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:lol:

don't forget, Marines are like the "special teams" of the Navy ;)



(dad was navy 20yrs, i'm a squid brat, just yankin' your chain!)

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I was in the Dept of the Navy, The mens Dept.......woooo JK

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how did i miss this post!! lou i loved the cars you built on the show, so i have no doubt your truck will turnout looking and running killer!!! its to bad you left..now the only two guys i enjoyed watching are gone, stacy david and lou...damn it! lol

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welcome lou may i ask why you leave the shoe.

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Static drops are my preferred method also although alot of my static drops(ahem ,slams!!) I do have just as much work done as a bagged truck at times. I dont mind the adjustability of the bagged rides at all and think thats very useful....its just having a static drop of 5-7 or more rocks. Its not a Chevy but heres my over 5" frt and over 8" rear static drop on my 2002 Ram tucking 305/40/22.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...uckmoomba7.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ruckmooba1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...tten/fresh.jpg

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sorry Im a picture whore.;)

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Welcome to the board Lou, I am also a fan of the static drop, it seems that everyone does bags now to go low, well i am goin the other method, the less used and common ( shh don't tell anyone but i am gonna use dropped springs and such,) mine will be 5.5 in the front and 6 or 7 in the rear, should be nice, rolling on a one off frame and suspension. Can not wait, i start in a month on it:metal:. Hope to see your progress and ideas here, we can all use the help and advice of everyone.

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Lou?

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hey lou sorry ya left the show, looks like you had a lot of fans. what a bummer, and jessi leaving xtreme 4x4, shame. tell her to start a chevy project and post here. hay are you coming to pa. carlisle all truck nationals aug. 8 to 10 and also bloomsburg truck jamboree july 11 to 13? good times, hope to see ya. good luck with your build. semper fi

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It's an honor to "talk" to you! I feel like I've learned a lot about metalwork from you, very entertaining too.

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I got back from the Autorama this morning I'll post some pictures of the frame tonite or tomorrow. It was a great show LATER

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Welcome Lou. I like all the projects that you did. Even though I'm an all GM fan, you can apply so much of what you did to other vehicles.

I'm going with airbags on Project Bruiser cause after scraping my lowered Formula on everything, I don't want to be scrapping my baby up....then when I go to the show's I can air it out and having it look killer....best of both worlds IMO.

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Lou, big fan over here, watch every episode. :metal:

You know I knew something smelly was up when FlameBoy came on the show and spent more time talking than painting... And I must admit you didn't seem to be the same happy builder we knew last season [being a short timer will do that]. MuscleCars was my favorite part of PBTV, and I will still Tivo it, but you will be missed. And Jesse leaving Xtreme, man I can hear the crawler crowd crying in their beer.

Like Frizzle Fry noted, the Mustang is a killer build, the ultimate F*rd G machine. I really liked seeing how the flares were built.

Keep us posted on your build and if you didn't sign a gag order we would all love to hear what is with the revolving door over at PBTV...

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Looks like this is gonna be a kool lil build, cant wait to see more of it Lou

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Lou.... no call....... ? I'm not feeling any love man......... ;)

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Tony I've been working unlike yourself. I'll call you in the morning

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Ahhhh.... Lou knows Tony real well.

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I thought that was common knowledge. I read it on a bathroom wall. :devil:

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Some More pictures for usez guys. I took some of that left over .50X2" and made a gusset out if it then closed it off with some 1/8" flat stock.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...U/IMG_1326.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...U/IMG_1322.jpg

I re-did the kick ups because they looked funny then I figured it out. They were reversed. Now they are good to go.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...U/IMG_1510.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...U/IMG_1508.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...U/IMG_1513.jpg

I'll build the back of the chassis tomorrow. I plan on running a 4-Bar and some AFCO Coilovers.

Later

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Looks like its coming along nicely.

I always appreciated fab work actually being shown on todays TV shows and despised those who just wanted to show the fresh painted bodies and not how they got that way.I would rather see nice welds also rather than a sealed seam hiding the weld quality.

Cool that your here bro,will be watching progress.

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just curious - why the double-stack in the front? you planning on beating the snot out of it, looking for more rigidity or ??

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From what I can see the top piece was added because of the main crossmember itself where the upper a-frame mounts is taller than the main rail that was added. The added top rail took up the room needed to back up the upper a frame mount and will help in keeping the a-frame mounting points stronger and help with deflection in that area.

With all these hand built frames on here and all the great work alot of these members are capable of its a wonder more of these frames arent being built.
Nice work guys,others are watching like myself and can appreciate nice fab work and welding skills.

I see many times a project is shown and possibly a question is asked to why a certain piece is welded like it was,gussetted like this or that or basically asking about weld quality or more bracing and so on. I am proud that no one attempts to really thrash on a persons work. Constructive criticism is what I keep seeing if someone spots something out of the ordinary or welds not up to par,and others try to help resolve the issue in question.:metal:

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Boy, you really do know Tony, don't you.............:lol:

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Yo Slammed 1 I like that Dodge Ram. I've always wants to do one of those. For some reason you just don't see them all done up.

Shifty, Slammed is right the double stack is because the upper control arm mount is taller than the tubing. I could have picked up some 2x6" tubing. Hell all the steel has been kicking around my shop I'm just using all of it up. I did however notice a slight problem in the design. I'll address that later.

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You guys are wrong .... and Bob.........:devil: