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"Project Orangepeel" 52 A.D
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Ok guys i am finally starting a build on my 1952 A.D "orangepeel" i got the truck several years ago and have been working on it for sometime now but with customer projects in the shop I just dont have as much time to work on my own..
so here we go its a 52 and i wanted the rough look with nice suspension,fuel inj. coilovers,crazy interior etc. when i got the truck it already had a 1973 camaro stub under it and after getting it in the shop i found out real quick the horrible work that was done I wanted it to sit nice and low so i decided to Z the front stub to keep geometry the same and not have to use dropped spindles. here is afew pics of when I rolled her in... as you can see it was pretty nasty so my next post i'll show what was under the ugly!!! Mark |
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About time you started posting...Dad
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I will tag along. Orange is my favorite color.
On a side note, I spent many a first weeks of May up in the Mt. View area turkey hunting my late Uncle's ranch. Fond memories |
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so in this post the first photos are of the cover plates that were on the front end as it rolled in with...
the 3rd pic is of the cover cut off and it exposes the poor welding underneath. the 4th pic as well.. the last one is of the spot i will cut (yellow line) and the stantion it is used to set the ride height @ stock then once the frame is cut it can be dropped as needed (will show more pics on that. Mark |
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in this post I am showing some more of the
weak metal and welding that was done. 1. showing the frame was cut in one spot and poor welds 2.showing the stantion witch hold stubs in stock position 3. making my cuts to remove stub. 4. using the chain fall connected to the cab to lower into position. 5. here you can see the amount of "Z" it will have.. |
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pics 4 and 5
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here in this post i am showing the final steps for the "Z'd" front stub.
1. showing stub with 2x4 tubing welded to it this will add strength 2.2x4 tube added to both sides and fully welded where the frames come together. 3. all pieces welded in. 4. the outer plates added to clean up the look. 5. all welds smoothed out and boxed in. |
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next set of pics
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Definite improvement over the original. Keep up the good work.
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Nice work. Is the 5/26/11 date correct in the pic? if so, must feel good to get back on it!
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Nice save, great work, way better!
Is Oldman3 your Dad....curious due to Jim's post. Would be great if my folks were into building. |
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yes all the dates are correct this build has been on and off for some time now and a lot of work is already done ..I wanted to get some work finished before I started a thread...
Thanks Mark.. |
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A.D. me and Dad have worked together on several builds now we still get to kick ideas back and forth and he is my researcher for info on things thanks to this site, and all the great builders on here..
Mark... |
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ok here is my next set of pics enjoy
Mark... |
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here is a shot of the chassis after the rear springs,shackles etc were removed
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this shows the boxing done on the frame as well as the mocking stages of the Triangulated 4 bar (used a paul horton kit) the axle was set in place and angle set then using 1x2 tube i welded it to the axle and the frame to hold in place to keep from moving..
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another shot of boxing
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Here i'm showing the upper bar mockup and the upper bar for the coilovers. I used 2" round tube kinda heavy wall (it's was was cheap at the time) and if you notice the tube the ground clamp is on is the tube to hold axle in place..
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finally a shot of the 4 bar all in and weled in solid..
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quick shot of the notch i used a piece of 4" tube..next pic is of it all welded and boxed..
Mark... |
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here i was mocking up the inner fender
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This is the first look with the front end back on..
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Quick pic of the frame all boxed and welded..
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View from front and first look back together to see what she looks like.
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Great looking truck!
And you must be building it for me since you put my name on the door! Oh... and I want that visor for my truck |
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yeah I get that alot about the visor lol
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Looks awesome Reaper! How high is your front bumper, front and back running boards off the ground?
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The bumper is 4-41/2 front of running brd is 5 and back os 53/4
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Ok, this post is of my control arms I found out that with the front end sitting so low the truck would not turn (hitting inner fender)
the camaro stubs are a bit to wide for these trucks. One cure spend the money on wheels or 2 spend the money on shorter control arms. so I decided to cut the lower arms myself and i bought the upper arms they are a stock car upper arm already shorter than stock (keyser performance) here is the outcome../FONT ]the first pic is of the lower arm after i removed 2" from it and already tacked it back together. |
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this pic is of the arm showing the open spots that need to be addressed. I know looks spooky...
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In this pic. you can see how it is solid to the table using tubing and the clamps this made sure it all stayed in the same plane as the stock arm.
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This one is of the arm all welded up I had to move some metal around and make backing plates to fill in the gaps but once it is all welded and smoothed out you cant tell it was cut apart.
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This of the arm all smoothed out and ready for new bushings. will be using energy suspension poly bushings..
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These next pics. are of the arms in primer then paint and finally on the truck. I then checked them out with the front end bolted back on and works great. it narrowed the track width 1 1/2" per side
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The front bumper is 3-3 1/2 The front of running board is 3 3/4 and the rear of running board is 4 3/4 off of the ground.. |
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Thanks reaper! I like that stance.
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Thanks FarmerSid!
i wanted this to sit nice and low without having to bag it hence the reason I did the 4" Z in the front end.. Mark... |
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I want mine low too but not so much that I have to worry about hitting speed bumps going in to the beer store. I'm liking the 4 3/4" off the ground but front to back. I'm going to be running C4 Corvette IFS and IRS. Hope I don't have to C notch the rear to get the 4 3/4".
Like the visor. I have the same one and it's going back on! |
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