Re: Projec Orange to Green
 

I've had my '69 for about 6 months and the most I've gotten done is a used engine installed and swapped the rear 6 lug to 5. Your super quick!

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I'm moving through this pretty quickly, when it's time to start spending some real money progress will come to a screeching halt:lol:

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Tell me about it. I'm about ready to sell plasma to fund my front disc.:agree:

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looks good keep it up.

what kinda setup you gonna run in the back to keep the rear centered.

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The triangulated four link centers itself, that's the only reason I went this route. A parallel four link is much easier to set up but I didn't want my rear end kicking over with a pan hard and I think a watts link is too bulky. This way I have four bars, two bags and that's it.

Re: Projec Orange to Green
 

Made a little more progress. I forgot to take some pics of the plates after I welded them on to the Z :rolleyes: but I did, in fact, weld them on. I bolted the cab and front suspension on to see what kind of clearance I had between the pinch weld and the ground before I dropped the cab mounts.
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There was only a half inch or so of clearance so I decided to stick the bed on also and check just in case:gi:. Good thing I did, there's only about 1/4 inch with the bed on so I won't be doing a body drop:Own: My steps sit flat on the ground and I don't want to go hacking up a bunch of sheet metal for an extra inch:but:, this is a driver so I don't think it'll be necessary.
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I think I might do a little body work and give the frame a rest for a while. I'm getting tired of cutting and welding:crazy: More to come...

Re: Projec Orange to Green
 

Nice project and nice cab. Where did you find the cab?

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Looking good and low! One question that has me thinking is the way you Z'd the frame. After you made your first cut did you then take out a small section of the frame before welding it back together? Reaseon I ask is because it looks like if you did not then your frame just grew about 1 1/2" because of the angle cut and sliding the frame up to get your drop. I hope this makes sence.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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I did cut it at an angle. I did it to move the tire to the center of the wheel well. I'm going to section an inch out of the frame directly in front of the gear box to bring the core support back to where it needs to be. I was wondering if anyone would notice.:cool:

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Thanks! I got it from a member here, shaneschevys, in Ft Worth. He's a great guy and has helped me out a lot.

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No real progress to report, just test fitting some body panels.
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Re: Project Orange to Green
 

looks great so far...when i first started reading this one, i was like man that notch is huge, but with the bed on it looked ok..thought maybe you were trying to put it under the ground..lol..good work..

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what did you take out of the cab mounts.

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Looks like the hood fit needs some work. :lol:

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looks nice... good job

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Factory style cab mounts from GMCPauls. I thought I was going to have to lower the mounts on the frame but with everything bolted down I can't get my fingers under the pinch weld and that's low enough for me.

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I decided I'd rather have a cab visor than a hood:lol:

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any new updates on this?

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Not yet. My wife got rear ended so I've been working on her truck (see rear ended:()it as well as lifting a Blazer for a customer and building a winch bumper for my Dad's Samauri. Hopefully when I get back from the meet in Missouri I'll have some time to get back on it.:gi:

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ttt to go to builds section. I got some new parts in too, look for updates in the next week or so:sexy:

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About time... I was about ready to doze off...;) J/K

LockDoc

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It's killing me to not work on it but there's been so much going on I haven't had much free time. I did manage to get the gearbox section of frame replaced(holes torn out) but don't have any pics yet.

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good looking progress, keep pluging away, eventually it will get done

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Nice Job! ....so thats "Z-ing" the frame!

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Little bit of an update. All of the stuff to install and plumb the suspension(except for shocks) is in. I'll worry about tanks and compressors after all of the fab work is done. I've got enough to get it on air for now.
1983 C10 front cont control arms
8" pipe for bag pockets
Slam RE7s
Parker 3/8" valves
Stainless 1/2" lines and fittings
1/2" leader hoses for front bags
FBI digital air gage

I got the broken part of the frame replaced and the front horns moved down, back, and tacked in place. I should make some good progress this weekend.

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