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well got some more work done today everthing went as planned and got frame done. rear cab mounts still need some work and there is still some grinding to do but other than that it's done.

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I couldn't stand how it looked at stock height so I swapped in my 5 in drop springs in the rear but ran out of time to lower front but heres some pics anyway.
I couldn't help my self and I took a pic when I was gasing up!

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Man you are kicking some butt!

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the hard parts of the build is done, now on to the easy stuff.

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:metal:
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Awesome!! You are moving fast!!
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Coming along nicely :)

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Sick...
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Awesome work! You're making good head way!

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This a Brave and Crazy Build bud but your Makin it look so Easy!

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Check out these guys. $15k for a cab. You saved yourself some coin...
http://www.rtechfabrications.com/Pages/default.aspx
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He's a member here online, that cab is worth every penny for the construction that goes into it. trust me I know. Do this stuff for a living.. But it is always nice to save some coin for ourselves!!! makes for more toys down the road.

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yes he does very nice work talked to him on the phone really a nice guy he is stepping it up and fabing alot of parts to do his builds.

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Making me want to get another c10 now so I can make one
That looks like it rolled off the factory floor like that
Your doing such a killer job man!
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Thanks everbody its nice having a few extra days in the weekend to get some stuff done. If anybody was wondering, the wheel base ended up being 148in
and bumper to bumper is about 18feet 8in.
Does anybody know what bumper to bumper is on a longbed?

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Holy smokes at over 18 feet you have officialy made land yacht status!
Now I understand why some guys are sectioning the front of the bed or tossing the body on a 4-wheel steering frame.
It's just awesome in sheer length, and one of my favorite builds to watch.

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That's only two inches more that a late dodge crew cab short bed but the cool points are out of this world with the c10
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Yea good thing I have a CDL!

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A longbed is 206.25 " overall length = 17'.187" and a shortbed is 186.75 " = 15'.5625" so it seems your about 20" longer overall than a standard cab longbed.

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i would tell you if i had bumpers lol

i think your at about the same as a longhorn

really wanna see it with the front clip on it!!

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I was thinking the same thing, this weekend when I get it off the trailer
I think I'm going to mock up the fenders and grill to get some pics.

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Well not much progress this weekend, tucson hit its first 100 degree day yesterday and today its 105. But I did manage to get the truck off the trailer and work on it a little. I did a quickie lowering job on the front end so it would sit level
and I failed at that still to high. So I went ahead and mocked up fenders and grill for a few pics. I didn't use my 68 core support because I didn't want to scratch it up so I used a later one just for mock up. so heres some pics

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I don't know how much you know about these trucks so I just thought I would throw this out there, if you already know then great.
You can only lower the front end 2" before the alignment geometry on stock spindles is unreconcilable, you will have to get 2.5" drop spindles, with 1 or 2" drop springs depending in how low you want to go, then on top of that you will have to either modify your stock upper Control Arms or buy/build upper drop tubular control arms because the angle of the ball joint will be too extreme.

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That is one LONG truck. Love the work yo have done so far and looking forward to seeing the rest of it come together.

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Well, Im not running any of this stuff I have another complete 5 lug setup
with drop spindles and springs from my last project. I just chopped these springs for the pics I guess I should have explained a little more. But thanks for following along on my build!