1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

[murd969]

Well long story short I had to pull the truck from the current shop.

[murd969]

My garage looks like a parts store now. If anyone knows any good shops in the Tampa area or somewhere in Florida please let me know. I should be getting the air ride on in the next week or two but everything else is a big question mark at this point.

[murd969]

At this point I'm not sure when anything will be getting done. Hopefully some
Things will start to fall in place.

[murd969]

Well I decided to drop my truck off at Godspeedrides in Sarasota. I'm hoping to get the work going and to get the truck finished.

[ptc]

Looks like a decent place to do your work. Are you having them do a turn key vehicle for you? It would be nice to see what the costs of it come out to be with all the labor and stuff....

My original budget came out to about $46K just for materials!!! I'd hate to even think about what my labor could be! - lol (in the end it is $0)

[Kim57]

Truck looks good.
Kim

[murd969]

Thanks Kim. It would be even better if I could drive it.

[ChuckDriver]

That's a pile of parts! Looking good!!

[murd969]

The height that it's sitting at right now is the highest ride height that it would be with the air bags. It should tuck the rear wheels really nice with it dropped down.

[murd969]

I have a lot in parts as well but I also have already spent a lot on labor. The only original parts on my truck are the can and all 4 fenders. It definitely adds up quick.

[murd969]

Some progress has been made on the truck. All of the welds have been cleaned up. Also the air bags have been mounted in place. Here's some pics of the progress. These pics are of the truck completely aired out.

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Here's a view of what the ride height should be set to.

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Here's a view of the highest point that the bags will go.

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Here's a view of the new upper and lower mounts for the front air bags.

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Here's a view of the left bag.

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Here's a view of the right bag.

[murd969]

We tested the air ride with some temporary lines hooked up. I'm working to get some videos uploaded to show it.

[Kim57]

Looks real good.
Kim

[murd969]

The top pic is fully laid out and the bottom is the ride height. Should be pretty awesome.

[murd969]

Making some more progress. Working to get the inside of the bed smoothed out.

[RockinKees]

All is looking great!
You nailed it it on the rideheight, very nice stance!!

[Kim57]

Real nice stance.
Kim

[murd969]

Working on getting the motor set correctly. We're going to have to adjust the motor mounts to raise the motor some. Everything is definitely a tight fit in this truck. The motor does look pretty damn good in it.

[Kim57]

Looks good.
Orange headers look good (I know it's just tape).
Kim

[murd969]

We had to modify the transmission cover because it was hitting it. Looks pretty good now.