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Nice! That is going to be killer.

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looking great... keep up the good work

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hey josh trucks coming along look badazz, what back space and width are your wheels and are you staying with the stepside or going with a fleetside bed?

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Looks good :metal:

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awesome build im keeping my eye on this one for sure .
thing you can build once you have the right tools for it , its just awesome

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Hey Jsoh that thing is lookind bad. If you want you can keep the stock spindels from the frame and we can work something out for the drop ones.

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that truck is going to look awsome be waiting to see more pics.

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The wheels in the front are 20x8.5 with a 4" backspacing and the rear is 20x10 with a 4.5 backspacing. I think that was what my backspacing is. I am going to go with a fleetside. I just have to narrow my rear end first so the bed will fit. Thanks

Josh

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Yeah having the correct tools make a world of difference. I am still missing quite a bit of the tools but getting by with what i have. The next project i am doing i am definately buying the tools first!

Josh

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The truck is looking sick. I wish I made that much progress so quickly.

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that thing looks so nice! I like it. late christmas present from you to me?:cf:

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Looks Awesome! Keep up the good work......Must be nice to work outside all year around LOL. I pushed my 69 C-10 project truck outside for 1 day! (Friday the 13th of October 2006)......we made national news that day "Freak Snow Storm" shuts down City leaves tens-of -thousands without power and snow measured in feet not inches.........my long winded point is; Take full advantage of your long work seasons (for all of us) who are working next to heaters during the cold seasons!

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I am glad you chose the fleetside. I don't like the look of the stepsides. But that is just my opinion.

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What? You're STILL not done?



j/k You are making incredible progress with this build. I have all 4 wheels holding air, so I might get to park my truck on the street this weekend!

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Looking good! I know what you mean about tools, I have been buying them for about 20 yrs now and stil have more to go. I need my English wheel, a 4' shear, power bead roller and a 4' break then I can start my 70 2WD project;)

PS any mail yet:confused:

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Well Rokcrln i just recieved the one man cab lift. I can't wait to build it. I had a hell of a time putting the cab on so i can't wait to take it back off. It will be so easy:metal: . I forgot to check the mail today but i bet the tip and flip should be here any day.

I would love to have a english wheel. I don't know how often i would use one but when i do it would be sweet. I own an HVAC (Heating and air conditioning) business and I have a 52" shear, 2- 8' brakes, 10' brakes, slitter, circle cutter but they only are capable of 16g steel. I think the 10' brake will do 14g. Everything i have used for my truck is 1/8-1/4. All those tools and I am still screwed:whine:. I am already trying to save up for a small cnc plasma because i am SOOOOOOO sick of all the grinding and cutting. Anyways thanks for desing some great products!

Josh

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I finished the truck last week but i took it to the grocery store and when i came out the motor was gone, there wasn't a bed, no gauges, air ride system wasn't finished, firewall had a lot of holes in it and there wasn't a front clip on. So i had to start over again.:lol:

PS. Keep an eye out for all my stuff:lol:

Josh

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be carefull with the english wheel i've seen fingers stripped to the bone when caught between the wheel and the metal http://www.metalmeet.com/ check that one out it has all sorts of tips and tools of the trade

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Well i finally got around to notching the frame for the rack and pinion. I took some 3 1/2 pipe cut it in half and then welding it into the frame. Here is a couple pics. I still have to grind down the welds.

Josh

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I also finally got done mounting the air tanks. I wanted to do something creative so i took my brand new chrome 3 gallon tanks and cut off the factory tank mounts and then created my own. I tig welded the new mounts to the tanks. I then mounted them where they will go and marked out my holes. Then i took the plasma torch and cut out an area around my holes so i can weld some nuts to the back side. I wanted to have a clean install of the tanks. They now bolt up into the frame. Came out pretty sweet. I took alot of pics of my process of making the new mounts because a fellow board member and i were talking about what i was making and asked to see the process i went through. So here they are. The last pic is just showing how i cut out the frame so i can get to the backside to weld the nuts on.


Josh

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Here is a few more of the tanks actually mounted. The first pic is showing what the factory tank mounts looked like. Now i just have to figure out how i am going to mount the compressors.

Josh

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Oh man. That thing is looking sweet. The round stock for the notch looks good. The air tanks came out great too. Everytime I see an update I'm always amazed. I'll need to cruise by this week and check it out.

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Thanks poorboy for the complements. I have been very busy on the truck. Those brackets took for ever to build. There was so many steps and it seemed like everytime i got one thing done another one popped up. Oh' well at least its done.

Sorry i didn't bring the old frame over today. I had a soccer game today and it drained me bad. I haven't ran for over a month. I will try to get it to you this week. Josh

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No rush dude.

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That kicks a whole lot of ass right there. I love the speed holes!