea i was looking at the way my setup is gonna be and i wouldnt be able to move that bracket cause of where my 4 link bars are going to be located. guess ill worry about it when i get there.
Same for the tank. your raising your bed so you have more options than i would. I wanna put the tank in the rear between the rails, but the tanks ive been looking at look like they hang to low. may just do a fuel cell. Im gettin ideas from all over! hahaa

[maxxxy]

Welp this weekend I pretty much got the rear buttoned up. I just have to make a trip to the hardware store and buy myself some good nuts and bolts to replace the once I used for mock up. Plus I need to add my shocks.

I temporarily put the bed on today basically just to help motivate me.
And to remind me that my truck is still a truck. Lol



Then the bed came back off again To make everything easier.
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[luifer76]

truck looks god man!!!....where are you gonna be mounting the shocks?.....

[ekjunky80]

hmmm makes me wanna raise my bed floor now...

[luifer76]

here you go maxxxy i made my own lower mounts and on top i used the ones that the axel came with all i had to do is cut them off and mount them on top....

[luifer76]

any updates bro?

[maxxxy]

No big updates really. I've been really busy past couple of weeks and it's just going to get busier. The little time I have had to work on my truck, I just sit there staring at it and scratching my head trying to figure out what to do. Lol

But I did order some belltech drop spindles on Friday. I think they're part no. 3200. They should ship out of Cali on Tuesday and be in little ol Oklahoma by Thursday.

That's all for now I guess.....
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[luifer76]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

No big updates really. I've been really busy past couple of weeks and it's just going to get busier. The little time I have had to work on my truck, I just sit there staring at it and scratching my head trying to figure out what to do. Lol

But I did order some belltech drop spindles on Friday. I think they're part no. 3200. They should ship out of Cali on Tuesday and be in little ol Oklahoma by Thursday.

That's all for now I guess.....
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right on bro did you go for 2 or 3 inch drop spindles?

[maxxxy]

I got the 3 inch drop spindles. But I don't even know if I can drop the full 3 inches before I hit the bottom of the control arms and/or x member. Lol

I was going to start on my shocks yesterday, but I started to figure out what I was going to do when I realized one of the shocks I had of the two for the rear was bad, so I have to get a new set of rears before I start.
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[luifer76]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

I got the 3 inch drop spindles. But I don't even know if I can drop the full 3 inches before I hit the bottom of the control arms and/or x member. Lol

I was going to start on my shocks yesterday, but I started to figure out what I was going to do when I realized one of the shocks I had of the two for the rear was bad, so I have to get a new set of rears before I start.
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well it all depends on how high is your truck sitting right now with the stock spindles and how high are the control arms from the ground, but i think if you put on the 3 inch drop spindle you should be able to tuck your wheels in pretty good, you should get the truck on level ground or concrete and take pic of the rockers before and after the drop spindle to see how much lower it gets but your control arms are gonna hit first thats for sure keep us posted bro....

[JohnC]

Hey Max coming along nicely. You guys didn't get any damage from the tornado a few weeks ago did ya?

[maxxxy]

Okay its been a little while, I have half of an update. Lol I got my spindles in a day or two ago and I started to put them on. I got on the drivers side and realized I was hitting the bottom of my control arm way before anything else. So I did some trimming there. I ended up only getting about two inches of drop and now I think my upper ball joint is binding. But oh well. Lol*
here's the pics.

Pass side w/o drop spindles



Driver side with drop spindles


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[shoob]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

Okay its been a little while, I have half of an update. Lol I got my spindles in a day or two ago and I started to put them on. I got on the drivers side and realized I was hitting the bottom of my control arm way before anything else. So I did some trimming there. I ended up only getting about two inches of drop and now I think my upper ball joint is binding. But oh well. Lol*
here's the pics.

Pass side w/o drop spindles



Driver side with drop spindles


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so....what was the original setup before you added the drop spindles?

[maxxxy]

Originally Posted by shoob

so....what was the original setup before you added the drop spindles?

Before drop spindles, I had bags, factory upper control arms, and like some old school recessed spring lower control arms the p.o. put on. they are basically like cupped lower control arms. (I later modified these) so it sits about an inch lower than factory setup w/bags.

[luifer76]

oh hell yeah bro it looks lower and better yep.... any updates on the rear of the truck and bed?

[maxxxy]

Originally Posted by luifer76

oh hell yeah bro it looks lower and better yep.... any updates on the rear of the truck and bed?

Thanks man. And no I vent gotten anything done on the back end recently, I hope to get back on that pretty quick.

Hey thanks Johnc, the most damage at my family's house was downed tree limbs. There was many around here that were much less fortunate. Thanks for checking in.

I got my spindles finished up today! But I ran into another problem, now my tire hits the a/c blower. I guess one step forward two steps back.
What do you guys think I should do? I want to keep my a/c but I also don't want to spend $1200 on a vintage air. Thats probably as much as I've got in this truck. Lol any input is helpful.
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[luifer76]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

Thanks man. And no I vent gotten anything done on the back end recently, I hope to get back on that pretty quick.

Hey thanks Johnc, the most damage at my family's house was downed tree limbs. There was many around here that were much less fortunate. Thanks for checking in.

I got my spindles finished up today! But I ran into another problem, now my tire hits the a/c blower. I guess one step forward two steps back.
What do you guys think I should do? I want to keep my a/c but I also don't want to spend $1200 on a vintage air. Thats probably as much as I've got in this truck. Lol any input is helpful.
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i guess the question would be .....does the a/c work? if it doesnt work just get rid of it and shave the fire wall....but if it works and you want to keep it than modify it to where you move it out of the way im gonna look for some pics i have somewhere on my old computer and it has ideas on how to modify it and ill post some for you maybe that will give an idea....