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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Chassis look super strong Ryan! Too bad about the welder tip. I have an ancient welder that parts are hard to find. Works great though.
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Should have removed the cab buddy! It's easy! haha
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Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project Tired of spark plugs? Check this out. |
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
![]() Today I got the upper and lower air bag mounts installed. I have to make some filler plates for them to weld inside the frame, and I'm going to cap the uppers to make it look beefier too. I am now working on installing the pan hard bar. I'm kind of limited for room because of the cross members for the gooseneck. So I have to play with that to get the panhard bar where it works right and might allow for some exhaust to pass through. Tonight a board member is coming over to letter the doors. Pics later on............
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Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project Tired of spark plugs? Check this out. |
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![]() ![]() Here is a shot of the upper and lower LH bag mounts. ![]() Here I have the panhard bar in place. I wanted to put it up front but there are two problems. 1. Some ahole used a 4x4 cross member under the front of the gooseneck not allowing the panhard bar bracket to go up the side of the frame. 2. In the future I will need a U-joint shield for when the sled is hooked to the back. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last night Nick installed my new injectors. His truck was way smokey, so we swapped. He wire wheeled my injection lines and is going to paint them. We're going to try to start this thing this weekend so we can see how well the clutch releases/engages. Crazyness....................
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Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project Tired of spark plugs? Check this out. Last edited by Dieselwrencher; 06-21-2013 at 03:35 PM. |
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Thanks for the kind words and business plug Ryan! Glad you like it.
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
The logo looks great. I've frequently contemplated putting a Construction logo on the side of mine, and the orange rotating lights on the roof... there's always so much construction going on around here I figured that I'd be able to drive through the construction with the lights on, bypassing traffic back-ups.
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I dont suppose you will find your way into canada any time soon eh ?????? ![]() Thats all free hand ? Again , excellent work
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Late to the party but along for the ride...looks great!! Humbles my build for sure. Pete
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Pittsburgh Steel has posted higher gains this quarter... something about shipping to IA and CO.....
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() fed ex ups and usps too, as much crap as we send back and forth... seems that there is some more iron in the back of my truck labeled for iowa That door looks awesome. excellent work Bud |
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
You guys have no clue how many times I look at IA Ryan's and CO Ryan's builds and scheme about building a custom frame for my burb. You also are making it very hard for me to keep my cummins mild.
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Yes sir, Bud did a great job! I think my brother wants him to do some on the Vette now..............
![]() This weekend we got some more done. Friday night my brother Scott welded up the rest of the holes in the LH frame rail and ground them down. I've been trying real hard to figure out a way to get exhaust out the back. I think for now it'll get a stack. There just is 0 room when the suspension is dropped. I can't see doing all this work and not utilizing the drop option. I can always revisit my rear exhaust later. I got my shocks mounted and welded some odds and ends on Saturday. Nick started putting the head studs in Saturday afternoon and finished them Sunday evening. Sunday I started redoing my trans cross member. Yep, more Pittsburg steel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We also started coming up with a plan to lower the intercooler more so the hood latch will fit. more on that tomorrow too...........
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
I'm going to paint the rest of the frame gloss black. But I'm having issues trying to figure out if I should paint the 4 link bars a different color to show them off. What do you guys think? Black, Blue to match under the hood, or red?
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
black. better to blend in.
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Looking good man! Makes me want to bag mine even more... You steal that shock mounting idea from somewhere?
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
if you dont mind the paint peeling of it you could use the boxed frame as the exaustpiping
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Diggin the new logo Ryan! Very nice progress on the newe rear suspension. Looks like you're getting close.
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