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Old 04-14-2012, 09:52 PM   #32
Riveted1
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Re: Yay I can hang out over here now too!

Well got her lowered FINALLY. I was trying to be cheap and use some drop spindles I had left over from my '67. Figured I could do some "engineering" and get the parts to work. Well I found out that one of the previous owners had switched the lower control arms, spindles and all of the steering stuff (including the center link!) to 3/4-ton stuff. Well it's one thing to go from '72 1/2-ton to '67 1/2-ton, and SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT to go from '72 3/4-ton to '67 1/2-ton. Needless to say, I tried just about everything but could not get it to work. So I replaced everything with '72 1/2-ton parts so that it would be correct. Ended up costing me more $$ than if I had done it right the first time...

Anyway, here's a crappy pic of her as she sits. I have some 2" drop blocks for the rear, haven't decided if I'm going to use them or not.

It seems a bit bouncy in the rear, so I may have to find some different shocks.
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