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joehalford01
'Vette brake specialist!
hmmmmmm.....
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Flat, I've never been accused of being too smart and I'm slightly confused. Can you hold your templates up to the frame and show me how you plan to install them. I'm nosey.
FlatBroke
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Joe,
I here them wheels turnin from here, whatcha thinkin..
Gastrick,
I will give better pics tomorrow. The cardboard is flat but the material is not. Both pieces to go on the outside of the framerails will rollover the top where I make my cuts on the factory frame. The other two pieces will slide inside the framerails from the inside for added support. (kinda like a laminate wrench) Take note in my last pic at how thick this material really is. If all goes well, I will bolt everything in place before I start cutting. It should be plenty strong to hold. If not, I got a whole nother piece of iron to cut up on.
Feedback from you two is valueable to me.
I here them wheels turnin from here, whatcha thinkin..
Gastrick,
I will give better pics tomorrow. The cardboard is flat but the material is not. Both pieces to go on the outside of the framerails will rollover the top where I make my cuts on the factory frame. The other two pieces will slide inside the framerails from the inside for added support. (kinda like a laminate wrench) Take note in my last pic at how thick this material really is. If all goes well, I will bolt everything in place before I start cutting. It should be plenty strong to hold. If not, I got a whole nother piece of iron to cut up on.
Feedback from you two is valueable to me.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Okay I got it now Flatster. No need hold the templates up to the frame. Your description covered it for me. Thanks.
FlatBroke
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cool.
I may yet start another thread, kinda step-by-step as I go along with it. The scraps i have leftover from the c-notch kit will be used to make the spring perch reinforcement when I flip the rearend.
Flip kit,c-notch, and 2in shackles... Should be good for about 6-7 in. in the rear.
I may yet start another thread, kinda step-by-step as I go along with it. The scraps i have leftover from the c-notch kit will be used to make the spring perch reinforcement when I flip the rearend.
Flip kit,c-notch, and 2in shackles... Should be good for about 6-7 in. in the rear.
joehalford01
'Vette brake specialist!
i say hmmmmm because i can't picture it, i can't wait to actually see it though, i'm sure you're on the right track. around here, everyone just cuts a huge hole in the bed and grinds notches in the frame. thank god those same people are into mini-trucks and new trucks, not classics or rods. It'll be nice to see how to get it done right so I can "copy" it.
FlatBroke
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Joe,
Mine is going to be what they call a "mini notch". Won't be visible from the outside at all. You would have to get down on the ground to see it from the bottom side.
Mine is going to be what they call a "mini notch". Won't be visible from the outside at all. You would have to get down on the ground to see it from the bottom side.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Get any work done on the notch project today Flat?
FlatBroke
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Nope none today at all. I should be able to get some cut off wheels for the grinder in the AM and get to cuttin in the PM after work. The only boubts I'm starting to have is if the "Top rail of the iron is going to fit under the Factory cross sills. I don't want the notch to be obvious...(Not yet anyway)
FlatBroke
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I'm cuttin and grinding on that big ole piece of metal. I will be back to post pics later.
FlatBroke
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Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
I know this isn't what you are doing right now Flatster but I took this pic of the frame notch on that truck in the other thread for ya. I've seen better work but I just thought it would be interesting for you to check out.
FlatBroke
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All I see is the little red "x". For some reason I can't seem to view image shack.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Sorry bout that Flat. I'll see if I can figure something else out.
FlatBroke
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I can click on the lil red X and it takes me to "Imagashack home page". Do I need to do something different?
tiny1
Callin' him Tiny is like callin' Dirty Harry a bea
Flatbroke I'm not trying to high jack your thread here but i have a 83 Chevy truck i was working on until i got the rat rod project. Anyway here is some pic's of the gas tank filler spout on my truck i put a suburban tank in the back between frame rails and the filler neck behind taillight
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Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Pretty slick tiny. Flatbroke, I'll try to post the pic a different way if I can figure it out. I'm not sure why you can't see it. Can anybody else see it?
FlatBroke
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Tiny,
Hijack away boss.
This thread isn't only here for me to show progress but for everyone else to give me ideas as well. That is a cool mod done on your truck. Really appears to be straight forward too. Shoot man, I like it.
NOTE: If anyone has ideas for me please feel free to post away.
(I still have no idea as to where I'm going on this truck)
Hijack away boss.
This thread isn't only here for me to show progress but for everyone else to give me ideas as well. That is a cool mod done on your truck. Really appears to be straight forward too. Shoot man, I like it.
NOTE: If anyone has ideas for me please feel free to post away.
(I still have no idea as to where I'm going on this truck)
FlatBroke
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Gastrick,
I got access to the pic. Looks cool.
Thanks for taking it for me.
I got access to the pic. Looks cool.
Thanks for taking it for me.
