[washington blue]

dsraven, thanks for your input. I have been reading other builds and you comment often and you really know a lot about these old trucks, I appreciate your input and everyone else too. As you have suggested I took the coil springs out and I have threaded rods to put through the shock holes so I can raise and lower the front arms as needed to see how everything looks at ride height. I took the thing back apart and I cut 1 1/8 inch off of the 55 frame and put it back together and it looks pretty good now I think.