[project] laidlow,pt.2 pg.3

laidlow91 wrote:

iceman3201 wrote:

damn ant. that is sick. i envy all you guys who can do this. cant wait till you get it painted. note to self. dont park next to ants ride. mine is just a plain jane roadie with a six speed. buts yours is a ride which i would gladly say hes my friend.and i belong to the same car club.excellent job. now when you go on vacation and you swing by billymacs. lmk what day youll be there. ill swing by and see it.ok? im only a hr away. well 45 mins if i kick it in the ass.

thanks Ron.
hope you can make it by Bills id like to check out the roadie.

Pooge wrote:

Looking good Ant! Did you finish the console yet?

thanks Doug.
i tried to airbrush the console, came out alright.
when i cleared it thats when the problems started.
not sure what happened but the clear reacted with the airbrush paint and wrinkled.
had to resand the whole thing down and repaint.
so its just black like it was when you saw it.
ill take some pics today with it installed.

What are you using for paint, and clear? Are the the same type. Does not have to be same manufacturer, but has to be same type. Sometime you have to put on several fog coats with half hour flash time between. Then once completly coated, then a final coat for luster.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

What are you using for paint, and clear? Are the the same type. Does not have to be same manufacturer, but has to be same type. Sometime you have to put on several fog coats with half hour flash time between. Then once completly coated, then a final coat for luster.

airbrush paint was water based, clear was duplicolor .
guess ill try to find a compatible clear when i redo the console this winter.

heres the pics of the console installed.
still have a few interior things to put back together.

Great job Anthony. Just needs paint.

that is evil looking. i like it.

I love everything about that project but the skull. Now if it lights up or glows at night then that would be really cool.

yes ant said it lights up. the eyes any ways.

Good thing you don't have to drive it then, eh Brad?

I think it looks great, Ant! And that makes it!

Can't wait to see it in person!

When are we painting these phuckers, anyways???

He'd be stupid to let me drive it. I'd be playing with the switches instead of watching the road
He should sell admission to that car at the next group event.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Good thing you don't have to drive it then, eh Brad?

I think it looks great, Ant! And that makes it!

Can't wait to see it in person!

When are we painting these phuckers, anyways???

As soon as this phucker gets off his dead ass and welds on that rear quarter you were so nice to get me, so I can get an inspection sticker and drive this mothda phucka to yo house.

You're a tease, Billy Mac.

I made you wait so you gotta make me wait? Is that it?

part 2 has begun.

like a hurd of turtles.
took this past week off to try and get a bunch of work done on the car.
i was sick for the first 4 days.....
i have gotten a little bit done and plan to try and work on it every chance i get. ill try to update this as often as i can but will do it once a week at the least.
heres one teaser pic for now ill try to get the rest of the pics uploaded tonight or tomorrow.

new wheel.
extended arms installed, old bag setup out.
axle is about 1/4" from the frame, driveshaft is hitting the floor.
time to start cutting.

Those things are sweet!

nice post up more pics!

thanks guys.

pics are coming.
nothin great yet.

Old bags out? What's going in?

Pooge wrote:

Old bags out? What's going in?

frame notch and weld in brackets w/ new bags.

havent forgot about the pics.
im having trouble getting them to transfer from my camera to the computer.

gas tanks out....
need a new sending unit, very crusty, and a looked like it might of been leaking a little.
ive gotten most of the interior out, and have started to mark the floor for cutting.

hopefully the pics will be up soon.

ok, finally got some time to mess with the camera.
heres most of the pics that bring where im at up to date.
not sure ill get much time this weekend to mess with it.
on to the pics....
these are the extended arms i got from Glen. thanks again.

the uppers where missing some peices on the heim joint ends, so i
ordered new bushing ends.

and here they are assembled.

this is why you cant run bolt in brackets with extended arms.

the new parts to redo the rear set up.

started pulling the interior.


empty...

marked the area to cut for the driveshaft.
probably gonna make an adjustment on the size before i cut.


and last...
my SCARY sending unit.

nice! gettin cutting! lol

You're nuts, dude. I like it!

measure cut then beer....... never in any other order!

..... cant wait to see it...

not much to update this week.
ive had a rollercoaster week with my health, and the car was the last thing on my mind.
nothing serious, feeling much better now.

i WAS able to remove all the fuel lines.
and the rear is ready to go outside to get the stock spring perches cut off.

next weekend will bring more progress and pics.

sending units are fun lol. love how you did the rear fender wells, looking great

ok, so i kinda spaced that this past weekend was mothers day.
didnt get as much time as i was hoping in on the car.

but, i did put the time i had to good use.
got the area in the back seat over the drive shaft cut.


then into the trunk i went to start opening the area above the rear end.


boy it sure is easy to get to the upper shock bolts with this mod.



thats it for last weeks progress.
the plan for this upcoming weekend is to atleast get the notches tacked in. but im really hoping to get further then that.

Nice work.

Hey, can you measure center-to-center on the shock top bolts? Wondering if I can find a u-bolt or something on the shelf at the hardware store.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nice work.

Hey, can you measure center-to-center on the shock top bolts? Wondering if I can find a u-bolt or something on the shelf at the hardware store.

thanks.
i said they where easy to get to to remove, not an easy place to get to with a tape measure in hand.
from what i can tell its 2-7/8", +/-1/16.
ill have that section out by the weekend.
i can get you a better measurement then, or ill cut you a small section with the
two holes in it and you can have it to take with you.

Sweet, thanks Ant!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nice work.

Hey, can you measure center-to-center on the shock top bolts? Wondering if I can find a u-bolt or something on the shelf at the hardware store.

Why not just buy Bill Harper's shock mounts?

Well, because if I can get them at the hardware store for a couple bucks, instead of 20 bucks or whatever through him, then I will.

HOLY CRAP....
as big as the trunks are on these cars, they just arent big enough for a guy my size to keep climbing in and out of.(no less then 50 times between yesterday and today)
ive been removing metal like a surgeon trying not to cut the crossmember the upper control arms mount to.
i think ive finally got it.



now its ready fro me to go crazy with a flap disc and clean the frame rails up.
clamped the notch in place to see about where it was going to sit.

Zoinks!

another slow week on the car.
was shooting to have it on the road for the end of may.
so much for that idea..

ive got one notch side plate tacked in, forgot to take a pic of that.

today i got the rear end outside and got the spring perches and
bump stop mounts cut of and ground down.
the start

all gone


nice and smooth.




hopefully with the long weekend coming up i can get alot of work done.

Paint that axle Ant, damn that's clean when ground down...makes me wanna yank mine back out!

Doug

Pooge wrote:

Paint that axle Ant, damn that's clean when ground down...

thanks Doug.
it will get paint after the new brackets are welded on.

well my long weekend was spent helping others.
put a set of cadi lights in a friends f150, and did a brake line and welded an exhaust
hanger on the inlaws work van.

no new pics.
ive cut the notch plate off i had tacked on. had to do some refiguring.
and cut the inner part of the wheel well to match where the notch is going to sit.

headed to CT sat. or sun. this coming weekend to put some more work into gettin
my brothers s10 bagged.
not sure ill get much of anything done this weekend.
BUT... i just put in for a long weekend next week.
already told the wife if she makes plans dont include me because im living in the garage from
fri. morn to sunday nite.
so if not sooner look for some real nice updates the weekend of the 10th-11th-12th.

Sa-weet!!!!

Hooray for next weekend!

got some pics to post.
BUT... my camera once again doesnt want to cooperate.
ill keep trying through out the weekend, but id rather be working on the car.

as of now notches are 90% done.
hope to cut the frame tomorrow and maybe get the bag brackets tacked in.

back to the garage...

still pluggin away on this..
still cant get the camera to transfer pics?????
but.... im still takin pics anyways.

july is inspection month, so this thing WILL be rollin no later then aug. 10th

ill leave the long winded updates for when the camera is working.

still working on the rear.
not moving to the front til the back is all sheet metaled closed.
thankfuly theres not much to do up front.

cant wait to be done climbing in and out of the trunk........

finally got the camera situation figured out......
works been slow on the car lately, workin alot, and it seems like theres
something going on every weekend that keeps me out of the garage.

way to many pics to post right now.
headed to CT in a few.

anybody interested in a couple lightly used sections of frame???
id take best offer on them... LOL


ill try to get pics up sometime this week.

Will they fit an S10?

LOL

some random pics of the notches at different stages.





the top plate for the notches was to narrow, hmm what to do???


got some metal and widened them...


the extended upper arms needed some adjusting.

no turning back now....

tacked together to check fitment, they will be fully welded and gusseted.


with the modified arms back in, the rear is solid against the crossmember, which has
been cut out as of now, pics coming later.
in this pic you can also see that my 5th brake line is almost out of slack.......
which is one of my 2 BIG problems.

heres the material i will use in the front to notch for the tie rods.
they have been sand blasted (thanks indigo) since these pics.



about my 2 problems...
the first one is the brake line, the rear has almost no travel in either direction before
the line becomes pulled tight. im working with Brandon(bfurches) to try and get a longer line made up.

the second prob is the rear end, the ss rear i put in to get the wider rear stance.
now has made the rear to wide to tuck up in the quarter.
this prob is not much of a setback, as i already got a narrower 9c1 rear from Mike.

so the cars not on the road for the 10th like i was hoping.
not to suprised though... you get used to it after awhile.

so my new goal is a show in CT the 17th of sept.
if i dont make that one my last chance will be the fall cruise, i sure hope thats not the case.

Awesome job Ant....... looks great and this thread is an excellent guide for the people who want to follow trend

Lookin good! You have too many other projects going on though! :p

What's that truck in the background? Lol

toomanytoyz wrote:

What's that truck in the background? Lol

I think it's a 2009 Craftsman 7-drawer toolbox...

Pooge wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

What's that truck in the background? Lol

I think it's a 2009 Craftsman 7-drawer toolbox...

That would make sense cause the 3 drawer version has narrower non-truck like wheels...

bowtiepimp wrote:

Awesome job Ant....... looks great and this thread is an excellent guide for the people who want to follow trend

thanks Chris, hope it helps somebody.
if anyone starts an air ride build and runs into something i havent covered in here,
your more then welcome to get ahold of me and ill do my best to answer your questions.
been around this stuff for years.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Lookin good! You have too many other projects going on though! :p

What's that truck in the background? Lol

you sound like my wife now, shes always tellin me to stop helpin everybody else and work on my own car.

and that pile of rust is not your truck, your pile is in the driveway.
you cant claim all the rust piles.
and these pics are from before you even bought the truck.

still shootin for the show in CT on the 17th.
most of the heavy welding is done in the back.
need to wait to get my tires mounted before the sheet metal work starts.
ive cut alot of the wheel wells in the back to ready them for the wheel/tire.
test fitting the rim with no tire on it, it looks like the tire is gonna be real close to, if not hitting the rear door latch striker.
fingers crossed i dont have to relocate that..

both my problems are taken care of.. thanks Bill and Mike.

ive got the bags out of the front and started to mark for the tie rod notches.

ill do my best to get some pics up over the long weekend.

FINALLY....
picture time...almost.
heres a pic of my nicely machined axle...
ill post the other 40 something pics up tomorrow after i
get back from a show in CT.

What a great thread. Lots of progress, cant wait to see the rest of the pics youve got, and ultimately...the finished [project]

Wow. That axle HAD to be making some noise!

MASShole9C1 wrote:

What a great thread. Lots of progress, cant wait to see the rest of the pics youve got, and ultimately...the finished [project]

thanks Brian, i cant wait for it to be on the road also. not sure it will ever be "finished"

toomanytoyz wrote:

Wow. That axle HAD to be making some noise!

just turn up the radio....

got home a late from ct yesterday.
had a great time though, saw Mike with his impala.
also saw someone i havent seen in a long while, Chris P., we had a long talk catchin up.
sorry our walking chat ended so soon, seemed like every time i turned around there was someone
else i knew, it was good seeing you, and hope you can make it to the fall cruise.

got to catch up with alot of other friends i havent seen in a while also.

on with the pics.
tear down of the new rear.








ss rear and the 9c1 rear.

ss rear

9c1 rear


this is pretty much where the wheel will sit when aired out.


yolk comin up through the floor, still gotta trim a little
so it has room to spin.


was starting to wonder if i was gonna come to the trans first or where
the drive shaft stopped hitting the floor...


brackets almost done.
i know they look unlevel in the pic, i think it might be the cut floor.


stack o wheels awaiting for there shoes to be mounted.
gonna just run them the way they are the rest of this year, then ill have
them stripped and powder coated over the winter.

da shooz


junk yard score to replace the scary sending unit.
i almost shat myself when i spotted this gem. not bad for $20..



blasted tie rod notches.

2 years of layin the tie rods on the frame left little guess work.

cut out.

jacked up to make sure i cut enough.

and almost finished.





and ive decided this is going to be the thread i post all the work done to the car
from here on out. i hate searching for my old threads.

so heres the first none suspension related mod.
old hole from the universal manual roof.

roof section of new roof.


guts of the new roof.

trimmed off the extra metal.


roof scribed.

and cut.

tacked in, if it looks buckled a little in the front, it was, fixed now.

glass test fit.

ahhh.

oohhhhh....thanks again Billy Mac


thats it for now....
hopin to be able to bring it to the fall cruise.