'52 Rot-box turned tire roaster.

[HooWybrow]

Dude I love your builds. I've been following you since your CB7 back in the day. Was a big inspiration for my cb build. Now I love watching this one come togther. Makes me want to go get my old 71 c10 back and build it.

No shit? Thanks a lot, dude. I learned so much on that old accord, miss it from time to time. Definitely disappointed with how I ended it with that car.

so much potential. Keep up the good work, currently my favorite sub'd thread on the net.

Damn! That means a lot, thanks, dude!

Slaying it dude!!

Ahh yeah ! do work . this is getting really good , But I already knew it would be ! Oh another note. I really like what youve done with the shops staircase ! thats rad.

Thanks, Mr. Hatmaker! The stairs weren't my doing, my buddy Dave did it, but I love it too!



Knocked out the second lower arm tonight. Gotta try and find some ball joint castle nuts at work tomorrow and I can do a full test run on the front suspension.

[aLaFleur]

Holy hell that front end is going to go low! You should be able to lay out even on some pretty large wheels/tires, eh?

[HooWybrow]

The back rails are measured to lay out on a 30" tire, so I want the front to do at least that, hahaha.

EH.

[Belvader]

dayum, does that mean big rimzzz yo?

[aLaFleur]

The back rails are measured to lay out on a 30" tire, so I want the front to do at least that, hahaha.

EH.

dayum, does that mean big rimzzz yo?

It better mean big whitewalls, yo

[HooWybrow]

It better mean big whitewalls, yo

This.

[aLaFleur]

Good boy.

[HooWybrow]

Good boy.

Thanks, pops.

Evening fellas, got a whole lot accomplished this weekend. I'll be honest, it didn't feel like a lot throughout the weekend, but sitting here now, I realize we knocked out a bunch of stuff.

Friday night I installed the arms and drilled for the end links, also realized I've managed to lose my MOOG ball joint nuts (these are the arms that used to be on my S10, the ball joints are 2000KM new, so I decided to use these), and of course, they're different from ANY other available ball joint and you can't buy them separately from MOOG. This is currently an issue I have yet to solve. Small bump in the road, I hope.



Saturday, my buddy Curt and I headed down to Toronto to Altered Altitude Customs to pick up a bunch of stuff for both of our trucks.

I came home with four bags (Slam RE-7's) for the truck, my bushings for the 4-link and two adjustable bushing ends and threaded bungs (again, all the same junk I used in the S10). It's fairly cost effective and works damn well. We made a pit-stop on the way home and I picked up a, what appears to be, installed but never used AVS 7-port, 5 gallon slim tank and an old ugly ass switch box. The switch box will get torn apart and I will use 6 switches (4 corners and front/back) and make a panel that will be at the bottom of the bench seat.





Which brings us to tonight.

The back-half has started to come together! Dave and I devised a plan and started tacking and measuring away, and before long it actually looked like something. A couple hours later, we have a few stitch welds down on an extremely straight and square back-half. At this point, the only piece that is in for good is the rear piece of 2x4x3/16" square. Everything else is a temporary brace to hold this all square. I will be adding a couple more tomorrow night and then we will be ready to install the back half/make the truck a short-box next weekend.

The plan is to get the back-half tacked in place. Design and build a sheet-metal crossmember, get it built and fully welded, by that time we will be able to comfortably remove all the bracing except for across the notches and build the 4-link. Once the 4-link is built and the axle is centered we can build the bag bridge into the notches and the back-half will essentially be done. Hoping to have 4 wheels on the truck completely between Christmas and new-years.







Again, super happy with the outcome of this weekend. It's exciting being this close to having a somewhat complete frame.

[A4crn]

love this build!!

[HooWybrow]

love this build!!

Appreciate it, dude.

[M.Doban]

Wonderful work, Jeff! Very well done.

I'm even more excited for Christmas now.

[aLaFleur]

I see no roasted tires.

[Belvader]

It better mean big whitewalls, yo

This.

fawk yes! the thought of the finished product makes my mouth water

[HooWybrow]

Wonderful work, Jeff! Very well done.

I'm even more excited for Christmas now.

Thanks, Micah. I can't take full credit. There's been lots of people involved in this build already. Through a handful of great friends I've been able to turn up my quality of work and accomplish a higher level of ingenuity.

I see no roasted tires.

Shut the hell up.

fawk yes! the thought of the finished product makes my mouth water

[HooWybrow]

The frame is nowhere near ready to be joined yet, but I went ahead and cut the stock frame and clamped down the new back-half tonight anyways, I got antsy, leave me alone. It is only eye-balled but I think I did okay. It looks half-decent. That and the truck is officially a short-box now! Woo.









You can see at the joint where the new back-half is a fair bit longer. That was not supposed to be like that, my buddy who lasered out the rails I guess forgot to account for the 3/16" flat stock on top and bottom of the rails. Thankfully, this is not an issue at all, we'll be able to blend it in and you won't even notice it with the 4-link x-member in place.

Not much of an update, but it gave me a pretty good idea how all is going to turn out, and I am completely thrilled with it.