1970 project/ DD "instant death"

[SCHRUMGMC]

Then people wonder if a midget drives it

[vegadesign]

Originally Posted by SCHRUMGMC

Then people wonder if a midget drives it

Haha wouldn't be a first
Someone though I was a parapaligic cuz of the big ratrod shifter
So I'm use to it lol
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[SCHRUMGMC]

I'd have another truck just to Airbag it

[vegadesign]

I'm trying to get my first car back
It was a 70 vega, kinda ironic lol

When I was in high school I did a 350 swap with a Muncie 4 speed
Sickest car in the parking lot

I was in some tough times and had to sell it
But if I can that will be my second car/toy
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[SCHRUMGMC]

Originally Posted by vegadesign

I'm trying to get my first car back
It was a 70 vega, kinda ironic lol

When I was in high school I did a 350 swap with a Muncie 4 speed
Sickest car in the parking lot

I was in some tough times and had to sell it
But if I can that will be my second car/toy
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Have you had any Luck ?

If you give me the Vin # I can run it bro

[vegadesign]

Ill have to find it, I just moved so everything is a cluster right now
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[vegadesign]

Got some work done yesterday
Got my bags mounted in all 4 corners now

Not a big fan of the results
Did quit go as low as I was hoping but I have something up my sleeve to get it another 5" lower without a dropmember or z the frame

Forgot to take some pics

Before




Not gunna need these anymore


Tear down done
Now to get some stuff done


Got my plate in place with one bolt to keep lined up while I do all my measurements and make placement of the bag




Got the holes drilled
And plate mounted back up




Not to happy with the welds
Welder was on the fritz again I think due to the ground issue
The clamp isn't strong enough even with bare metal surface
So I'll have to barro my works miller real quick lol


This is aired out in the front
Lower is a must!!





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[71sixgun]

Its lookin awesome man!! I love the shifter too!!

[SCHRUMGMC]

Pretty sick, reminds me of a Monster Energy drink..Must be the Paint combo

[aedcustoms]

sub'd, nice work

[Madtat]

suave!

[vegadesign]

Had a small family get together and my uncle brough his 48 fleetline (bomb)
I restored for him in 2 years and 60k later

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[vegadesign]

got the control arms from my buddy who took them off a 68 thats getting bagged.
so i have some fresh stuff to work on
ill modify these and just bolt them in since its my daily driver
i decided to cup them 3" and move the lower balljoint up 2"
shrinking the lca 3/4" to remove the uca shims
and pie cut the upper to prevent binding of the balljoint

[Billetmaster]

Are you happy with the amount of lift you get in the rear? If you moved your bag location forward onto the trailing arms (ahead of the axle) you would get much better lift and ride quality because of being able to operate with less air pressure in the bags. I suspect in order to get enough lift you have to run a lot of PSI in the rear which makes them ride like a Conastoga wagon.

[vegadesign]

Originally Posted by Billetmaster

Are you happy with the amount of lift you get in the rear? If you moved your bag location forward onto the trailing arms (ahead of the axle) you would get much better lift and ride quality because of being able to operate with less air pressure in the bags. I suspect in order to get enough lift you have to run a lot of PSI in the rear which makes them ride like a Conastoga wagon.

ya i like the way it rides, i get 13" of lift out of the bags if i need it.
i cruise with appraox 20psi in the rear and approx 55 in the front

i concidered running the bags up front on the controle arms for the extra lift but didnt really need it.
i know there is alot more factors with the bags mounted near or on axle but it still drives like a caddy.
thank you for the advise tho

[vegadesign]

Got some extra upper and lca's to modify since I'm driving a daily driver
Starting peeping them at work today so I can do some real work during the weekend and following week

Drilled out the bump stops

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[vegadesign]

Got some more done today
Was hoping to get more done but...
My faithful harbor freight angle grinder of 7 years just took a dump on me



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[vegadesign]

iv had my fair share of bag jobs, but this is the chance i finally had to bag my own c10 so some things im fairly new too.

i know allot of you guys have done a stock floor bodydrop but i want to get lower.

can you guys hook me up with some pics of some 67-72 body drops, im thinking like 4"

iv done several yotas but it seems like a different process due to size and frame design

[vegadesign]

since ill have time to do it in a couple hours im going to do the stock floor body drop and z the front frame horns till i can find the time to do a full body drop

this will only give me about an inch but thats one inch more that im closer to the ground

[vegadesign]

Finally got some time to get something done since it was dead at work today

I pie cut the uca and started cupping the lowers




Pics of the lowers
I just started them before I had to close shop for the day


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[vegadesign]

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[earl84]

Nice work. I have a totally unrelated question to most of your thread. What kind of rims are you using, and where did you get the baby moons? And how do they stay on the rims? I don't see any tabs or anything to keep them on. I have some 16" steelies from a Ford (don't be haters) and want to get baby moons.

[vegadesign]

Originally Posted by earl84

Nice work. I have a totally unrelated question to most of your thread. What kind of rims are you using, and where did you get the baby moons? And how do they stay on the rims? I don't see any tabs or anything to keep them on. I have some 16" steelies from a Ford (don't be haters) and want to get baby moons.

They are the stock steelies (6lug)
They coincided these full moons
There is 4 bumps or tabs that the hub caps stretch over
I'll try to get some pics

Scored on the hub caps at the local car swapmeet we have (big3)
$40 for the set of 4
I picked up an extra one for the spare I'm looking for a rim for
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[earl84]

OK, thanks for the response. And future pics.

[vegadesign]

Finished up my lca's











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