Projects My First Custom - Shoebox Project

Springs are in.....

 

Removing the pads from the S10 rear...

 

Very nice build!

 

Nice day yesterday.

Stripped the subrame, and power washed it.

 

Love the tire / cap choice Rich...

 

You got some great metal skills. Love your OLD car. I really like the 49-50 dash on those fords.

 

and most here would agree that sounds so ghey

 

Lookin' great! Beautiful metal work

 

Mocking the rear end placement...

With the springs de-arched three inches, I figured I would still need 1 or 2 inch lowering blocks, so I made some 1 1/2 inch biodegradeable blocks for testing.

Looks pretty good, with the weight on the springs, the axle is 3 inches from the snubber.

I like how the springs look with the weight of the car, not flat, still a little curve.

 

The S10 track width is 3 inches narrower than the shoebox, so I figured I would get custome offset wheels made.

Then I figured, why not just get a set of 49 chevy wheels, and reverse them.

Reversing the chevy wheels gives about and inch and half more positive offset, should be just right. I haven't welded the centers yet, need to true them up this weekend and weld them.

 

This is one of those threads that i hope never ends when I'm scrolling through!!! Did you de-arch just the main or the others in the pack too? Patch job and trunk looks great. Can't wait for the next installment!

 

I dearched all of them to match the main leaf.

Rich

 

Great work! Looking foward to seeing more on this one. My shoebox is a little worse than you started with and this thread is some great motivation. Will be starting in the spring. Ive also put a lot of thought into how to lower mine, Im looking foward to see how the s-10 clip works for you.

 

Very cool! I just picked up a 49, keep up the good work! Subscribed.

 

rich, nice work

 

Impressive build, love the wheel, tire, and cap choice. Another sweet shoe box in the works. Thanx for the cool posts. ~sololobo~

 

looking good.

 

Trued up the wheels last weekend, and welded them solid.

I threw a dial indicator on them, and was able to get the runout within .020

 

I rolled it outside, to turn it around in the garage, and take a look at how low the rear sat.

Could go a little lower in the back, we'll see once the front comes down.

 

Rearend is setting nice!!!

 

looking awesome ! its cool your goin traditional springs and de arched leafs . hope this thread goes all the way

 

I spent a lot of time looking at this thread....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386545

Then went to work.







I made a million measurements, and marked everything on the floor.

Then, made the cut.....

 

The frame was absolutely filled with a fine dirt.

So I took this opportunity, to put an 8 foot section of 3/4 pvc on then end of a vacuum hose, and sucked all the dirt out.

Every once in a while the pipe would clog...

This is what I found.

 

After all the measuring, I decided that I would not Z the clip, and try to match the clip as close to the ford frame as possible.


I figured, if it needs to go lower, dropped spindles are only $100

So, to mate the new clip, I pie cut the frame, to match the height and width of the shoebox, 3 X 4.5 inches.

 

Once the frame was welded, I went to work on the fish plates.

Inside.






Outside.

 

Looking great. You are building a car on my bucket list. Love th eshoebox for. Nice job on the build
Don

 

Looking good..it's coming together nicely!!

 

Clipped!!!

 

Wheels painted.....






Stones mounted