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thurmatt 01-12-2015 11:24 AM

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thurmatt 01-12-2015 11:26 AM

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thurmatt 01-12-2015 11:27 AM

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thurmatt 01-12-2015 11:36 AM

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the story for this build.
my grandpa is a long time hot rod builder and has a lot of knowledge. i love to go help him on his projects. but i wanted to build one of my own. so i picked up the 67 and the guy had tried to put it on an oldsmobile frame but i didnt like that idea. so i started looking for a frame. found a 71 long wheel base frame and went a picked it up with the plans on cutting it down to a swb. then i found a 69 short wheel base frame so i went and go it and ended up swapint the 5 lug from the 71 to the swb frame. i wanted to lower the truck and bag it but this is somthing that my grandpa doesnt know andything about and im still learning mostly from this forum. so i started looking how to get it low for little cost i came across drew715s build where he z'ed the frame and my prandpa builds z'ed frames all the time for his hotrods. so i did all the reserch and this is what i came up with. 3 in in the front and 5.5 in in the back. this is as far as i am at this point. i owe alot of thanks to people of this forum yall can do some amazing stuff and am gald that yall are willing to share it because i would not be able to do some of this stuff without the info on this forum. thanks Matt

swamp rat 01-13-2015 02:11 AM

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Its been a long time since i have seen that approach for lowering, it may have been on a TV show some time back, anyway you sparked my interest so i'm subscribed.

gdavis 01-13-2015 02:33 AM

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Never seen anyone lower their truck this way, but I guess it will work. I have to keep my eye on this build. George

low&slow 01-13-2015 01:36 PM

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I'm defiantly in on this

thurmatt 01-14-2015 09:41 AM

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waiting on ubolts for the trailing arms so i started with the floor and rockers on the cab i got the new floor welded in last night just forgot to take a pic.

gdavis 01-15-2015 01:31 AM

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looks good so far George

boynton 01-15-2015 03:22 PM

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What did you do to get the core support to line up with the cab/fenders? Following for an interesting build!

low&slow 01-15-2015 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by boynton (Post 7004981)
What did you do to get the core support to line up with the cab/fenders? Following for an interesting build!

He z'd the front of the frame right behind the core support mounts allowing the core support to drop. You can see it in post #3 second picture. Hope this helps.

thurmatt 01-15-2015 06:30 PM

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Yep that's correct dropped the core 3 in same as front cab mounts

low&slow 01-15-2015 07:20 PM

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Maybe I'm a bit confused, but you said you're not using bags, so what are you going to use for suspension? Is it just basically a body drop w/out suspension drop?

boynton 01-15-2015 07:29 PM

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He z'd the front of the frame right behind the core support mounts allowing the core support to drop. You can see it in post #3 second picture. Hope this helps.

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Yep that's correct dropped the core 3 in same as front cab mounts

Ah yes I missed that. Makes complete sense now.

thurmatt 01-15-2015 07:50 PM

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I'm using bags just got them in

thurmatt 01-20-2015 11:12 AM

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got the innner and outer rocker cab corner on the passanger side complete. and most of the driver side complete couple of afternoons this week and it should be done. ready to go get my bed and get it cut down. after doing some looking on the forum i found that to make a long bed a short be u need cut 12 in out from the front of the wheel wel and 8 in out of the back. is this correct. thanks matt

Justin@EntropyRad 01-20-2015 11:25 AM

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how was the fit on the rockers?

thurmatt 01-20-2015 11:52 AM

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the driver side went well the passanger side needed some help

thurmatt 03-09-2015 09:12 AM

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cut my long bed down to a short bed.

thurmatt 03-09-2015 09:14 AM

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got my air bags and C notch installed and operating of the house compressor

thurmatt 03-09-2015 09:16 AM

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put the truck back together to see what it looks like. loks pretty good but going to need drop spindles.

thurmatt 03-12-2015 07:34 PM

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done some shaving on the fire wall and bed today.

thurmatt 03-12-2015 07:34 PM

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one more

thurmatt 05-01-2015 04:12 PM

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got some mor work done
also had a spare step bed laying around so i mad the bench for my grandpa

cooperhw 05-01-2015 11:33 PM

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Coming along nicely. Love the bench too. I am sure your Grandpa will as well.

I will be following along for the ride.


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