Couldnt help myself

[JohnThomas Sorrels]

Your trucks looking great, here a quick-chop idea for your grill...

 

[earthman]

Front veiw is bad to the bone! I like the original grille myself. This thing is in your face and makes no apologies! Look for it in the news stands soon 'cause it will be in the mags

 

[earthman]

The curve of the frame follows the curve of the hood, nice!

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

Up in arms

Today I almost finished my trailing arms, Just a little adjustment and some welding and their done. I decided to go with running two radius,s that meet at a fixed point ( axel ) WOW what a pain in the a### that was. I made the arms look as if they grew out of the frame. Not liking the arm end thought, thinking of some kind of change.

Curt

 

[BIGBLOCK]

Hey busted knuckle stop all that yard work get back to that bad *** ride come on we need to see more of the crazy ideals out side of the box thanking

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

Bagged

Here is some pics of my bag set up. I used a cantaliever rocker system for my travel. The real hard part was to get my radius ratios to work. Not quit finished hope to been done today. Hey (BIGBLOCK) you know where I live, get your a## up here and help. LOL

 

[piewagn]

Here she is.

Awsome!!! Stovebolt Art Deco!! Love those trucks!!!!

Check this place out: http://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/

 

[piewagn]

Damn, maybe I shoulda read the whole thing before posting. Them guys at the Stovebolt would probably have an aneurizm! Awsome build!! Lots of original thinkin'! Don't chop that grille!!!! It looks great with it's original shape, makes it look mean!

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

Bags

Well it seems my cataliever system works, I got 5 inches of travel witch is plenty for what I need. I have to get some DOM pipe to complete my strut rods. I have some pipe in there now for mock up. I am pleased with out come, I really wasnt sure if it would work. This little thing took me almost 4 weeks from idea to where it is now, what a pain in the A**.


Curt

 

[BigIrish]

That is super-slick. Very awesome setup, great idea.

 

[moronthethrottle]

Your engineering skills are top notch BK. Did you use a CAD program to help get the geometry correct? We use a similar cam/cylinder set up to fold the head & tail section of top folding conveyors for road travel (thought I'd throw that in there to give you some piece of mind that the concept does work!).

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

more pics

More pics from the side

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

Bags

Your engineering skills are top notch BK. Did you use a CAD program to help get the geometry correct? We use a similar cam/cylinder set up to fold the head & tail section of top folding conveyors for road travel (thought I'd throw that in there to give you some piece of mind that the concept does work!).

Thank you for the kind words. I did not use a CAD machine. I used raduis measurements times pie and then divided by 4 to give a quater movment. The cam has 2 differant ratios one for the bag and one for the axel. My ratio ended up pretty close to 1 to 1.38 movement.

Curt

 

[ANNAMEL]

Holy bad AZZ Batman. Man that thing is rockin. I like the photoshop of the grill. Might go that route with mine ifin ya dont mind. The frame is unbelievable. Where u live I am comin to help ya just so I can see it up close. Keep diggin

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

Rolling

I finished the front bag system today. It works and rolls. I did pick up a 1963 389 w/trans complete running witha crap load of extra prts for 200.00. I am thinking of running that instead of the 62 327 with power glide I already have.

Curt

 

[rockb1]

Love the air setup. your truck is coming along great. cant wait to see more.

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

389 Pontiac

I picked up a motor this week. I got a complete 1963 w/trans, and a crap load of parts. I will try to moch it up tomorrow. I gave the guy 200.00 for everything.

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

MOTOR

Well I have got the mounts finally finished, I decided to bolt staight to the motor instead of orginal mounting points. Did a little work on the rear axel also, cut off all the old brackets, getting it ready to set up this weekend. Oh one more thing, that crap load of parts I got when I bought that 389 turns out there were a pair of very very rare 64 GTO heads, one year only,just sold them to a guy in NY for 800.00. WOW!

 

[BUSTEDKNUCKLE]

Tires

Got my rear slicks.......... What do you think???????????

 

[Bonehead]

The truck is turning out great. A real show stopper with that frame. The tires look fantastic.