55.2-59 my '59 short bed build

[1-ton of fun]

so i got this '59 project over a decade ago and made little progress, until recently. i have been distracted by other projects, houses, and having kids...

a few years ago, the frame was stripped down, and painted. then we took apart the front leaf springs, removed 2 leafs, and then cleaned and painted the remaining ones, and reassembled them with a poly liner between leaves. we also changed the kingpins, and added a disc brake kit up front.

in the pics you can see the new rear leaf springs and explorer rear axle assembly ready to go in. we got that mounted up and set the bed back on, and like that it sat for the next couple years...