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Bennett68C10

12-10-2011 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by theCheyenneShop (Post 5057304)

Keith, sure is looking nice. Love the motor and I like that your taking care of yourself for Christmas too!

Thanks Ronnie, it feels good to take care of myself at Christmas :lol:

Bennett68C10

12-10-2011 05:35 PM

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Put my rear swaybar in today. Its a Hotchkis unit for a 82-92 F-body. Got the frame brackets off of ebay. Worked out very nicely, got the idea off the forum here.

Bennett68C10

12-10-2011 05:37 PM

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Also re-painted my exhaust, got to give it another coat after waiting 24 hrs.

mcbassin

12-10-2011 07:54 PM

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I'm interested in seeing how that sway bar works out. How's the clearance with the mufflers installed? Keep up the hard work!

Bennett68C10

12-10-2011 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mcbassin (Post 5058380)

I'm interested in seeing how that sway bar works out. How's the clearance with the mufflers installed? Keep up the hard work!

There is plenty of room between the exhaust and the sway bar, I forgot to take a picture of it lol. It's basically the same as the CPP rear bar but mounts on top of the trailing arms instead of the bottom for better ground clearance. I'm hoping that this bar along with my Hotchkis front bar will make this truck handle on rails
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Hotchkis

12-14-2011 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L (Post 5058170)

Put my rear swaybar in today. Its a Hotchkis unit for a 82-92 F-body. Got the frame brackets off of ebay. Worked out very nicely, got the idea off the forum here.

Bennett – That’s cool! Let us know how it works when you get your truck running.

raull

12-14-2011 10:26 AM

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nice progress , your rolling !!!!!!

big_al_71

12-14-2011 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L (Post 5058666)

Adding sway bars to my truck was one of the best improvements I did to it of course besides a/c and power steering :lol: my sway bars were from classic perform and my truck handle like it was on rails zero body roll on it...

Bennett68C10

12-15-2011 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotchkis (Post 5064098)

Bennett – That’s cool! Let us know how it works when you get your truck running.

Thankyou i will. I wanted to run the blade style bar but it mounted where my exhaust is so this was my only choice for a rear sway bar. I'm hoping it works out good.
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Bennett68C10

12-15-2011 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by raull (Post 5064335)

nice progress , your rolling !!!!!!

Thanks Raul, it's moving along at my slow pace lol
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Bennett68C10

12-15-2011 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by big_al_71 (Post 5064429)

Al I'm hoping it will handle like it's on rails when I get done. I just hope I didn't kill my handling by putting the huge chunk of iron in the front lol. I hear you on needing the a/c, more so for you in Florida but it gets pretty hot in humid here in Jersey in the summer.
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VA72C10

12-15-2011 05:10 PM

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Project is coming along nicely! Looking great and some NICE stuff too :D

Bennett68C10

12-16-2011 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by VA72C10 (Post 5066604)

Project is coming along nicely! Looking great and some NICE stuff too :D

Thanks, I'm just trying to keep up with all the amazing builds on here
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70LonghornCST

12-18-2011 06:26 PM

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Great buld thread. Keep up the awsome work.

1low69swb

12-18-2011 09:26 PM

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Truck looks great! basically the same route im plannin on goin. Keep the pics comin, i get alot of info before i make the same mistakes haha.

Bennett68C10

12-19-2011 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 1low69swb (Post 5071721)

Truck looks great! basically the same route im plannin on goin. Keep the pics comin, i get alot of info before i make the same mistakes haha.

Thanks, I definitely made some mistakes with this build but it's all part of the learning experience.

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Originally Posted by 70LonghornCST (Post 5071419)

Great buld thread. Keep up the awsome work.

Thanks
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Hotchkis

12-19-2011 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L (Post 5066582)

Thankyou i will. I wanted to run the blade style bar but it mounted where my exhaust is so this was my only choice for a rear sway bar. I'm hoping it works out good.
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Bennett—G4L – You’re welcome. We look forward to seeing if you feel a gain in performance. It’s great that you’re being resourceful and thinking outside the box.

Bennett68C10

12-19-2011 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotchkis (Post 5073641)

Bennett—G4L – You’re welcome. We look forward to seeing if you feel a gain in performance. It’s great that you’re being resourceful and thinking outside the box.

Thanks I'm trying my best to come up with a great handling suspension without the resource or the funds to go with a custom setup. Would love to run the full Hotchkis suspension kit but just can't afford that kind of money
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fakerwade

12-20-2011 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by VA72C10 (Post 5066604)

Project is coming along nicely! Looking great and some NICE stuff too :D

X2 ,,,,,,,,,,,keep up the good work (and pics) :chevy: :gmc2:

Bennett68C10

12-20-2011 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by fakerwade (Post 5073919)

X2 ,,,,,,,,,,,keep up the good work (and pics) :chevy: :gmc2:

Thank you :chevy:

David67

12-28-2011 11:26 PM

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wow looking really nice! I dig the Viper red!! but I may be biased lol.... I went back and forth between Viper and Victory for a while.

Bennett68C10

12-29-2011 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by David67 (Post 5088483)

wow looking really nice! I dig the Viper red!! but I may be biased lol.... I went back and forth between Viper and Victory for a while.

Thanks, yeah I went back and forth between Hugger orange and Viper Red. Went with the Viper Red cause I am biased as well, Red is my favorite color lol. Yours looks great Red, can't wait to see it done.
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Average Joe

01-04-2012 01:37 AM

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Great build and beautiful work!

bigblock68

01-04-2012 02:08 AM

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painting my latest project viper red...love that color!

coggonobrien

01-04-2012 02:09 AM

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