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This is where we are headed....
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I really like where you are going with this. Great fab skills and hope you keep updating your progress for us to follow along.
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Beautiful color!!
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Impressive. Need a lot of pictures!!!
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OK,
I'm going to jump around a little. Eventually I'll try to cover everything. The rear end is simple. New leaf springs from Eaton Detroit. 3" drop and softer. They have the specs for the original springs. Bilstein shocks on mounts that I made. Late 70's camaro/firebird rear end. Sway bar setup I made using mid 90's camaro sway bar. |
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The rear end was reworked by a local shop. New gears ( 3;42 ) and
new eaton posi and new bearings and seals etc. Brushed on tractor enamel after they were done. They dipped it and it was perfectly clean. The brakes are 1998 to 2002 Camaro that have parking brake thru the disc type setup. I made the brackets and backing plates. |
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The cab was extended 5 inches so the frame and running boards were
also extended five inches. I did the frame extension about under the middle of the cab. |
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the running boards needed 5 inch extensions, plus a rework
of the curved area that meets the rear fender. I also reworked the bottom braces for strength and to allow easier installation. |
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this sequence of photos shows the frame after paint...
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one more piece of color
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Nice work! I'm diggin' that front end.
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Very nice details with the body and chassis. The caliper brackets had to take some time to figure out.
The engine mounts on the frame are interesting too. Will they fit a factory engine mount? |
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What's the details on your paint color? I think it looks amazing, but I might be a bit biased - I love red like that!
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Unreal metal work...........looks great!!
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the recommendation of the Pace Performance gentleman that sold me my connect and cruise package. He said they would be easy to use, and he was right. I just made up those angle brackets and bolted them thru sleeves that I welded into the boxed frame area. |
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interior color is a Lexus color...but interior is finished with FLAT clear. Satin cashmere. |
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have a parking brake thru the disc. I like that style. I spent a lot of time on line looking at specs and dimensions. Brakewarehose.com had good info. Making the bracket was pretty straight forward. I made a pattern from 1/16th inch aluminum sheet. I used two driver side so I could stagger the mount, one forward, one back. That way I could stagger the shocks to control wheel hop. |
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Here's a quick shot of my hood to compare: http://i.imgur.com/cJ42itL.jpg Also crazy because for a time I was considering the Lexus Satin Cashmere for my accent color. You have great taste. :D Let's get these trucks together at a car show someday! |
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I've read your thread a dozen times..
you went with the Mitsubishi red didn't you? I like that color too. great minds indeed... |
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Looks Awesome! Your metal works looks outstanding!
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the front suspension is corvette C4
sway bar ends I machined into the original C4 sway bar after I cut the ends off. I turned the diameter to 1 inch. Original seemed way too stiff. I made the arms and the brackets for the A-Arm, and found Ford F150 sway links at Advanced Auto. Bushings were also from Advanced. the steering rack bracket on the cross member I modified to unbolt to allow easier servicing of the rack and pinion. It can now be dropped out the bottom under the engine. |
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more,
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the gas tank was taken out of the cab and moved to the rear.
It is a stainless steel 1949 chevy car tank from "Tanks", and will have a fill thru the driver side rear fender. It came set up for LS engine with fuel pump and sending unit flanges. I made the stainless straps and mounts, as well as the filler door and recess fill and drain pocket and welded it to the fender. |
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some more,
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