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cool keep us posted bro....

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Well 150 bucks later I got all my fittings and air lines. http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/1498d91d.jpg

And check out what I'm putting my valves in!

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/2977f437.jpg

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/56411caf.jpg

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/4af8b595.jpg
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Cool idea on the valves bro....what are you running 1/2 inch or 3/8?

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I'll be running 3/8" line and valves

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is Zing the frame of the truck in your plans at all bro? im getting ready to Z my 77 soon here in the next couple of weeks...

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A "Z" isnt in the plans anytime in the near future. I'd like to get it as a functional vehicle before I come close to that.
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I got like 95 percent of my air line plumbing done and tanks and valves mounted, just have to mount compressor, now I just have to finish that up and do lots of wiring.
Ive got my raised frame for my raised bed floor started. Tell me what you think.
It's raised 5 1/2".

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/24e4d559.jpg

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/c5f758ed.jpg
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Looks good bro keep those pics coming...
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Any updates on the truck bro?.....

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It's been a really long time since last updated, but it's also been a really long time since I've worked on the truck. Lol
Here's what I've got done,
I got all my valves wired up to a temporary switch box,
I did not get my compressor wired yet so I'm just running off of my shop compressor.
I finished up all my air lines, except for my gauges,
Got a few new bolts for my 3 link,
Cut part of my trans crossmember so I could lay flat on the frame.
That's where I'm at now.

Here's the switch box (it's a 10 switch cut down)
I'd like to come up with something really unique for a switchbox eventually.
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/ccb95271.jpg

Here's the most recent pic of the truck:
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/666b0cb1.jpg
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dude truck looks good..... i thought you been working on this thing and you were gonna surprise us with it all done.... just messing you with bro on a serious note tho i haven't done anything to my 77 either after the bodydrop...... but im planning to get some serious work done before the end of the year..... keep the updates coming im liking the satnce of the truck great job.....

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im gonna start by saying im stoked on how much of this truck you are doing by yourself. ( much respect). however, the things that make these trucks unique and eyecatching are the small details. dont take this the wrong way but IMO angle iron belongs on the farm... some nice square tubing for your bed floor would be much cleaner and stronger on a modified truck.

take your time and do things the right way and you will be much happier in the end. i understand that budget constraints force certain sacrifices but your lower control arms could really use some work, take the time to smooth down the cutting torch markings, and make sure your welds are properly penetrated. suspension components are the most important when it comes to safety and integrity, it looks like the 1/2" plate you used for a bag mount could use some reinforcement where it welds to the tubing.

Again, these are just sugesstions from my personal past expiriences, i am in no way "bashing" your build, just simply trying to offer some advice. keep at it and i look forward to seeing this thing on the road!

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I'm glad you said it. I wanted to say the same thing about the lower arms especially. Take your time, you can get really beautiful results with a cheap hand grinder by taking your time. And buy some wire wheels and clean that metal before you weld.

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I realize you are gonna do it your way....
But these lower arms are a disaster waiting to happen.
I hope this pic wasn't the "finished" arm. It looks from the pic that the thin metal between the plate and the arm is taking all the weight.
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Go with a Vintage Air setup if you have the duckets. The blower, evap and heater core are all contained in a unit that tucks inside the dash so you can keep the comfort and shave your firewall. Complete they run about $1600, and the actuators are solenoids instead of the cable/vacuum setup from factory so installation is almost plug-&-play. Just a suggestion.

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from what ive seen...you can shave your firewall but you will still have two small ports that still have to go through the firewall. A nice trim panel will make this look good though. Vintage is a very nice product.

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Got one of my lca's reinforced today and hopefully I can start on my other one tomorrow afternoon. The original strip of metal was half inch plate but I used 1/4" for all the new boxing in and plating and whatnot. They aren't the prettiest lower control arms ever built, but but look pretty enough for me. they sure seem strong too. I painted them in bed coating. I wanted hammertone but I couldn't find any.

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/d394901b.jpg

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/d646d6b3.jpg
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on the back side it looks to be pieces of metal weld together are you gonna fill up the holes and stuff or just leave it? and for post # 55 picture 2? i think it has your cross member thingy as you called it looks like there's vertical up welds on the place where the bracket is that connects the link to the axle, were those fixed? or just left that way if they were left i really suggest fixing them not trying to bash you by any means and i know if it a vertical it isn't easy either

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On page 4 you can see that I switched out the crossmember thingy to that style. In the post #55 you are referring to, my welds were horrible. I've gotten a ton better.

On my last post where you noticed the holes on my lca's, that's from when after I welded and grinded the welds down. I probably won't be worrying about fixing them, unless someone on here thinks its a safety problem.
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You want all the welds to be as absolutely perfect as you can get them.

That's one place ill never skimp.
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If you've ever done a bend test you know that holes like those would split wide open and fail maybe I'm being to structurally critical but that's a part of the truck that absorbs basically everything and it doesn't help those are pieces of metal welded together in the middle so the first place they're gonna try and bend is the middle that seems to be not welded on the back side not only from vibration and shock but the weight of the truck but maybe I'm wrong I would fix it no reason not to its an easy fix as the cliche saying goes better safe than sorry
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that looks a lot stronger than they were! 1000 times better and safer, good job.

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i like the angle iron idea...and easy to line up your bed bolts in case you want to take the bed off later if you need too....and strong enough to carry anything in your bed. lighter too

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LCA's look alot better. keep it up :ito:

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Thank you sir!

Ok so I got a few things for my truck this weekend!
I went to A&A in OKC and they had a 3 suburbans that I could pick from.
I ended up getting :
A chrome rear bumper (looks exactly like sport bumper)
A suburban gas tank
All fuel lines
And the drivers steering linkage/arm thingy on mine had threads stripped so I got one of those too.

I installed the bumper and it looks really good. It's covered in bumper stickers, but it's almost completely undented/ unscratched

The suburban tank is where I run into an issue.

I'm bagged with a step notch, so space is really limited.
I plan to raise the bed floor so mounting the tank from the top of the bed for extra ground clearance would probably be my best option.

I have never done such a swap, though I'm capable, I just don't know the procedure. Maybe somebody can give me some input as to how to go about this.
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Where are the pics at man?? Lol sounds cool though..check my page out and see what I'm dealing with and leave some info for me! I still need some help picking out some compressors and u need too check my truck out.
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hey Maxxxy how big is the suburban tank? and the shape? post pics of the tank and from the look of your pics you have nothing behind the axle so if the tank is a square tank like the blazer tanks you should be able to mount it behind the axle and between the frame rails like other guys mount their fuel cells.... do some measuring and remember that if the tank hangs lower than the frame rails is ok because the rear part of the frame doesn't sit on the ground while the truck is laid out... and also check out mooseknuckles thread he installed a blazer tank on his...

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What up lulifer. Long time no talk man
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Luifer-
I believe mine is the mid sized tank, which I think holds 31 gal. I wish it was the smaller 25 gal, but I couldn't find one. The only problem with basing mine off of mooseknuckles, is he has a long bed, which equals more space behind the axle.
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im not sure bro cause none of my trucks are long bed and some of this guys here may be able to verify this but i believe that all long beds are longer frames but is all before the axle not after the axle look at a longbed picture closely and compare it to a shortbed picture and you'll see what im talking about....

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i just looked on mooseknuckles thread and he's running a 25 gallon blazer tank and it looks like it fits just right what shape is the tank you have anyway?....

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Oh I might be wrong on the long bed, but ill check on that.
The tank is almost a perfect square with rounded corners. It has like a 3/4 inch lip
around the perimeter of the square tank. And I think from lip to lip, it's something close to
29" square
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yeah...it's like 28"x28 1/4" or somethin and 10" tall the 30 gal is the same but only 12"tall....

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cool if thats the case it may fit behind the axle and it may work for Maxxxy

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I got a little work done this evening!!! It's been a while since I last was able to work on my truck, but thats because it's my senior year, and I'm coming down to the final part of my last basketball season. In fact, next weekend, Mar. 8-10 is the state tournament! Haha. My team is doing great this year and we're fortunate enough to still be playing while many others have already ended their season.
As much as I want to be able to have free time to spend working on my truck, I don't ever want my season to end.


Well enough of that, on to the truck!

This evening I did some modifications to be able to use a suburban gas tank above the frame rails on my bagged truck.
I started out by temp. bracing the frame, then I took the rear support, turned it backwards then moved it 5 inches or so rearward.
Then I removed the spare tire holder.
Then I took a price of 1x1 square tubing and mounted it under the frame in the same location the spare tire holder was. (I am not finished securing it, so there will be more than just one tank strap)

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/a9e767d2.jpg
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/80850d16.jpg
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/264daf4f.jpg

You can see in the last pic that the tank does not hang at all below the frame, which will really give me some peice of mind.

Here in a couple of weeks I'll really be able to dive into this truck and get some progress.
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Looks good. Lemme know when we can get together ! I might end up having to use one of those myself!
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looking good maxxxy.... it looks like the tank fits just right...

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any progress pics?

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Well nothing new worth taking pictures about. Lol
Well my senior basketball season is finally over. We lost out in the 2nd round of the state tournament. :/ it's life though. My teammates and I still had a great season and I enjoyed every second of it.

Though with basketball now over, I have way more free time, which equals truck time!!
This week I have marked a few things off the list, getting me that much closer to my goal.
•I installed new motor mounts
•I fixed a cut brake line
•I shortened my gas tank straps, built new bolts for that as well
(old ones sheared off) and got the fuel tank in solid
•I made the rear half of my raised frame (for raised bed floor) bolt in for easier access to my gas tank
•I also had to raise the raised frame even more.
It looks like my bed floor will be raised just about 7 inches
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Got my truck out of the barn and washed months of dirt off!
Here's a picture.

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/26b48b51.jpg
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