Man I hate being in Korea, we barely ever see anything domestic much less a truck... Can't wait to get back home, keep it up bud looks great...

 

haha, got to keep posting pictures or I get a hundred messages for updates, plus I like to show the steps. thanks!
thanks man,

 

how you stay motivated amazes me dude

 

well finished the trans crossmember...

Drilled some holes to recess the nuts



Cut the crossmember and tac'd it in place


All set




Then played with some ideas for the next crossmember, and since I wanted to have one at the sweep up, and one 6" back from the ujoints I needed to come up with a good looking way to do so, instead of three round bars in a row, so I added another X

Cut some tubing, and notched the small pieces




All done by eye and a hole saw on a drillpress

 

looks good man keep it up.

 

so when will the truck be back on the road?

 

I am curious??? Do you forsee any issues with the drivetrain fitting under the stock sheetmetal???

 

Not being a critic at all but after smoothing out all the outside welds from the trans crossmember box do you think it needs some internal welding or some small gussets?
This whole thing just amazes me how much initiative and talent you have!!
Great job.

 

its all money, so when I have it lol

yes, the whole body was dropped and the motor was raised, so the trans tunnel will be modified

 

Rear suspension mock up, I HATE waiting for laser cut brackets to come in, so I took my sheet of 3/16"s and some cut off wheels and flap disks and made my own brackets... yet again :crazy:


Mounted the bars

Took my mandrels I ordered and got those ready to cut

Cut and tac'd in place

Now I want everything adjustable, that way I can play with my settings, but again I didn't want to wait for my brackets
so I made these too, then ran out for the other side



Needed to space it out to match the axle side

The bolted extra bushing for spacer and ran out of material for the night





The plate is for JUST the top link, and allows 0*-10* change, 5 positions, all I need to do exactly what I need.
(shown in the 10* spot)