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Old 12-23-2021, 10:57 AM   #27
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Re: 1957 Chevy farm truck from Australia

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Thank you for the kind words gents.

I have been working on the truck as much as I can.

Jumping into the front suspension.
I took it all apart. wire wheeled and did a half-arse job sand blasting the upper and lower arms before painting them satin black. Installed new upper and lower ball joints. Some 7" slam bags and 3" drop spindles.

I somehow ended up with 2 left sided upper bag plates so had to cut, re bend and weld them up before installing.





I managed to break my vice trying to use it as a press too. OOOPS!





I put the old hubs and wheels on as I was really keen to see how low it would be.



Unfortunately not low enough.
So now im thinking of my next moves.im 130mm off the deck and I know the wheel/tyre combo i plan on running will get me 40mm lower. Ive now just seen guys have reversed the cups and set them down into the LCA to drop the bag mount alil more, might get me another 50mm?

I wanted to avoid doing a Z notch.
truck looks great and what a nice shop you've got. That's a lot of cast to break, wow!
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