Indeed I do. Actually I should find time to post something about it here on G.J just for fun. It's very different animal from the build demonstrated in this tread - built for different purpose and from totally different viewpoint.
My 1975 Chevy Dually Build
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Stooge
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. And just to let you know, I went back and the truck was still there, but the price had more than doubled, putting it out of my reach.
a lowered dump body would have been cool, but i'm sure working with a standard 90's dually truck would be a lot easier, (cheaper to buy) to get low without working around all of the dump bits and notching the frame to get it low, albeit not as much as if you were notching the frame for air suspension travel/ getting the frame on the ground.
Air suspension can be lot to commit to, time, money and work wise, but it is funny!
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Stooge
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as for the color, we already decided on Rockford files silver and red on the other forum! 
I like it! Sort of the reverse of Rock's truck from Rockford Files! Even better if you already have the paint available
Air suspension can be lot to commit to, time, money and work wise, but it is funny!
but if thought out and do your research it can be a lot less of a headache than most people make it out to be. and NOT buying **** parts and components
Some additional work got done on the bed last night. I finished welding up all the tack welds on the new bed frame pieces, and then I moved on to working on the front. I started the forward storage areas. I only got the basic frame work laid out, but it gave me a good idea as to how much space I had available to work with.
Looks like I'm going to have to use the center section above the drive shaft for a place to put the spare tire. I tried to put it under the gas tank, but that was not going to work (not enough space under there when air'd out). I was originally going to use this large space for a luggage area, but doesn't look like it is going to work out. Ah well live and learn...
Looks like I'm going to have to use the center section above the drive shaft for a place to put the spare tire. I tried to put it under the gas tank, but that was not going to work (not enough space under there when air'd out). I was originally going to use this large space for a luggage area, but doesn't look like it is going to work out. Ah well live and learn...
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The lines in the C10 (and K5/10 etc) body almost "beg" for two colour combo. Looks great on them. In my opinion the dually rear fenders brake up this picture, there are no "natural" lines in them matching the rest of the truck - when it comes to splitting colours.
Image search for "c10 dually" shows people have tried several ways around this. My personal preference would be single colour.
Nice Truck, and great work! - however if you look where I live I hope you understand why I believe you moved the frame and body in the wrong direction relative to ground.
Thanks for all the color and lines advice!
However I have gone in the correct direction, down... Slammed is the new sky high jacked up! Plus snow just leaps out of my way, just like it does for Chuck Norris! Just sayin'!!
Now back to getting my thread back on track...
I have a couple good ideas in mind. I'll post it up when I get it finalized.
Tonight was interesting. I did the hinge for the center portion, really just 2 - 1/2" bolts drilled through both pieces of bow tubing acting as the pivot point. As you can see in the below pic I still have to modify the washer so that it does not stick above the box tubing, but that should not take long.
The rear latch was a much larger deal. It took a lot of tinkering with location and ability to accommodate the striker pin. In the end I tried to make it as simple of a solution as possible. After I got it all welded in I tested it several times, it closes so nicely with a solid click. Could not ask for better! I will add a rod assembly that will attach to the release knob on the bear claw latch, and the rod will go backwards towards the fuel door. This way I can release the latch without reaching up under the sheet metal every time. I will post pics on it when I get it completed.
So next is the 2 storage boxes up front, and the mount for the spare tire. Then it will be on to skinning the whole bed with 18 gauge sheet metal. Tons of fun!
Stay tuned!
The rear latch was a much larger deal. It took a lot of tinkering with location and ability to accommodate the striker pin. In the end I tried to make it as simple of a solution as possible. After I got it all welded in I tested it several times, it closes so nicely with a solid click. Could not ask for better! I will add a rod assembly that will attach to the release knob on the bear claw latch, and the rod will go backwards towards the fuel door. This way I can release the latch without reaching up under the sheet metal every time. I will post pics on it when I get it completed.
So next is the 2 storage boxes up front, and the mount for the spare tire. Then it will be on to skinning the whole bed with 18 gauge sheet metal. Tons of fun!
Stay tuned!
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So a little show action this weekend. It was hot out, but we still had a great time hanging with all my car crazy friends.
I now have on all 4 corners billet Accuair arms from Grunion mfg. Got them off eBay. These guys are out of Phoenix, and I highly recommend them. The stock plastic Accuair arms break so easily. They are a pain to say the least. I also got my ECU's back and reflashed from Accuair. I put my original one back in and did the calibration the night before this weekend's show. Had no issues so far. Cross your fingers for me!!! At least now I have a backup ECU just in case...
So once I am able to get back in the shop this week I will start the balance of the bed fab work. I really like the new hinge, and a couple of buddies who build hot rods professionally gave me some killer ideas on the gas charged lifts, and the storage compartments. Should be fun!
Stay tuned!
I now have on all 4 corners billet Accuair arms from Grunion mfg. Got them off eBay. These guys are out of Phoenix, and I highly recommend them. The stock plastic Accuair arms break so easily. They are a pain to say the least. I also got my ECU's back and reflashed from Accuair. I put my original one back in and did the calibration the night before this weekend's show. Had no issues so far. Cross your fingers for me!!! At least now I have a backup ECU just in case...
So once I am able to get back in the shop this week I will start the balance of the bed fab work. I really like the new hinge, and a couple of buddies who build hot rods professionally gave me some killer ideas on the gas charged lifts, and the storage compartments. Should be fun!
Stay tuned!
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So this is not a build pic. Last night however the wife and I went out to do some shopping at Best Buy and then stopped off at Sonic to get a couple slushies. So when we pulled into Sonic there was a young boy who walked up and told me how much he liked the truck. My wife and I talked with him and his dad for quite a while. You could see the look in that kids eye. "I can't wait until I can build my own stuff!" My wife is great with kids and she talked with him about what he likes. He could not get it out fast enough about the cars and trucks he likes, and what he plans on doing.
When we pulled out she said that kid must have been exactly like me as a child. Full of car dreams!
Remember that the hot rodders and truck guys of tomorrow all start out with that one vehicle they flip their lid over. Don't forget to engage them and make them feel important. They just might be the next Chip Foose or Boyd Coddington.
When we pulled out she said that kid must have been exactly like me as a child. Full of car dreams!
Remember that the hot rodders and truck guys of tomorrow all start out with that one vehicle they flip their lid over. Don't forget to engage them and make them feel important. They just might be the next Chip Foose or Boyd Coddington.
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xtremek
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Ok here is a side note...
My wife and I like to go estate sale hunting on the weekends. I look for tools, and she finds stuff for the house. I stumbled across an add this weekend that showed a grungy garage with a ton of tools on the back shelf. So that was going to be our first stop for the day. Well we got there and it was an old garage with dirt floors, an inch of Lubbock dust over everything, and a treasure trove of tools stacked all over the place. I dug around for quite a while and found some cool stuff, most of the tools were worn out old rusty stuff, but there were some gems.
I found: 2 hand held metal shears (big ones for sheet metal), a hatchet, a ball peen, c-clamps, jack stands, several other small items, and an older grey craftsman tool box in excellent shape. The tool box was so covered in dust that at first I could not see what it was, however when I opened it (and stopped coughing from all the dirt I just disturbed) had several small tools (maybe about 20 in all), most of which were rusted up, but salvageable. One of which is the numberall stamp you see below. I have only seen these in machine shops, and very rarely. The dial has all the basic numbers plus a dash and an X. I just think it is super cool.
So a word to you guys who are starting out. Don't go buy all your tools at the box stores, harbor freight, or Sears. There are a ton of tools out there just waiting to be found at garage sales and estate sales. Oh yeah and if you can afford Snap on, can I be your friend!!!
BTW I paid $40 for the whole stash! I watch American Pickers, and yes I bundled!!!
My wife and I like to go estate sale hunting on the weekends. I look for tools, and she finds stuff for the house. I stumbled across an add this weekend that showed a grungy garage with a ton of tools on the back shelf. So that was going to be our first stop for the day. Well we got there and it was an old garage with dirt floors, an inch of Lubbock dust over everything, and a treasure trove of tools stacked all over the place. I dug around for quite a while and found some cool stuff, most of the tools were worn out old rusty stuff, but there were some gems.
I found: 2 hand held metal shears (big ones for sheet metal), a hatchet, a ball peen, c-clamps, jack stands, several other small items, and an older grey craftsman tool box in excellent shape. The tool box was so covered in dust that at first I could not see what it was, however when I opened it (and stopped coughing from all the dirt I just disturbed) had several small tools (maybe about 20 in all), most of which were rusted up, but salvageable. One of which is the numberall stamp you see below. I have only seen these in machine shops, and very rarely. The dial has all the basic numbers plus a dash and an X. I just think it is super cool.
So a word to you guys who are starting out. Don't go buy all your tools at the box stores, harbor freight, or Sears. There are a ton of tools out there just waiting to be found at garage sales and estate sales. Oh yeah and if you can afford Snap on, can I be your friend!!!
BTW I paid $40 for the whole stash! I watch American Pickers, and yes I bundled!!!
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LS6 Tommy
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I have to start forcing myself to stop at garage sales and such. I went right by one in an older section of an area I was in this morning because I was just too lazy to turn around, park and take 5 minutes to look around. Who knows what treasures I might have missed out on, or maybe more importantly, a chance to talk to an old craftsman or someone else who I would have enjoyed meeting.
Tommy
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Tommy, that is a must do! What's really funny is every time I have gone on one of these excursions lately I have come home with a new to me ball peen. Don't ask me why, but for some reason they find me or I find them. Either way you look at it I now have 10 plus ball peens of all weights and sizes. It's like I'm the homeless shelter for ball peen hammers. You should see my wife's face when she sees I found another one! Way too funny for words!
So guys I'm sorry it's been a while since my last post. I ran into a vibration issue on the Dually. I had a friend who is an automotive tech come over and we ran around town in it for a while to diagnose it. There was a slight bit of driveline vibration, so I sent the driveshaft off to get rebalanced.
While it was away I pulled both rear rims and adapters off. I first took the 4 rear rims off to be balanced, check! Then I brought them back and noticed that when I assembled the passenger side that there was a wobble to the rim!! Yikes. I pulled it apart a couple of times thinking that the rim was either bent or something else had happed to it. In the end I found out that the adapter was not sitting against the face of the brake drum fully. Upon closer inspection the axle has a 1/16" lip on the last 3/8" of the floater section. This 1/16" was keeping the adapter from fully seating against the brake drum due to the fact that the adapter was not machined to that diameter. Arg!!
So what to do? In the end I know that these adapters are nut-centric, and because of that they do not rely on the hub interface to center. So I simply took my grinder and clearanced the hole out a bit over the 1/16". Now I know what some of you are saying that I should of had it machined. And I agree, but the machine shops in my area don't like to touch anything automotive if they can help it. They all spout the same thing "It's a liability issue..." Yes that's a bunch of BS, but I guess my green backs don't spend as well as the other green backs they have falling out of their pockets. Sometimes you just have to do things yourself... Which is why I have such a big tool collection, but that is a story for another time and place. In the end it was a simple fix, but still what a pain in the....
Stay tuned because I am going to get back on the bed covering.
While it was away I pulled both rear rims and adapters off. I first took the 4 rear rims off to be balanced, check! Then I brought them back and noticed that when I assembled the passenger side that there was a wobble to the rim!! Yikes. I pulled it apart a couple of times thinking that the rim was either bent or something else had happed to it. In the end I found out that the adapter was not sitting against the face of the brake drum fully. Upon closer inspection the axle has a 1/16" lip on the last 3/8" of the floater section. This 1/16" was keeping the adapter from fully seating against the brake drum due to the fact that the adapter was not machined to that diameter. Arg!!
So what to do? In the end I know that these adapters are nut-centric, and because of that they do not rely on the hub interface to center. So I simply took my grinder and clearanced the hole out a bit over the 1/16". Now I know what some of you are saying that I should of had it machined. And I agree, but the machine shops in my area don't like to touch anything automotive if they can help it. They all spout the same thing "It's a liability issue..." Yes that's a bunch of BS, but I guess my green backs don't spend as well as the other green backs they have falling out of their pockets. Sometimes you just have to do things yourself... Which is why I have such a big tool collection, but that is a story for another time and place. In the end it was a simple fix, but still what a pain in the....
Stay tuned because I am going to get back on the bed covering.
So I got out for lunch today to take my son to Academy sports to get the last items for school, so I took the dually to make sure that I had no more vibration issues. Whew it looks like that did it! I still have to go get the front end aligned, but at least that is a normal part of any vehicle.
Now I can get on with some other projects, the bed, AC, finish the interior... You know simple things like that!
Now I can get on with some other projects, the bed, AC, finish the interior... You know simple things like that!
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LS6 Tommy
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Did you notice someone stole your suspension?
Tommy
Tommy
Yes... But when I aired it out with the cops they threw me on the hood! All I was doing was draggin' frame and listening to Coolio!
"Come along and ride on a fantasic voyage, slide slide slippity-slide, hittin' switches on the block in a '75 (dually!). Come along and ride on a fantasic voyage, slide slide who-ride, ain't no valley low enough for mountain high"
All this because someone stole my suspension!
Rag Roc
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Just read your whole post. Great work and skills. I like your common sense, one step at a time approach. Looking forward to the completion.
xtremek
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I have a quick question for you. If you were going to choose any year 1 ton front suspension to drop, which year would it be?
FYI, "You're killing me Smalls"
I have a quick question for you. If you were going to choose any year 1 ton front suspension to drop, which year would it be?
FYI, "You're killing me Smalls"
I would say that far as front suspensions go. I would say that any of the mid 80's are fairly easy (they are very similar to each other). Plus there are a lot of parts available for them. My front end has brace bars that tie the cross member to the front frame rails. As you move to the mid 80's trucks they do away with those. Not that they are a pain or anything, just that the mounting bolts to the cross member hang a little bit below the cross member. I know this because I scrape them a lot!
As far as the suspense... I can't wait to see what everyone thinks about what I'm working on. This is going to be polarizing. Either your going to like it or not... Either way the opinions are going to fly!
Oh now I'm being a tease again! Dang it!
Stay tuned!!!
GirchyGirchy
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xtremek
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Oh now I'm being a tease again! Dang it!
Stay tuned!!!
Ok, you're starting act like my wife.
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txvwnut
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Sleeper?
xtremek
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^x2
OK I caught a nasty chest cold and I can't work on the Dually for a while. However I have been wanting to do a video build series on it from the beginning to current day. So I got part 1 completed tonight. Check it out and let me know what you think.
I should have the mystery item completed in a couple of weeks, health permitting!
Stay tuned!
I should have the mystery item completed in a couple of weeks, health permitting!
Stay tuned!
1949 caddyman
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Nice videos! Only thing I would add is to slow it down so old guys like me can read the caption & then look at the picture. But maybe its only me!
Yeah it's a balance between making the video to long and folks not seeing it to the end, or making it move along at a fast enough pace to keep the interest level up. Trust me it's a tough balance... I'm like you and I have to use the pause button quite often.
Thanks so much for watching them! Got more coming!!