AD Truck Project

[scotts62]

Worst case you can move the perches to where you need them to use the s10 leafs.

[kulturekat]

yeah scott knows all about having to move trucks with no suspension under it at all hahahah hire him hes good help haha.

[scotts62]

and loading heavy arse motorcycles too!!

[bjcaldwe]

I owe Scott bbq before I can ask him to do any work lol.

[kulturekat]

yeah that was a killer. i still owe you a steak haha. billy let me know if you need a hand with anything moving or anything. i have an old 9 inch ford rear end that rolls maybe we could tack weld it good enough in place to at least make a roller.

[bjcaldwe]

I was kinda thinking about doing something like that. I have the s10 rear end I could use out back, and then somehow out a rearend up front, just good enough for it roll.

Another option is we have a front crossmember out from under a 51ish chevy car that we could maybe tack or chain to the front of the frame.

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I owe Scott bbq before I can ask him to do any work lol.

Originally Posted by kulturekat

yeah that was a killer. i still owe you a steak haha. billy let me know if you need a hand with anything moving or anything. i have an old 9 inch ford rear end that rolls maybe we could tack weld it good enough in place to at least make a roller.

ah it will all come out even in the wash

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I was kinda thinking about doing something like that. I have the s10 rear end I could use out back, and then somehow out a rearend up front, just good enough for it roll.

Another option is we have a front crossmember out from under a 51ish chevy car that we could maybe tack or chain to the front of the frame.

I have a 10 bolt chevy rear end if you need something to make it roll.

[bjcaldwe]

I am tired of things setting me back on this truck, so I managed to get the rearend in my truck and taking it down to my folks. Who says a lowered truck can function as a real truck lol. Not sure If I can get it under the truck this weekend, but at least it is something small I can mark off the list. A bunch of small things eventually equal some real progess.... um right?

[joe231]

Originally Posted by scotts62

ah it will all come out even in the wash



I have a 10 bolt chevy rear end if you need something to make it roll.

don't give away my diff

I hope to have a diff that will need a home soon

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I am tired of things setting me back on this truck, so I managed to get the rearend in my truck and taking it down to my folks. Who says a lowered truck can function as a real truck lol. Not sure If I can get it under the truck this weekend, but at least it is something small I can mark off the list. A bunch of small things eventually equal some real progess.... um right?

don't get discouraged, I have been there. you just need to get a few things accomplished and it will get the ball rolling.
Have you heard the saying.
"inch by inch, life is a cinch....yard by yard, life is hard"

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

I am tired of things setting me back on this truck, so I managed to get the rearend in my truck and taking it down to my folks. Who says a lowered truck can function as a real truck lol. Not sure If I can get it under the truck this weekend, but at least it is something small I can mark off the list. A bunch of small things eventually equal some real progess.... um right?

A lowered truck just makes it easier to load.

Little things here and there still get it done.

[joe231]

Lol
I can't take credit for the saying...

[mcbassin]

How about some pictures eh? And yes progress is progress!

[bjcaldwe]

I have two pics to post tomorrow, nothing special. The rearend is under it good enough to move it. The 52 car crossmember idea will not work, it is too narrow. I am going to try and find a stock front end I can borrow long enough to move it.

[bjcaldwe]

Temporary placement. When we work on it for real, it will be centered properly.

[JohnC]

Cool!

[bjcaldwe]

It sets too high too lol.

[mcbassin]

nice! Now we're talking!

[bjcaldwe]

A verbal update and pics all in one day. Lookout for this freight train of progress!

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

A verbal update and pics all in one day. Lookout for this freight train of progress!

Woo Woo

[scotts62]

Cool!

[bjcaldwe]

No progress on my truck. I did get some welding practice on my dads 52 chevy sedan. I finished most of the welding on the drivers side rocker panel, and making a small piece for the front of it. Then we noticed that some previous work that had been done by someone else was going to cause problems. They had replace some metal in the floor and just over lapped it. They did this right at the edge of the rocker. The repaired area what quite a bit higher and the sill plate would not lay flush. So, I cut out a piece and flattened out the big bump. Then made a piece to fill it in. Nothing spectacular, but definitely good practice to get my confidence up. No pics of said work. So, it may have never happened!

[joe231]

Billy,
we will believe you this one time.....
But don't let it happen again

[bjcaldwe]

I could take a pic of my arms, because I was stupid and didn't cover them will welding or grinding. :P

[OrrieG]

I still have scars on my legs from welding in shorts as a kid. At the time looked like I had been peppered with a shotgun. (had that happen once too, learned you don't steal farmers pumpkins on halloween, luckily it was just rock salt but scared the poo out of me and my friends).

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

I still have scars on my legs from welding in shorts as a kid. At the time looked like I had been peppered with a shotgun. (had that happen once too, learned you don't steal farmers pumpkins on halloween, luckily it was just rock salt but scared the poo out of me and my friends).