Thrash 2007: Will I drive it to the board meet?

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but you do know the later rears are longer/wider right?

hahaha, oops. Guess I don't know my stuff after all. I had remembered it the other way around! Hrmm.. guess I'll have to cut on the bedsides instead (*edit* or measure my axle and see if it's 71-72 already), especially when the rear discs go on. The "hats" on the rotors are thicker than the drums (I think I might need longer wheel studs actually), which pushes the tire out further, if ever so slightly. The joys of off-the-shelf wheels with only one backspacing available!

[SCOTI]

Adam..... Share the specs on the wheels/tires. They look great! Maybe I'll try that 'reverse bait & switch' & get some discounted wheels for myself .

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Adam..... Share the specs on the wheels/tires. They look great! Maybe I'll try that 'reverse bait & switch' & get some discounted wheels for myself .

The wheels are American Racing Torq-thrust Originals. 17x8 4.5" backspacing on all four corners. Front tires are 255/50/17, rears are 275/60/17. They're some kind of Kumho tire that was cheap.

It looks a little funny with the front wheels pulled in from the fender so far and the rear wheels right up against the bedside, but for the money I won't complain. And it might look better out in the sunlight where I can get more than a few feet away and take it all in.

Yeah, I got a great deal. There's no way I would've been able to afford these otherwise. It wound up I paid approx. $140/wheel shipped. The luck ran my way this time around!

[CG]

Im surprised the fronts are pulled in. I thought when you put a disk brake conversion on 67/68 it actually widened the front track.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by CG

Im surprised the fronts are pulled in. I thought when you put a disk brake conversion on 67/68 it actually widened the front track.

It does.

[Alvin]

Ok, at any rate, I measured my axle (best as I could) on Ethel tonight. Considering I got over 57" backing plate to backing plate (it was hard to read it lying on my back under my aired out truck), I'm thinking I have the 71-72 (wider) axle under there right now. Once I can get her outside and get some help measuring I'll know for sure.

And the fronts aren't pulled in all that far really, just looks that way compared to the rear. My front wheels and tires are the same as member "see ten", so you can see his truck for how they look on a static-dropped truck.

[n2billet]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Ok, at any rate, I measured my axle (best as I could) on Ethel tonight. Considering I got over 57" backing plate to backing plate (it was hard to read it lying on my back under my aired out truck), I'm thinking I have the 71-72 (wider) axle under there right now. Once I can get her outside and get some help measuring I'll know for sure.

And the fronts aren't pulled in all that far really, just looks that way compared to the rear. My front wheels and tires are the same as member "see ten", so you can see his truck for how they look on a static-dropped truck.

Adam,
If that is the rear end that came with Ethel, it came from a 72 (or so the guy I bought it from told me) at any rate that might help with your answer.

[Alvin]

Thanks Keith! At least my suspicions were correct, I have the wider axle. I'll do some measuring once the bed is bolted down and hopefully 3/4" on each side will remedy the problem.

[Alvin]

My eBay camaro calipers showed up today. They sure look like a mess.

[CG]

You have those new wheels and tires ready to go and mounted yet? I wanna see, I wanna see...

[smbrouss70]

Originally Posted by CG

You have those new wheels and tires ready to go and mounted yet? I wanna see, I wanna see...

Here ya go!

Originally Posted by Alvin

[CG]

Hey those look great. Hmmm and the pictures look familiar. I must have seen em somewhere on here. Im drawing a blank...Seems to be happening more and more

[Alvin]

I didn't get anything done over the holidays. But today was nice and warm! So I grabbed a rear rotor off the shelf and decided to copy Frizzle Fry and paint it up.



Also decided to get a little artsy fartsy

[Spray-Bomb]

Sweeet bro !!!

You HAVE to get this thing to the board meet THIS year bro !!!

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Spray-Bomb

Sweeet bro !!!

You HAVE to get this thing to the board meet THIS year bro !!!

I know! That's the plan. Selling my extra bed this weekend and all that dough will go right back into this truck to get 'er on the road. First stop: cooling system. Second stop: fuel system (couple lines left to run). Once it's running decent I'll install the air ride valves, comp and tank. Then it's brakes, driveshaft, exhaust, shift linkage... Hopefully I'll have time leftover to do some smaller things and get some sort of interior in it. One way or another.. it's gonna happen.

[Spray-Bomb]

Yeah, well it'd be nice to get to drive it a lil bit before the meet lol

I can't remember how many days I had driven my truck before the meet, but it wasn't much lol

[huero]

Alvin get back to work. I want to see pics of that truck out on the road. *****in truck!!!

[Alvin]

Not much new tonight. I got the other rear brake rotor painted.


And a look at how Ethel sits right now:


In somewhat exciting news, a friend at work has a milling machine and would like to prototype some billet aluminum hose clamps off of my truck. With ordering the water neck and hoses this weekend, hopefully I'll have the clamps before spring gets here!

[Zumo]

Truck is looking awesome

[Alvin]

Well I started laying out my gauges on the bezel to see how they'd all fit. Now if I could just figure out the best way to cut on that expensive piece of plastic!


Here are the gauges, Stewart Warner Power Series. When I saw they were available with the light blue ring in the center I had to have them.


Bought a sandblasting cabinet this past weekend and have cleaned off quite a few parts with it (the glass broke on it tonight... guess I have to work on it now too). Remember those nasty brake calipers from a few posts up? I took one apart and threw it in the blasting cabinet to see how well it cleaned up.



Now if the weather would break I could spray some paint!

Also got a bunch of new parts in the mail. Radiator mounts and hoses, caliper rebuild kits, rear caliper hoses, and e-brake cables.

[Spray-Bomb]

Sweeeeeeet !!!!!!

[SchreinerM]

Please keep us posted on the gauges. Those the same set I was interested in.

Wheels look great.

[BOSS]

i can't wait to see it in person at the meet this year

[1LoC10]

coming along great

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by SchreinerM

Please keep us posted on the gauges. Those the same set I was interested in.

Wheels look great.

Thanks! On the gauges, stay tuned. Hopefully I'll get the guts to start putting the dash together soon.

Originally Posted by BOSS

i can't wait to see it in person at the meet this year

I know! I can't wait for you to see her! This thread should be Thrash 2008 now!

Originally Posted by 1LoC10

coming along great

Thanks, I'm pretty happy with the work so far. Just doesn't feel like I'm moving fast enough right now.