1957 - 1960 F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks Discuss the Box Style Ford Trucks

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Old 04-13-2016, 12:17 AM
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More tubes
 
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Looking stiff
 
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Fuel lines installed
 
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Fire wall shaved and the frame is off to powder coat
 
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Went a little over the top on the new gauge cluster
 
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Way cool. What did you use for the gas lines. What you going to use for brake line?
 
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Looks good. Is that fabric?
 
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Originally Posted by Rusty 57
Way cool. What did you use for the gas lines. What you going to use for brake line?
The gas lines are 3/8 stainless tubing with -6 an welded on the ends
I will use 3/16 kit From speedway most likely
 
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Looks good. Is that fabric?
It's carbon fiber
 
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Frame is back from powder coat
 
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A little work on it moving forward


 
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Originally Posted by Austinloucks
The rear air ride stuff came with the 4 link kit I ordered from eBay "universal triangulated 4 link" and the front I fabbed my self I ordered airbag mounting plates from Amazon and made the rest of the mounts if you have any more questions I could try and answer or get more pics


Hi! Your work is amazing! This is a well thought out build!
Could I ask what type air bags/size you are using?
This is inspiring me to do an LS swap...!
 
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Originally Posted by Me109e
Hi! Your work is amazing! This is a well thought out build!
Could I ask what type air bags/size you are using?
This is inspiring me to do an LS swap...!
Im using 2bellow 2500 lbs bags... Thanks for the good words and ls swap ftw
 
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It rolls again now to make it burnout
 
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Fuel cell bigger is better?!!
 


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