'52 Rot-box turned tire roaster.

[willshaffer]

this hurts my head, in a good way

[bluetweedsuit]

Lookin' good! How did you go about mounting the front bags? What does the top side look like?

[HooWybrow]

Whoa. Sub'd! This is a rad build!

Appreciate it, man!

that crossmember is really cool.

You're really cool, Steve.

Holy shit. Gotta say I'm impressed. I saw a bunch of rusted metal. You saw a project. One day I wish to be at your level of fab and ingenuity. Seeing as I fuck up legos...I got a good bit ahead of me. In the meantime I will sub and love the ever loving shit out of the members of SW and the epic builds on here.

Haha, thanks a lot dude. There is a lot of talent around this place for sure.

Those link bars look beefy I like beefy. Everything is coming together killer man.

2x2x1/4 wall. They've gotta support the weight of the truck, beefy was the only way to go.

this hurts my head, in a good way

Lookin' good! How did you go about mounting the front bags? What does the top side look like?

Thanks. The front is just a normal bag cup for an S10. G-body and S-10 suspension is identical.

[StanceDatSucka]

i've read through the thread and i really like where this is going, i've always had a soft spot for early trucks.

[244Brick]

I wish we were closer!! I'd love to help ruin your truck!

[M.Doban]

[bmxzach]

a little birdy tells me the upper link bars should be done by the mornin'

[HooWybrow]

We got the uppers made up Friday night which showed us a major design flaw with where we initiatlly wanted to put the bags. At full lift the upper bars would likely hit the upper bag plates, so we had to get crafty. The bags are going to be offset just slightly from the center of the link bars, which will get a tonne of lift in the rear end. The shocks will be off the lower bars and bolted to a spot on the notch. We will be bending some tube and making a jungle gym of tubing to support the upper bag cup.

In the pictures below you can see the shock hanging roughly where I'd like it to wind up - it is held up and mostly compressed with welding wire and a tall can of Coors. The bag will likely end up basically where it is sitting. I would like to run them upside down so you don't see the fittings but I need to make sure there is enough room for safely running a plastic fitting without smashing the thing off.





I'm heading out to the shop shortly, hopefully have some more to show you guys tonight.

[milano_red]

I wish we were closer!! I'd love to help ruin your truck!

You and me both! Amazing work man.

[HooWybrow]

You and me both! Amazing work man.

Thanks!

Dave and I spent the night working on the truck, got the 4-link fully welded, tabs fully welded and FINALLY got that horrendous piece of 2x4 off the frame once the new cross-bar was in and welded.

The cross-bar will be the base for the upper bag mount bars, which will be the same radius as the frame notch.





It's drilled through the frame, was bevelled and welded, ground smooth on the outside of the frame. The inside will be welded aswell, when the frame gets finish welded and shear-gusseted.

We measured and welded on the lower bag plates aswell, nearly on the home stretch with the rear of the frame.





I have to drill the holes yet, but that can wait 'til tomorrow.

Axle fully welded



Should have all the spatter cleaned from the axle tomorrow and get the 4-link fully bolted in for the first time and can lay it out.

[DC Customs]

I miss the 2x4...

[Nick475]

awesome work man. keep it up B)

[HooWybrow]

I miss the 2x4...

How's your phone?

awesome work man. keep it up B)

Thanks.


Hi, fellas. Got a lot done on the weekend but I have been entirely too busy and tired every night since to update this thread. Sorry! Anyways, I chipped away at the welding spatter on the rear end on... Monday (I think) and installed the rear end. For the first time ever, the truck laid-out Monday on tires that are about 3" smaller diameter front and rear than what I will be running.

I am fucking stoked.











Last night I went out for a couple hours and finally got that god-awful factory crossmember knocked out for good. Then I got curious and sat down and did the math on how much original frame is left, keep in mind I added in all 5 Crossmembers that were removed. I have 21% of the original frame left. Yeah, that's it.





Ignore the bolts, I have a bunch we use for building the link bars and stuff, I'll be replacing them all with stainless button-head bolts.



Also scored a set of drop spindles for an S10 this week for $80, which in the world of drop spindles is CHEAP. They'll allow me to run a higher air pressure in the front while still riding super low, which is the best of both worlds and exactly how I like it. I didn't take a picture of them, they aren't exciting.

NOW, for the really exciting news. Over the last few weeks I had some shit luck, my winter beater (a 2004 Grand Am my mom bought new and replaced last fall with a 2013 Cruze) shit the differential out in the transmission. I decided it was time to get a fullsize truck for a daily, I am pretty sick of continually borrowing one of my friends to tow a trailer, etc and I think they are too. After browsing the used ads I found nothing but junk. I started pricing out new ones expecting to get my hopes up and not be able to afford one/be declined by the bank, etc. Well, long story short, I just ordered a 2014 GMC Sierra "Double Cab" 4x4 completely loaded with a 6.2L v8 and 3.73's to boot.

8-10 weeks will take FOREVER to show up. However, I'll have new suspension and some other goodies sitting waiting for it to show up. This is the height it will sit.



Mine is all black and a Sierra, so really, only pay attention to the height. Haha.


Next, someone in my other build thread mentioned our bench/fab area and I decided to share. We built the bench when we moved in. It measures 18'x3' deep. Honestly, not sure how tall. It is built entirely out of 2x2x1/4 wall tubing, with 1/4 gussets and a 3/8" sheetmetal top. It is heavy as fuck and no matter how hard you're reafing on something in the vice it does not budge. I love it.





All the attachments on the bench are actually drilled and tapped into the bench top, we are planning to build a few different sets of control arm jigs for the bench and also a sheet-metal brake.

We built these two rooms also when we moved in, the one on the right side houses the compressor (which is wired, but still not plumbed 6 months later ) and my laptop for music to the stereo upstairs. The room on the left is the "engine closet". It's a safe spot for our engines and stands to sit clear of dust and grinding debris.



There are three different welders in the shop, a Miller 180SD TIG machine, a ThermalArc 220V MIG and a Lincoln Electric 120V MIG, we can pretty much make anything stick together. There's also a King vertical and horizontal combo bandsaw under the bench, it gets used a lot.


I think that's it, you guys got a little mini-tour, sorry about all the pictures. More to come this weekend.

[DC Customs]

Looking good buddy.
And fuck you! lol

[Kioes]

Still no tire roasting... disappointing.

Nah, but seriously looks fucking rad!