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Old 05-10-2022, 10:54 AM   #394
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Re: Project Old Blue, 1965 C10, Rebuild Version 2010

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Good luck on the final inspect although I imagine it won't have any issues being in Texas.

If I might make one suggestion on your rear suspension set-up.... I would triangulate the frame bracket for the Panhard Bar. When they sit more than a couple of inches from the rail the 'length of the lever' effect comes into play & there's a bunch of tension on them. I think we discussed it @ some point but in that image I still don't see anything helping support the length. On my 64, I used the original bar & repurposed it for the gusset support bar.
There is a new bar in the works for just what you are saying. I just ran out of time for it. The passenger side end will be up inside the channel of the rail and braced off of the factory canted crossmember. Plan now is to have it in place by C10's in the Park. Hopefully by then the rear half of the frame and suspension will be painted too...
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