I do have a camera phone, lol. All I did with it today was unload it. I got back after dark last night, so I waited until this morning. I was dealing with another project leaving also, and working on this:


Once I am done with the intake, I am going parts hunting at pick n pull. Got drop spindles on their way, and need parts to convert to 84-95 brakes. I might convert to the whole clip, I hated how much camber my old truck had. I'll be building arms for it, 4-link, etc as I have time. I still have a lot going on in the shop, so I'm only working on it after hours.

 

I actually have like 3 cameras, lol. My phone, a cheap Aolympus I keep at the shop most of the time, and a DSLR thats actually nice. For taking clear pics of my welds, lol!

 

looking good, i been doing so intake work to the cyn yota. u so check it out.

 

wooo, thats nice!! is it for show or do you plan on getting a increase in HP with it? This will sit lower than original right?

 

Its for hood clearance on a doored truck, and honestly it will probably hurt performance.

I saw you started shaving the intake, I will go look again. Lol.

 

im going to get it tumbled when im done, then a brushed finsh

 

That will look cool. It already looks good. I had that header I did ceramic coated, and they tumble it to polish the coating. You can see a few areas it couldn't reach.

 

Got some used drop spindles today, and about a week ago I found this Weber carb. Needs a rebuild but has a cool Redline cast aluminum air filter cover.

 

Looks like you read alot haha. Glad this truck is makin some kind of progress. Just don't sell it this time obviously your meant to be in a small truck haha

 

Thats a sick air cleaner cover

 

nice man, glad to see you back.

 

Ya it is, thats mostly why I wanted it. I think I might powder coat it and sand the raised parts.

Most of those are parts books or manuals and stuff, but yes I do read a lot. And okay, I will try not to sell this one.


My used drop spindles showed up today. And I went to Pick-N-Pull and robbed an 89 pickup of its front clip and hubs.

 

How much did the clip cost if you don't mind me asking

 

$90. They charged me $25 for the damn crossmember... My luck is hit or miss with that place.

 

just another one subscribing to this thread i watched FRANK being built. the workmanship that went into her puts most shops to shame. how is the shop goin?

Are you goin to swap lower control arms from a late model truck? or run early ones?

if your doin it with custom upper arms and late model lowers i would be keen on some custom upper arms to bring back my camber

good luck with the build i will be on this site all the time

 

I didn't get the control arms because I make my own control arm kit, and I will just run that. It didn't make sense to buy parts I won't use. I only needed the frame and idler arm. I have two steering boxes (power and manual), and a new center link. And I figure I should just replace the tie rods while I am in there.

 

Finished that intake I was working on.


Got a few more customer things to take care of and then I will try to get some work done on this. Might actually start tomorrow if I bust ass in the morning.

 

Making my own tube caps for the links.

 

Sweet those are nice. I made so for bumpers befor.
Did you get the truck running yet

 

Thanks.

I haven't really touched the truck. The gas tank is out and there is no key, so I need to swap the column and hook the tank up first. May need some wiring work too. I'm going to focus on the suspension first, since I am pulling the motor out to clip it. Also want to identify the transmission, and possibly swap it for a later one I have in the shed, depending on which one is better.