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Was on vacation this week so got a decent amount of work done. not quite as much as I had wanted, but that's just how things go.
Picked up the laser cut rear frame rails friday and promptly got started boxing them in. This was probably one of the harder things I've had to do. A lot of checking to make sure they were square and didn't warp when welding 72 feet of butt joint. Basically tacked the 2" flat bar on the plates then continued bending and tacking to get the curve down.
I didn't get any pics of them final welded yet. I got them tacked onto the frame and in position. The passenger side rail needs some straightening from a bit too much heat when welding, but I've got a plan. After I got them tacked on I positioned the rear end and got the lower 4link bars in position. Mounted them as high up on the frame as possible to keep them parallel to the ground at ride height. I've changed my mind on how I'm going to do the upper bars so more to come
1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
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That all WelderSeries stuff? Ive got thier Triangulated air 4link and M2 front end kit for my 50 pontiac im building.Originally posted by Jesus Christhe mustve enjoyed that bj.
i know for a fact you chubby bitches could suck the air bubbles out of a brake line
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Originally posted by benz88 View PostThat all WelderSeries stuff? Ive got thier Triangulated air 4link and M2 front end kit for my 50 pontiac im building.1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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Took a couple weeks to take a break from the truck. The upper four link crossmember was driving me nuts and caused me to loose some motivation. Threw the cab and fenders back on and set the wheel on to see if it looked cool. It does and I found my motivation. I couldn't come up with a good idea that would look somewhat OK. First idea was to build a truss over the pumpkin and mount the arms in the center of the diff and at the frame. That wouldn't work to get the right length and angle in the upper arms. Then I thought to bend a hoop and mount the arms on the axle tubes and the center of the crossmember/hoop. That wouldn't really flow with the rest of the chassis (cuz that matters apparently). Then I came up with this 3/16" x 2" x 4" rectangle tubing, welded together and smoothed out. still need to finish the curved portion at the top and sides to give it some flow. Anyways got it all tacked up, upper and lower arms are parallel with eachother which is nice and plenty of adjustment in the heim joints for pinion angle and the axle cycles smooth through its stroke. Now that that's done time to mount bags and fully weld everything then smooth all my welds out and radius the edges.
Threw some roller wheels on from my buddies old ls400. Needs tall bias ply tires for sure.
1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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looking good man. i look forward to updates so keep working a posting please!!!
Originally posted by BozoBubbleStance bug bites hard, man, you ain't gonna shake it.
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1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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It's been a couple months since I updated this build. Been busy with life and haven't had much time to get into the shop, but I think things have slowed down a bit and I've got some parts collected to get more done.
So in the past couple months I sold my broken STi swapped Impreza that's been taking up space for a couple years now
Also did a good clean of the shop after the subie went and been helping my buddy with his 280z. Just a chevy 305/T5 combo to shred some tires with. It's actually pretty close to running now so watch for that.
Took some scrap metal back and loaded up the beer fridge with some adult pops
And the last few weeks I've been helping another buddy with his Forester XT. Manual swap, bagged and Work Euroline DH. Still needs some adjusting to go lower, but it's almost there. Sorry for the shitty pic.
And recently I`ve also been working on designing some parts and getting them laser cut for the truck. Have the upper and lower rear bag mounts cut out and ready to weld and just finished off these LS motor mounts I`m working on
These will be going up for sale on my webstore that I`m working on. They`ll be sold with a bushing and brackets to be used as a universal weld in kit, as well as the bag mounts.
Last edited by Jay92; 11-10-2015, 04:13 PM.1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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Thanks Mike. That means a lot coming from you!1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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Small update til I get a bunch done on the weekend. Finally got the rear portion of the frame straightened out that tweaked when I welded it. That had been bugging me for a while and stopping me from progressing. Got the rear crossmember welded in as well. No pics of this yet.
Also cut out the stock tranny crossmember and notched the control arms where they where hitting the mustang 2 crossmember. This brought the truck down a good 2-3" and now lays body.
Made some front upper bag plates and got the front bags in place. Had to cut the upper strut mount out to make way for the bag plate. Tacked em in and got them to the same angle as the lower control arms when slammed out. Also made some mock up bag blocks out of some aluminum. That way I can set the height of the bag brackets so that the bag isn't fully deflated when aired out and able to have some pressure to roll as low as possible. More on those later.
Planning to get the rear bag mounts in place this weekend and possibly start getting the engine in place. As well as roll it outside to get one last good look at it before winter hits.1958 Chevy Apache shop truck build
Commonwealth
W201/W124 Control arms and bag brackets
http://www.commonwealthmotoring.com/ Air ride and custom parts
IG - Commonwealth_mf FB - https://facebook.com/commonwealthmotoring
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