New from MT

i did that on my f150. it was originally traditional and i hated it. i wanted to stock floor it so i took it off the frame and cut all my plates as close as i could with the plasma. had it all cut out in about an hour. then jigged the floor in the stock place and began to weld it back up adding plates where needed. had to had to the rear cab wall so i just sheet metaled the whole rear wall. just make sure you weld the braces up under the floor. its not too bad. i think i had maybe a week in doin it at night once the cab was off and stripped.. good luck. it was def. worth the work. i would never traditional BD anything again..

Thanks for the info layinglugz. I can't wait to get started but space in the garage is at a premium and with winter coming I can't do it outside so it might be awhile before I get rolling on the BD but seem's like a good time to do some motor work and change out the trans. Thanking of doing a 4l80e or 700r4, what do you gays thank?

I was wodering about this truck. Are you still in the build?

id love to see progress pics as well

does your i button not work?

its spelled think. not thank.


ok, now that's out of the way, traditional body drops suck. plain and simple. losing head room in your cab is only cool if you're 17 years old.


id like to see more pis of your truck. looks like you barely tuck any wheel, i have no pinch welds, and tuck like half wheel on my 16's..

and in the rear my tires touch the top of the bed rails.

sorry guy's been busy.

What pic's would you like to see? Are you running shocks in the rear? I am going to change my setup. The truck was done the old way and i need to change something around. It does not lay in the front because the headers hit before the crossbeam so the guy welded a 1" square stock on the fame ( lame ) the back does not lay because the hangers for the four link hit the ground and the rear end hits the crossbar setup. It's hard to fix these things when you don't have a welder and can't weld.

I would put a 4L80E in it. I am doing the same thing with my 88 Square. As for the controler, Baumann electronic controls has a product called Optishift for a stand alone controler, with only a few wires to hook up. The speedo issue will require a new tail housing and speedo gears from a company called Shiftworks. both of these products will cost around a grand total. All that just to be able to go the speed limit on the interstate!

Thanks for the input bigcat, I have a 4l60e now but I think that i am going to sell it and just change out the gears. Way less headache and it should get me over the 70mph mark.

I thought about a gear change, but dont want to loose the pulling power, and wont with the 4l80e as it has the same ratio in all lower gears, but has one extra.
I tow with the truck every week.

Gear Vendors Over Drive

The only thing I don't like about it is you have to remember to change the fluid in it every 5k. miles.