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Re: 55 make over
next i jumped back to the bed where a huge amount of the build is gonna be at. did some mocking up of bridge ideas and decided to keep it simple and clean. once that was made up my son came back in and welded it all in. i will admit that made a mistake and put my bottom brackets in wrong the first time out. i measured off axle instead of plumb bobbing my center of bag movement. so i had to cut those off, make new bottom brackets and watch my son shake his head at me...lol next i removed the wheel spacers that had been installed and cut out our bed panel to start making tires fit.
so with things going down i realized some things need to go up. i did get lucky on the mustang 2 front end they installed, it does not hang below the frame. the bed was my issue. since going with a 29" tall tire i raised the whole bed 1" i made spacers out of 1x2 tubing and welded them to the frame. i also raised the fenders about as high as i could get them with out hitting the rolled bed side. as of now the setup keeps the body when aired out, about 3/4" from the pavement. and keeps about a 1" gap above the tire. yes...other mods soon to come.
once most of that was figured in i built a frame to help bring up the bed floor and then went ahead and started making the fenders.
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