Recent content by poorboy

You might try replacing the front springs with new ones. That would lift it back to stock hiegth

That may be. Bill of sale listed it as a 48 so that's what I was going off of.

The bumper is against the grill already.

Here's the 50.

This one will stay patinia. I have a 50 that'll be done while I'm driving this one and will be painted with nice interior ect.

Swapped out the rearend. Mocked up a fender and the hood at ride height.

Cut the clip off. Had to go back and straighten the cuts. LOL. S10 clip with the stock frame. Still need to notch the lower section of the stock frame to let it flow better into the clip. Then it'll be plated.

I've wanted one of these forever and am finally building one. OK maybe 2. I have a 48 and a 50. I'm doing the 48 first. Going to leave the body pretty much as is and make it a cruiser. I only have a single car garage so I've been doing the work on a slab in the backyard. I'm using a S10 clip and...

Sears online. http://www.sears.com/grey-pneumatic-1-4inch-drive-standard-metric-magnetic-impact/p-SPM10579888319?redirectType=SRDT

CK Systematics

Came up on this for a decent price. Tried it out before I purchased it.

I have used the 7315A for years and got in some pretty tight places with it. Works great and you can use it witout tearing the boot. Also if the tie rod is reaaly stubborn you can put some pressure on the stud and the hit the remover with a hammer and it will usually pop loose.

Alot of rental yards don't charge by the mile. They go by day. The one I use to use was closed on sun. So if you rented it on sat and turned it in Mon morning it was counted as 1 day. That was a couple years ago before I scored my own trailer. It was $50 a day then.

I think a good work bench is a must have.