Posted: October 24, 2009, 5:57 pm
WOW!
I thought that I had went overboard on mine when I did the frame. Now I see that I could have done more.
Your project is looking great. Keep the pics coming.
Kevin
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Posted: October 25, 2009, 3:35 pm
Posted: October 25, 2009, 5:38 pm
Lol once I cut off one set of rivots I decided to just do them all. It was a LOT of work but I think it will be worth it in the end. Im just glad that part is over with.kstones63 wrote:I thought that I had went overboard on mine when I did the frame. Now I see that I could have done more.
Your project is looking great. Keep the pics coming.
Kevin
Posted: October 25, 2009, 6:07 pm
Looks great!! When ya gonna take it muddin'......................... 
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Haha hopefully never if I can help itjakdad wrote:Looks great!! When ya gonna take it muddin'.........................
Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:23 pm
I agree. If it even looks like rain I don't intend on taking mine out of the garage. At least I live in Phoenix so I don't have to worry about rain very often so I can probably drive it over 300 days a year.tschmitt wrote:Haha hopefully never if I can help itjakdad wrote:Looks great!! When ya gonna take it muddin'.........................
Kevin
Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:22 pm
DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS!! that frame looks awesome!! its great to see someone pulling out all the stops on a resto-mod. a great piece of mind that the truck will never rust again. ( at least in your possesion)
cant wait to see the details for the rest of the truck.
cant wait to see the details for the rest of the truck.
Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:55 pm
Thanks alot for the compliments. I hate rust so hopefully with all the extra steps im taking I can insure it never will, atleast not as bad anyways. Plan on having this truck a long time and it wont be driven in the snow so that should help out alot here in the midwest.jammck66 wrote:DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS!! that frame looks awesome!! its great to see someone pulling out all the stops on a resto-mod. a great piece of mind that the truck will never rust again. ( at least in your possesion)
cant wait to see the details for the rest of the truck.
Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:59 pm
Well I finally got the small frame parts painted silver. They turned out great and I couldnt be happier with it. Primed with 2 coats of epoxy then painted with 2 coats of SS Urethane. Very nice finish and feels great to do it all myself. I still have to have my kingpins pressed out and get my 9 inch cleaned up and then I can prime and paint the rear end and I-Beam setup as well. Here are the pics.
Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:00 pm
Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:01 pm
Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:04 pm
Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:08 pm
Thats all I got for now. I should be buying some parts soon so I can start bolting this frame back together again. Should be alot of fun.
Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:52 am
Looks good. Are you going to bolt the frame back together or install new rivets?
Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:11 pm
I will be bolting everything back together with stainless and selflocking nuts. Kind of pricey but I will never have to do it again and if I need to change something out I can simply unbolt it. No more hassle for later down the road.supersmitty wrote:Looks good. Are you going to bolt the frame back together or install new rivets?
Posted: December 1, 2009, 6:42 pm
Finally got everything painted for the winter. I got all of the frame parts painted so I am done painting, sandblasting, and priming until I start on the body and that isnt going to happen to till late next year at the earliest. Here are some pics.
Posted: December 1, 2009, 6:43 pm
Posted: December 1, 2009, 6:44 pm
Thats it for now. Hoping to have the TruTrac posi installed and the rear end put back together in the next few weeks. Will be going with 3.73 ratio most likely. Its going to be fun putting this stuff back together.
Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:36 pm
Got some parts in this week. The Bronco II gas tank and my rear leaf spring bushings. Also got some pics of the coil springs and leaf springs painted.
Posted: January 18, 2010, 4:59 pm
My Eaton Detriot Truetrac arrived in the mail today. Should be dropping it off at the speed shop within the next week to have the gears installed, etc. Only thing left for the rear end will be new drums, axle bearings, and rebuild the brakes.
