Vintage Iron Project

wow.. i see ur from vegas... where at? im gonna have to come take some pix of this truck.. lol

you are amazing. i am planning on putting a swaybar back on my truck. i was just wondering why you used two bushing. is that to help compensate for the travel?

lookin good

The back to back bushings allow the swaybar to move for and aft as the suspension cycles. Without them, it put tremendous stress on the endlinks and center bushings. It mimics the original factory design that came on the truck. We spent way too much time making the swaybar and shocks fit and work properly, but we didn't want to give them up. We managed to do it without loosing any steering travel also.

thats what i was thinking. good idea.

cool

VegasYota94, check your' pm.

very different, definately great bodywork, keep it up!

cool, another person here from vegas, the truck looks good. i like those lower control arms. did you guys also do the motor swap? if so. got any pointers on it? id like to go that route but dont know that much about it. also dont want to run into big problems trying to get it smogged and registered etc.

Hmmm, had a reply posted and it dissapeared.
Anyway. Have some progress shots:


















The sbc was installed by someone else 20 plus years ago. It was a bit of a hack-job, so we've redone pretty much all of it. As long as you can do some fabrication work and don't mind putting in the time to work out all of the details, it's not that big of a deal to do a swap. This is a pretty basic engine also in an older truck that doesn't require smog equipment and the emission standards are lower than newer trucks.. No computer or emissions are needed. You'll have to deal with those on a newer engine and truck.
The last picture shows the rear fender just set up there. We need to make some changes and possibly pull moulds and lay up some new ones.
We built new crossmembers flush to the frame rails with openings for the exhaust to run through. We raised the engine/trans about an inch, with new mounts, for additional clearance in several critical areas. Shortened an oil pan to clear the drag link and ground. We need to modify the fan shroud and we'll be ready for a new exhaust system.