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i decided to let the old thread die since 90% of it was off topic since i had not touched the truck since last summer.
here are the pics from 2 days ago.
so what you are looking at is a full tube chassis salvaged from a very retired camaro stock car.
the racing class must have required an OEM front and rear lower control arm, because the fronts are mustang 2 and rears are B body GM. both of which are easy to cheaply source tubular replacements for. and i will be doing so as soon as i'm done with my post. tubular lowers in front allow me to ditch the strut rod setup.
the front sway bar is a huge splined unit with greasable bearings in the frame, the front spindles and hubs are from speedway motors as is the steering setup. the rear suspension is a 3 link w/ panhard bar. the axle was a tacked in 12 bolt chevy truck unit which is worthless for my use, i'll be using a 8.5" 10 bolt 9C1 caprice posi/disc brake axle, bonus is the 5x5 bolt pattern matches the front hubs.
it is set up with coil springs all around, not coil overs. as an added bonus to cheaper shocks, it has weight/height jacks at all 4 corners. front brakes are 12" with off the shelf GM D52 calipers.
the body is in proper fore-aft and side to side location, but the cab needs to go up some. the running boards will cover the outside rails of the frame. the front suspension is jacked all the way up just to make it easier to work on, but when finished i anticipate a very low but speedbump friendly street ride height with the ability to drop it more if necessary for tracking. although i'll be completely outclassed in some wild unlimited class, it will be fun to show up to autocross in a 1940 chevy truck.
the wheelbase is short of the original by about 6" which will help turning. plan there is to just run the rear fenders that much farther forward on the bedsides. behind the cab the frame is excellent length for the bed, in front of the cab is a slightly different story.
forward of the actual front end of the frame rails is an additional 8" of structure housing extended strut rods for the OEM mustang II lower control arms. this all needs to go, and i ordered tubular lower control arms last night which delete the strut rod and all that stuff can be removed which will leave me in a very good place as far as frame rail versus front of fender goes. the previous S10 chassis i planned to use left the frame cut off at the very front of the steering box and stuff was going to be very tight. this chassis having the steering aft of the crossmember is perfect.
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