67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[67cheby]

thanks i am just trying to catch up to you

[nastyc10]

mine started out with a static drop too, then bags, then dropmember, it never ends! What are you gonna do for A/C? I can't decide which company I want to go with. I can't buy anything any time soon anyway.

[67cheby]

i posted on the forum about a company a friend of mine is using (Southern Rods and Parts) they have a complete kit for $799, one guy said he used them and they werent any good, my friend has used one and he loves it ???

[67cheby]

in that last pic i posted my truck looks like a long bed....

[0331grunt]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

in that last pic i posted my truck looks like a long bed....

nothing wrong with that Looks good!

[67cheby]

Watts up ?? this is a pun, here are pics to go with it

[my67chevytruck]

looking good bro!

[PBFAB.COM]

Mike-

You want the link bars parallel to the ground at ride height (raise the one on the pass. side) and also the pivot in the middle (the crank that rotates) will need to be perpindicular to the ground.

Lookin' good!!!

[67cheby]

thanks Nate i was going to ask someone today i just have it clamped in place

[watahyahknow]

im using a 14 bolt when im building mine (going to be a dually )
was planning on buying on of those rockcrawling reardiffcovers and weld the watts to that

[Wild83C10]

TRuck is looking good, some nice fab work there.

One comment though. I always see people using levels. A level doesn't do much good unless the truck is sitting on perfectly level ground or you level it before you use a level. If the truck is sitting a degree or two off then the piece you have the level on will be off.

[meltmetal]

Sorry to jump in here but how do you guys get the frame level if the garage floor isn't level.. Would you level out the jack stands by putting shims etc under them?

[67cheby]

with the frame flat on the ground if the pinch welds are setting even on both sides its close enough for me, if someone wants to measure it and tell me i am 1/16 off from side to side , more power to them... if i had endless amounts of money to spend i would have went to a high dollar shop with all of the right frame jigs and all of the cool equipment.... but i dont , so this will work for me , The truck has been in my family for about 30 years it will never get sold so if i do something that is a little off i only have myself to beat up about it

[67cheby]

in the next pics i will hide my levels so it wont bother anyone

[FRENCHBLUE72]

I just ordered that same watts link how do you like it and how long did it take to arrive?

[67cheby]

4-5 day, i thought that was quick, my only complaint is the heim joints were so hard to thread into the arms that i totally messed up the finish on them, other than that it was simple

[Wild83C10]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

in the next pics i will hide my levels so it wont bother anyone

It wasn't bothering me. I was just making a comment, asking a question. Just wanted to make sure you weren't spending all that time to have to go back and spend more time fixing something. I would agree a 1/16 would probably be negligible, but you would be surprised what a degree or two adds up to over a 4-6 foot distance.

[RunninLo]

Originally Posted by Wild83C10

TRuck is looking good, some nice fab work there.

One comment though. I always see people using levels. A level doesn't do much good unless the truck is sitting on perfectly level ground or you level it before you use a level. If the truck is sitting a degree or two off then the piece you have the level on will be off.

Originally Posted by meltmetal

Sorry to jump in here but how do you guys get the frame level if the garage floor isn't level.. Would you level out the jack stands by putting shims etc under them?

Originally Posted by 67cheby

with the frame flat on the ground if the pinch welds are setting even on both sides its close enough for me, if someone wants to measure it and tell me i am 1/16 off from side to side , more power to them... if i had endless amounts of money to spend i would have went to a high dollar shop with all of the right frame jigs and all of the cool equipment.... but i dont , so this will work for me , The truck has been in my family for about 30 years it will never get sold so if i do something that is a little off i only have myself to beat up about it

Well having been a relatively poor guy all my life but also one that is a stickler for level,plumb, etc I can give away one of my on the cheap methods that I use for getting a good level surface to work on. Every time I found a good scissor jack in the trunk of a car at the salvage I always grabbed it. Yeah I'm the one that everyone is cursing when they can't find a jack. The scissors are great for setting up at the 4 corners of a frame and adjusting the screw until it sits level seven ways to Sunday. For Z's and clips I have used as many as 8 plus scissor jacks to dial things in just right. I have even gone so far as to temporarily weld them to the frame at times to be sure things aren't likely to move around.
They're free, infinately adjustable, and plenty just laying around. That's my kind of low-buck solution.

Josh

[kev2809]

^^^ thats a good idea to use scissor jacks. i may have to start doing that lol. i work outside too, in the grass. good thing i havent been doing anything that really requires a level lol

[LEEVON]

To borrow a line from an old painter I once met "He ain't takin' it to the World Fair". Give it a rest lets get back to this cool build.

[67cheby]

Thanks Leevon, and by the way i put the 6 ft level on the floor on all sides of the truck and i know you probably wont believe but the floor is dead on level !!

[GVizzle]

What color you gonna paint your truck Cheby?

[67cheby]

it will be a bright metallic silver, i havent found the exact color yet

[GVizzle]

Are you gonna chop the top?

Shave the moldings?

[67cheby]

No ,i plan on running all moldings, handles , emblems, pretty stock looking, all bumpers and all