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Originally Posted by Alan's Classic
Watch out for those wild hairs. I've got so many in my head they are starting to grow out of my ears...........really.
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I'll talk to Santa about getting you one of these for Christmas.
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Originally Posted by McMurphy
I gotta second this....
And are you sure you are not going to end up like the one fellow here who started to build a shop/parts runner truck, and ended up putting it in car shows??
I know I am going to show mine as a work in progress, though mainly it will be a hauler for my Tempest to the shows.
Something about a 66 trailering a 66 just seems like it will be cool to me
I really enjoy your build threads man; I learn so much from the guys around here like you!
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It's not going to be a show truck...
It's not going to be a show truck...
It's not going to be a show truck...
Must stay focused...
It's not going to be a show truck...
It's not going to be...
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Originally Posted by pdxhall
I think the biggest problem I have is reading in the forum. So many good ideas get stuck in my head that I'd like to do it's hard to stay on track with the original plan.
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BINGO! That's half the problem right there. I'm sure the other half is somhow yalls fault too.
On a more serious note, I did start on the chassis upgrades today. I needed to address the potential problem of the front end bottoming out. I don't want to spend all this time making the undersides all spiffy and then scrape something and mess it all up. So I had this 2x6 laying around and swivel castor and thought, "that would make a great anti-scrape device". So I built it.
Before replying, please remember to keep any comments or remarks birthed out of a covetous heart to yourself, so that you won't feed other members' jealousy and covetousness.
Behold.
Actually, I pulled the front suspension today and needed a way to roll the frame around temporarily.
I also got the front bag plates mounted and test fit the bags. I should be picking up an extra pair of lower control arms this week so I can have a pair to cup for the lower bag mounts. I'm going to go ahead and do all of the fabrication work and get everything mocked up before I prep and paint the frame and chassis parts. That way I'll know that everything fits and won't have to do any drilling/grinding/bending to get the parts to fit for the final assembly. I'm also thinking about re-notching the lower control arm cross shafts to move them forward as much as possible for more castor. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford a set of tubular control arms but I'll make the best of what I have for now.