Removing a Few Leafs From My '64?

[Bodyworx!]

that truck bodyworx has posted has been running around colorado springs for years, I saw it at goodguys a long time ago, funny, it hasnt ever given him any problems especially with colorado roads always torn up after winter plows run them down repeatedly

Ya thats the guy from OSR. I would have still opted to run those U bolts all the way to the top though. On a positive note .... his truck has a nice stance.

[shawns fords]

Me too but I guess he has faith in his welds, they seem to be holding up

[Alan Mclennan]

that truck bodyworx has posted has been running around colorado springs for years, I saw it at goodguys a long time ago, funny, it hasnt ever given him any problems especially with colorado roads always torn up after winter plows run them down repeatedly

Shawn, that still doesn't make it right or good practice!, and isn't safety one of our goals!

[Bodyworx!]

I agree but i think what he is trying to say is that it looks worse than it is obviously. If i were to go by looks id swear it was breaking just looking at it.

Not a safe setup but seems as though its held up for him for quite some time.

[shawns fords]

that truck bodyworx has posted has been running around colorado springs for years, I saw it at goodguys a long time ago, funny, it hasnt ever given him any problems especially with colorado roads always torn up after winter plows run them down repeatedly

Shawn, that still doesn't make it right or good practice!, and isn't safety one of our goals!

your absolutely right Alan, like I said that thing is obviously working and he has not crashed or killed anyone else. so it obviously is working. I wouldnt do that to mine. nor would I put a completely different front clip underneath mine as I dont see how that could be safe either. I dont think the blocks under the one phil posted photos of is safe either, just looks cleaner. unless thats what Being safe is about.

[Jimbo302]

that truck bodyworx has posted has been running around colorado springs for years, I saw it at goodguys a long time ago, funny, it hasnt ever given him any problems especially with colorado roads always torn up after winter plows run them down repeatedly

Shawn, that still doesn't make it right or good practice!, and isn't safety one of our goals!

your absolutely right Alan, like I said that thing is obviously working and he has not crashed or killed anyone else. so it obviously is working. I wouldnt do that to mine. nor would I put a completely different front clip underneath mine as I dont see how that could be safe either. I dont think the blocks under the one phil posted photos of is safe either, just looks cleaner. unless thats what Being safe is about.

Huh? That setup is obviously much safer, as the u bolts wrap around the axle. Also, have you ever seen a clip job done? A proper clip front or rear is a much safer setup than that tacked on axle, and often stronger than stock. I don't understand your defense of that horrible cobbled lowering job.

[shawns fords]

boy, I guess you guys told me I would like to see a clipped front end in the same town he is in, I bet it wouldnt last 8-12 months before it needs complete overhaul 4,000 lb pickup on a car front end in colorado = Expensive rebuilds
yet that truck has been doing the same thing for years.

[Alan Mclennan]

Point taken Shawn!


Alan,