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hey there. Well i never got the project started. sold the truck a while back.

[cl looking good man.

I will get some pics up at some point. right now, as 52fordman can attest too, its just a pile of rust. a big one at that. now to ask a newb question, why would the radius arms cause the hight to change?

Nice work. Good call on lowering the lights.

Good stuff larry!!!

dang ratcrazy. R u running bags or is that ride hight?

after sitting here for sometime staring at my computer and pondering safety, it got me thinking. what are the chances of one of these springs breaking? what can i do to the frame so that if it does, it wont dig into the pavement and more so slide across it? I noticed on a lot of the front ends...

yeah man! i'll check it out. And will for sure start a build thread once i get started. Thanks again.

never mind. i found enough pictures of the cabs to see there is a big difference all the way around.

lets take hinges out of the equation. i have just bought a 51 F1. Complete minus some stuff but complete for the most part. I am looking at this 53 still. Is the general shape the same? I am planning on doing suicide doors anyway. Thinking of the 53 cab cause it has a title.

dang Shea. Thanks for the great info! And the pic! That helps a lot. I was pretty sure how the spring in normal function worked but was having a hard time wrapping my head around the underslung set up. Now, to make it safe.

Never once too offence. If you had started out with "dude you're an idiot. That'll never work". Then I may have been offended. I haveseen the dodge you are talking about and that guy is screwed if he gets a flat. I have tried to get it in my head how to repack the springs and bu. I'm...

Good info Shea. I knew about the scrub line. But the othe stuff. I always wondered why they called it suicide suspension. I didn't think about all of that. That changes everything. I'll have to put some more thought into this. That's all it is at this point anyway is an idea. I wonder if there...

safe is a big concern. i may not know if its safe or not. Thats my biggest problem. guess i'll just have to ask here when i have a concern

ok i got ya. that makes since now. would i want to do that on the front and rear? 52 Forman, i may take you up on that. when you first offered it i didn't think it would be needed but now i can see how it would come in handy.

Man i hate to sound ignorant but i am. Can you explain what you mean by swap the hanger? i know what the hangers are but what am i swapping?

pretty cool stuff. i dig it.

HA!! This was the truck that got me started on the idea. But what i was wanting to avoid was cutting off the rear of the frame

Very good info gang. I will definitely be doing a build thread once i get started. That may be a while. Have a lot of other projects around the house to finish first. i also want to get the frame media blasted to see how bad off it is. I will for sure be boxing in the frame or even putting...

Very cool thunder1. so what i have found from reading is that its doable. i just wasn't sure how the stock frame is going to do turned over. guess theres nothing to but to do it.