jeebus @ mmw
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Hey guys, I sold my ram a month or so ago and wanted to find something new to work on. Found a chevy in texas i liked so i had it shipped up here a few weeks ago.
This is just going to be another mild build, as daily driver/weekend toy hauler. Im going to use it to haul around my other C10 project im starting on this summer.
Anyways, quick run down on it
Going to lay full frame on a 305-35-24 , purchased the 24" centerline rotary wheels a couple weeks ago, just kinda waiting for them to show up....waiting. Going to have a full kicker audio system, with an ipad in the dash to control all the sounds. clean and simple interior, with leather power buckets from a CTX, and a rear bench. The previous owner did an LS swap on the truck, and was tuned by Nelson performance in texas. It has a Vortec 5.3 in it.
Other than that, its just going to be simple and clean. Parallel link setup with a watts, bag behind axle. Accuair setup, with some viar compressors backing up a sanden EDC.
Kinda just want to whip this one out so it can get painted and I can start on the other C10 that will be a bit more involved.
The day i got it:
What im building:
Gutted it friday night, stripped of every thing that needed to come off
Rear frame rails prepared for the notch. trimmed to 3" wide on top and bottom, so the notch will the tight and clean fitting. Dont mind the ext cord and rear end lol, i was trying to sweep around everything to clean it all up so i can weld the notch in tonite.
Starting the notch, going to lay frame on a 33" tall tire. Dont want the notch any bigger than it needs to be at all! So, measure 40 or so times, then cut it all once. Got it all cut out on the water jet and lined it up. The bars are there to help keep it straight, as well as keep it in line. Have not decided if im going to use them in the final design or not.
Set the notch up with all fillet welds, and all .250 plate:
Then you weld. Its about a 2 hour procedure from start to finish to get the entire top welded up. You have to let the metal cool after some of the longer beads or your frame will turn into bananna, there is a lot of heat and pressure there. The longest bead you should run on something like this is about 8" total. I personally like to alternate sides after each weld that way it distributes the heat a bit better.
Im gonna come back out after dinner and cut the frame, then cap in the bottom of the frame.
enjoy.
center cut out, inside plated and fully welded.
Some accuair gear showed up, as well as my electric compressors that will back up my EDC, so i started to make a mount for them on the lower part of my frame on the passinger side.
That brings me to today, monday morning. After a long day in the shop working on other peoples orders, i will crank a bit on mine. I will post pics!