Posted by Bruce on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 10:25PM :
In Reply to: Re: Went hiking today and took my character truck posted by Willy-N on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 9:52PM :
The neat thing is I had to do a quick and dirty frame graph last year and it has worked perfectly.. I had to be quick and wanted little down time so I had the rearend with flip kit installed ,brakes done, and the whole thing blasted and painted. First day I pulled off the box,and drove her home after work. The next day (after work, I took the sawsall and cut off the back half and rolled it out of the way. The front was held up and leveled with jacks. I rolled in the back half and eye balled her,tack welded the thing to gether, checked again and then welded it up. I added a stock cross member off another Chev right at the point I made the join. Bolts in on either side.
Whats neat is the truck tracks perfectly and I did not spend my usual 3 or 4 hours of measuring and leveling that I do with a hot rod frame.
About the only thing I did wrong was not add an extra inch over stock to keep the box away from the cab. When things get twisted the darn box ends up hitting the cab and denting it- 4 or 5 inches above where it normaly sits.
take care
Bruce
Step bolts or button heads for the fenders ? Its down to one or the other.