Posted: February 6, 2011, 10:55 am
First of all, thanks to all of you who are following this build...makes it all the more satisfying to have an audience that I can share with. Please forgive the fact that there are fewer pictures during the reassembly. Most questions can be answered by reviewing the fab/mock-up pictures. But, feel free to ask anyway.
Randy, I'll get there but yes, hydraulic slave & master from a '57-60 F-100. Have the parts sitting here, just one of the next steps.
John, the shackles look great! Better than mine, in fact...this is why I show all the pictures, in the hope that someone can use part or all of this info on their build!
Last time Tim came up, he dropped off a pick-up load of goodies.
Unfortunately, I have had a hard time getting into the garage the past month due to a pretty serious series of events, including my Dad's health issues rearing their ugly head again, a job change, a bad round of the flu, etc...but that's another story.
A little clean-up goes a long way. And we're back on the axles! (Springs aren't yet painted, as I anticipate playing around with the pack a bit for final ride height once the front end is properly loaded).
As I mentioned before, I built in 10º caster to the axle flip for stability at speed...
Relocated and re-mounted steering box, with steering tube running through the revised firewall reveal. Shift arms will be cut off the column. 3-speed has been replaced with a T-5.
Front end will drop a few inches with the engine and front clip, but you can see how the geometry of the pitman arm/drag link are falling right into place. (please note the bolts and lower plates are for MOCK-UP. For those of you that only look at the pictures in a build thread, I'll anxiously await your comments on the subject)
I love it when a plan comes together.
Another view of the revised suspension layout.
I believe I'll refer to this as a milestone. First time it's rolled out of the garage since it rolled in...feels much closer now. Won't be long until it heads down south to Tim's for the repaint, roll cage, and other goodies.
The 301" Y-block (+ .080" 292, standard stroke) that wil be the first test bed engine built, of course, by Tim McMaster. For those of you that don't know the story, this is the engine that I bought on Craigslist in Oregon. My firend Bryan picked it up and shipped it down to Turlock in a reefer.
Turned out to be a great "sight-unseen" purchase. Engine was a beautiful virgin block in really clean shape.
Randy, I'll get there but yes, hydraulic slave & master from a '57-60 F-100. Have the parts sitting here, just one of the next steps.
John, the shackles look great! Better than mine, in fact...this is why I show all the pictures, in the hope that someone can use part or all of this info on their build!
Last time Tim came up, he dropped off a pick-up load of goodies.
Unfortunately, I have had a hard time getting into the garage the past month due to a pretty serious series of events, including my Dad's health issues rearing their ugly head again, a job change, a bad round of the flu, etc...but that's another story.
A little clean-up goes a long way. And we're back on the axles! (Springs aren't yet painted, as I anticipate playing around with the pack a bit for final ride height once the front end is properly loaded).
As I mentioned before, I built in 10º caster to the axle flip for stability at speed...
Relocated and re-mounted steering box, with steering tube running through the revised firewall reveal. Shift arms will be cut off the column. 3-speed has been replaced with a T-5.
Front end will drop a few inches with the engine and front clip, but you can see how the geometry of the pitman arm/drag link are falling right into place. (please note the bolts and lower plates are for MOCK-UP. For those of you that only look at the pictures in a build thread, I'll anxiously await your comments on the subject)
I love it when a plan comes together.
Another view of the revised suspension layout.
I believe I'll refer to this as a milestone. First time it's rolled out of the garage since it rolled in...feels much closer now. Won't be long until it heads down south to Tim's for the repaint, roll cage, and other goodies.
The 301" Y-block (+ .080" 292, standard stroke) that wil be the first test bed engine built, of course, by Tim McMaster. For those of you that don't know the story, this is the engine that I bought on Craigslist in Oregon. My firend Bryan picked it up and shipped it down to Turlock in a reefer.
Turned out to be a great "sight-unseen" purchase. Engine was a beautiful virgin block in really clean shape.
