My progress..
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My progress..
Just thought Id post some pics of my latest progress. I finished my rear axle flip and it came out great. While I was there, I figured Id scrape off the old undercoating and prime and paint the frame. Need to buy new spring bushings next, think Im going with poly ones from energy suspension. Any tricks to getting the old ones out? Its been 3 years in the making and still have a lot to go 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TATTOO !! No muscles
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TATTOO !! No muscles
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Tat stays the same! I know it doesn't look like much, but heres a list of some of the new goodies:
Rebuilt carb
new water pump
new radiator
new oil pump
Sanderson headers with smitty's
new clutch
new drum/disc power brakes
new fuel and break lines
new rear axle seals w/powder coated back plates
cleaned and resealed gas tank
recovered bench seat
scraped off all under coating under bed and re-coated
removed undercoating on back half of frame and repainted
new windshield and back window with rubber
repaired rotted battery tray etc, etc.
Not bad for only a day or two of work a month!
Rebuilt carb
new water pump
new radiator
new oil pump
Sanderson headers with smitty's
new clutch
new drum/disc power brakes
new fuel and break lines
new rear axle seals w/powder coated back plates
cleaned and resealed gas tank
recovered bench seat
scraped off all under coating under bed and re-coated
removed undercoating on back half of frame and repainted
new windshield and back window with rubber
repaired rotted battery tray etc, etc.
Not bad for only a day or two of work a month!
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Yup - I plan on using mono leafs up front, but right now im dealing with rebuilding the manual steering box. Not sure if I ill do it my self or send it out. Found a good shop in San Jose, CA to do the rebuild. I looked at upgrading to a different manual box......but dead ends there.
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I have reverse eye mono leaf springs on the front of my 61 uni 223 six. the only way the beam could come in contact with the oil pan is if the rubber bumpstops were missing. granted there isnt much travel only about 1 1/2. I'm happy with mine but a dropped axel might be a better choice if you really want to get low and keep the I beam.
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