you can only brag about a car like that if you paid for it with your own sweat and blood, saving every penny. and if you built your ride, you can brag over the guy who saved for it. and the fact that the dolt burned up the clutch in six weeks!! just... wow... the only way that that is acceptable is if you are doin wheel stands at the track or pullin sleds at the fairgrounds. ive only burned my clutch my once, and that was in my 76, AND it wasnt my fault. my step sisters used to drag race it, so the clutch is about shot anyways.
He couldn't drive without sliding the clutch. You could hear him leave from a dead stop... wind it up to 3-grand and drop the clutch nice and slow-like. And the fact he never heard of dumping the clutch to turn 'em over helped too.
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He couldn't drive without sliding the clutch. You could hear him leave from a dead stop... wind it up to 3-grand and drop the clutch nice and slow-like. And the fact he never heard of dumping the clutch to turn 'em over helped too.
people like that dont deserve a drivers license...
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Trey, aka Stretch, aka Slim, aka Shorty, aka Seven-Footer, aka Daddy Longlegs.
'91 F250 red long box super cab w/ 460, 5 speed, 4x4.
'76 F100 tan custom single cab short bed w/ 360, 4 speed, NP205 4x4.
'78 F150 white single cab long bed w/ 400, C6, NP205 4x4. Imagine what I could do if I had all my brain cells.
I think it's funny how when I was a kid (back when my truck was just rolling off the line in Ohio) everyone used to jack the rear end of their cars up....the higher the better. I like the lead sled look personally and I can sure appreciate the work that goes into it. I LOVE that custom dash. I wish new cars looked like that. Simple is better. What I appreciate most is the avatar in front of that F-18....how did you get your personal vehicle onto a flight line?
My brother works at the local airport thats how I got the pic... the plane is further away than it looks. i was actually parked on the access road. Here are a few more I took that day
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Obviously my truck has been bagged. But there are no modifications (other than the bags and lower mounts) done to the front end. when you let the truck up and down the camber changes correcting itself as you let it up. But I can't figure out where or how to adjust the tow. The passenger side tire is wearing to the inside and it is obviously towed out but the drivers side is not as severe. can anyone help me figure out how to align my front end.
I think I will start a new thread just for this question as well.
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A drop front I-beam kid would correct that. I think most of the drop beam sets let you adjust for toe-in/toe-out whereas the stock beams are set where they're at.
For a setup like yours, you'd probably benefit more from a Mustang-II front end. I think Fatman Fabrications makes a fully assembled bolt/weld in Mustang-II suspension and crossmember for 73-79's.
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theres no spot in your tie rod to take it in or out??
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Trey, aka Stretch, aka Slim, aka Shorty, aka Seven-Footer, aka Daddy Longlegs.
'91 F250 red long box super cab w/ 460, 5 speed, 4x4.
'76 F100 tan custom single cab short bed w/ 360, 4 speed, NP205 4x4.
'78 F150 white single cab long bed w/ 400, C6, NP205 4x4. Imagine what I could do if I had all my brain cells.
Hold up - someone must've tainted my brownies with marijuwanna... if you're grinding down one side of one tire, you need a toe in/out adjustment and a camber adjustment. Like mis hermano 460/5 pointed out, yer toe in/out is adjustable at the tie rod. Camber is adjustable with the drop beam kit. My bad. Weed destroys brain cells... tell your friends.
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Hold up - someone must've tainted my brownies with marijuwanna... if you're grinding down one side of one tire, you need a toe in/out adjustment and a camber adjustment. Like mis hermano 460/5 pointed out, yer toe in/out is adjustable at the tie rod. Camber is adjustable with the drop beam kit. My bad. Weed destroys brain cells... tell your friends.
lmao. you really are crazy...
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Trey, aka Stretch, aka Slim, aka Shorty, aka Seven-Footer, aka Daddy Longlegs.
'91 F250 red long box super cab w/ 460, 5 speed, 4x4.
'76 F100 tan custom single cab short bed w/ 360, 4 speed, NP205 4x4.
'78 F150 white single cab long bed w/ 400, C6, NP205 4x4. Imagine what I could do if I had all my brain cells.
Am I seeing EMT (conduit) used as a seat frame??? That stuff is thin walled and weak! Good thing you have to pretty much stop for speed bumps with a truck that low. If you hit any bump with decent speed I'd bet your seat frame would crush.
Not trying to be a dick and I know that stuff is CHEAP, but a stick of 1" .095 or .120" wall CREW or ERW (both = mild steel) isn't much either.
The design looks good - just use real materials!
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1972 Alfa Romeo GTV & 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4wd = DD
For the camber and caster, you have to get the I-Beams bent with the factory alignment tool. I posted pics of it about a month ago. An alignment shop with the tool can do it no sweat. Just call one, see if they have the tool, then take it in. A lot of guys love these beams. Under normal conditions, they are very strong, and rarely need adjustment. To me, they are keeping it outside of my budget to lower the truck or fiddle with settings.
Am I seeing EMT (conduit) used as a seat frame??? That stuff is thin walled and weak! Good thing you have to pretty much stop for speed bumps with a truck that low. If you hit any bump with decent speed I'd bet your seat frame would crush.
Not trying to be a dick and I know that stuff is CHEAP, but a stick of 1" .095 or .120" wall CREW or ERW (both = mild steel) isn't much either.
The design looks good - just use real materials!
Have you ever taken a factory seat out of on of these trucks apart...I have and I have cut mine and welded it back together to lower the back of it. The tubing used from the factory is actually thinner than what I am using and yes I know it is conduit. So with that said heres and updated pic you can see more where I am going and why I feel comfotable using Inexspensive materials
As you can see My weight will be on the floor of the truck. The back will be the only part of the actual seat frame with any weight on it and it will be resting on the back wall.. Cmon man look at the rest of the truck.. do I look like an idiot to you....well maybe I do but I digress
Oh an by the way I have those new little thingies under my truck maybe you have heard of em they are called AIR BAGS I can go over speed bumps just fine and I would put my ride quility up against the factory ride any day
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Yes I've looked at the pics of the rest of the truck - so I know what's there.
Again - not trying to be an A$$, but fabrication on the lowereds always seems a little "lacking" to me. Not anything on your truck in particular - that was more of an in general comment based on what I've seen over the years.
You do have a nice truck and I can see there is a ton of work in it. Not my style by any means - but I can appreciate the time spent.
I just always wonder why some guys cut corners on materials, etc.
The speed bump thing was more of a joke. I've seen and ridden in air bag cars (my 38 Ford is getting bags in the rear when I get to it) and know they ride nice. And yeah, I guess you won't be hitting 3' + high whoops at 60+mph - so there's not near the material fatigue in what you do, but that thin wall stuff still scares me.
However - the newest pics do show the load from that thing being supported by and spread thoughout the floor which is good. It was harder to tell by the 1st pic - it looked like what you had was a mount for the seat to sit on top of - not the seat itself.
As for taking seats out and apart - yeah, I guess you could say I've done that once or twice
In fact I've taken more of these trucks apart than I care to admit. I usually put them back together better than how they came - which it looks like you are aiming for too.
Of course the whole crew build is in the motor swap forum - oh and the ranger in my gallery might be worth looking at too...
__________________ Have you flown a ford lately? 1938 Ford Pickup = hot rod
1970 Ford F250 long bed & 1974 Ford F100 Supercab - 2wds
1974 Ford F250 4x4 Crew cabthread in "motor swap" forum 1989 Ford Ranger= Never gonna be done...
1972 Alfa Romeo GTV & 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4wd = DD
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people like that dont deserve a drivers license...
