nelsons relaxed dropmember build
 

My friend nelson here in Houston, is woulding on his 70 model chevy truck and we have been working on putting on the Porterbuilt dropmembers front and rear and thought I would post some pics of what is done so far.

will post more pics in the coming weeks as progress forward is made

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here are a few more pics of the truck soem prior to tearing down for the rebuild.

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Subscribing to this one,...

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very nice...

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Nice build, but how about posting more pictures of your Burb??? :D

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I should have on started on it shortly as I also order a dropmember for my burb when we order these kit, but I first gotta finish my 64 with a dropmember already installed on it. ;)

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Pimpin aint eazy unless you got them ///'s LOL lookin good fellas

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Great looking project, keep us posted on your progress!

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Looks good what are kou gonna do with the body

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looks great. whatcha gonna do for the bed?

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the truck will start body work and mods once the chassis is all done. he has all the body parts and they will be slicked and painted. The bed will have a removable step notch cover so that he can show off the suspension. Thanks for the interest

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just a heads up on the burb frame there is one body mount that gets removed to accomodate the frame 4-link mounts. I'll probably have to fab something there unless it seems strong enough without. Besides from what Nate has told me I can kiss my 2nd row seat goodbye so it's not like anyone will be sitting back there.

Josh

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2nd row seat? Or do you mean 3rd row?

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Sweet!

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Nice truck, saw it at Texas Showdown 07.

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do you have more pic,s of the set up

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sweet, heres a cleaner pic
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/IMGP2339.jpg

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we should have more pics of the rear set up in the next week or so as the kit installation moves forward and mounthte 4-link and axle plates.

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What paint did he use for the satin black ???

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being it was temporary paint for just a couple of shows before he tore it down, he spayed it with rustolium spay paint using one of those trigger you snap on to the spray can.

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Ok kool

I knew it looked a lot like the paint on my bug (Rustoleum I shot from a spraygun)

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2nd. I never had a 3rd row. I may be able to build/upholster something for more seating but the stock 2nd row will never fit again. I'll know more once i get the body back on the frame.
Josh

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here are a few updated pics from today. the drilling and bolting has begun and seem like it will never end :)

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looks great, is that blue truck yours as well? I've seen it in Classic Trucks I think.

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no thats a friend of mines blue truck that i help build back in 2005 with greens69. this ttruck with the front and rear dropmembers is my friend nelsons( guy in pic drilling) that i am helping with.

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Can we get some more pics of the blue truck!

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Great work Nelson, Keep it up and let's see that truck on the road next year.....





Here is a link to some pictures of the blue truck..

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=174282

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looking good guys . Keep at it!

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x2

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The truck is looking really good Nelson! ///RA Texas is hard at work cranking out some fine classic Chevy's.

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nice work

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Nelson been working and got the rear notches all installed. Plan to finish the rear tomorrow so he can finally set it on the ground and see how she looks.

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Well here she is outside on the ground Stillneed to remove the factory tranny crossmember and the factroy trailing arm crossmembers and this will lay out.

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Sweet!

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Looks Good! If its being built by a RA member then you know its going to look good!:metal:

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Sweet !!!

Now hurry up & get those X-members out so it will LAY !!!

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I've always liked the look of that truck! What was the reason for re-doing it all? It looked like it layed all the way out before? Did you guys get another frame to start over, because there was no notch or anything... What did it have under it before for suspension?

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the orginal frame had a 5-6" z (full width of the frame)and the rear was done with a lot of "different" ideas that did not work out to well that the previous owner did. when he found the new frame from another friend of ours it also had a clean mostly rust free cab which allowed the prefect oppourtunity to start clean and go with a cleaner newer set up.

jeff

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Cool! Is he going for the same suede look he had before?

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no he is going do a full on build this time.

here is a cell phone pic of truck with stock tranny crossmember removed. now all he has to do is get the new rear crossmember removed.