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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 06:50 PM
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early 60's front suspention

I've got a 1977 f-150 and I want to switch it over to a singel I beam front suspention and am wondering if anyone out there may have a 60's part truck that I could the front suspention off of?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 08:32 PM
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Now why would you want to do that???
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 08:43 PM
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Beacause dream beams and the others are to much,It's carzy $500 to $700 bucks thats nutts and I'm making it my goal to find a less exspensive way to do so... I may be crazy,but I will do it!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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You could just bend the twin I-beams using heat, but it's better to bend them by cooling them.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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that would b great !

That would be great,but how do I know to do it? I really did not know that you could bend them. If you can give me any tech stuff I can take to my fab guy and see what the heck...I allways thought the Ibeams were made of pot metal and cant be bent?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 07:25 AM
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I wouldnt do it either. By the time you do everything and time you would be better off spending the money. Just save it up and do it right. Whats the big rush?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 09:45 AM
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Apparently not I've seen it done before. I don't really have any info on it because I've never done it but it has been done. Are you going to lower the rear as well?
 
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