Topic: making my 73 ford courier go fast, turn, and stop (Read 83023 times)

ratcityrex · « **Reply #30 on:** December 30, 2015, 12:38:16 AM »

Bitchen!!

turbohf · « **Reply #31 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:10:29 AM »

fuck yeah. i cant imagine what the floor would have looked like in my Nova if it was rusted out. sure as shit wouldnt look like that! obviously not million dollar shop perfect, but seriously you have built a damn good looking floor!

keep up the solid work, and keep us updated

Tim · « **Reply #32 on:** December 30, 2015, 11:31:12 AM »

excellent work

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #33 on:** December 31, 2015, 04:01:27 AM »

thanks guys, the positive feed back is why i keep posting updates. im gonna start welding tomorrow. i hope it doesnt warp too bad.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #34 on:** December 31, 2015, 06:47:12 PM »

Short welds and jump around.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #35 on:** January 01, 2016, 12:28:55 AM »

6 hours of welding later i have just about all of the top of my floor welded. it doesnt look like any of it warped. i pulled the cab off to get to the bottom seams right before i left for the day. should be able to finish welding it tomorrow and maybe even put primer on it.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #36 on:** January 01, 2016, 02:20:51 AM »

Awesome

turbohf · « **Reply #37 on:** January 02, 2016, 09:22:00 PM »

thats a hell of a project you have taken on. floors, tunnel, recessed fire wall, mii front suspension.... im not ready for something like that lol.

is the floor going to require any bracing? or is it solid the way it is?

keep it up, looking good.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #38 on:** January 03, 2016, 12:17:31 PM »

i was expecting to have to do some bracing but its incredibly solid as it sits with barely any flex even with my fat ass crawling around on it. when i put the seat rails in i will be adding some overkill bracing top and bottom. thats just to make sure the seat stays put if i ever do hit anything.

finished the floor and got it seam sealed and primered. there are two spots on the upper fire wall that i missed and will be finishing them today. i just needed t get the primer on it before today so i dont have to worry abut it rusting while it sits outside

highroller54 · « **Reply #39 on:** January 03, 2016, 11:58:45 PM »

Looks good faggot

ratcityrex · « **Reply #40 on:** January 04, 2016, 01:46:34 AM »

Sweet!!!

DSharp · « **Reply #41 on:** January 19, 2016, 07:41:45 PM »

I love watching some cut and weld a shitbox into something nice. Keep it up chicken fucker!

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 27, 2016, 03:50:40 PM »

Damn you made that look easy!

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #43 on:** January 27, 2016, 05:48:44 PM »

Thanks guys. More progress to come after my taxes get here. Im still not sure what seats I'm gonna run yet. I'm leaning towards some mercedes C class AMG seats cause i want lots of support,black leather and seat heaters plus they are fat people friendly to fit my 38" waist.

BoostedSchemes · « **Reply #44 on:** January 29, 2016, 10:08:27 PM »

This is awesome, looking forward to seeing you nog out the turbo setup.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #45 on:** February 19, 2016, 11:17:56 AM »

more progress. i picket up upper control arms, steering stuff, 2003 Saab 93 seats, and a short side axle to narrow my 8.8 rear end.

the seats take up a little more room than i originally thought but they are heated, power leather seats and say "Turbo" in the middle so ill work around that. i pulled the seat cover off and cut out the "hump" on the back of the back rest for more clearance. that wasnt enough so i also trimmed the rear cab brace to get an extra few inches. after the seat was installed i realized how little room i had left for my pedals so i had to cut the fire wall out and extend it back into the engine bay.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #46 on:** February 19, 2016, 04:20:16 PM »

Looks good man!!

highroller54 · « **Reply #47 on:** February 20, 2016, 11:21:28 AM »

Good work chicken fucker

mandrel-bends · « **Reply #48 on:** February 20, 2016, 05:24:44 PM »

Nice work.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #49 on:** February 21, 2016, 05:00:52 AM »

spent most of the day working on narrowing my 8.8. i chose the hard way and drilled the plug welds and hammered out the axle tube then reinstalled it lining up all my marks. it was a huge pain in the ass and if i were to do another i would just cut and weld the tube. installing it was even worse than removing it. i used 2 2200lb eye bolts and shackles hooked to a 2600lb chain through the pumpkin with some bearing press dies threaded around the eye bolts. i had to tighten the bolt as hard as i could then beat the fuck out of it while its under tension with a hammer then repeat steps 1 & 2 for eternity each time only moving the tube a millimeter or two. giant pain in the ass but its done and im over it.

drain

mark

drill- 1/4, 5/16, 18.5mm mill bit

remove all fancy like

difference in left vs right axle 2 7/8"

fancy press tool

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #50 on:** February 22, 2016, 11:31:53 AM »

doing some more assembly. the truck is a bit lighter than i expected it to be. it cant even compress one jaguar rear coil spring(jags have 2 per side). the shocks just stay topped out and dont even sag when i stand on the front bumper. narrowing the axle made the spring perches the perfect width to bolt it back up to the leaf springs for mock up. feels good to see this thing back on its own wheels after 9 months.

turbohf · « **Reply #51 on:** February 22, 2016, 01:31:02 PM »

nice.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #52 on:** February 29, 2016, 11:36:24 AM »

almost done with the fire wall
passenger side finally done

steering support in place and basic shape of teh drivers pedal area worked out

extended floor piece for the gas pedal shaped out

all welded in

ratcityrex · « **Reply #53 on:** February 29, 2016, 01:11:58 PM »

Wow, what a shit ton of fab work. Keep at it man! It's really coming together.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #54 on:** February 29, 2016, 04:34:21 PM »

Its really hard to stay focused on this thing with how nice this northern California weather has been lately. Tough choice between sitting in my shop and going out mountain biking

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #55 on:** March 01, 2016, 07:23:56 AM »

This thing keeps getting better and better!

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #56 on:** March 03, 2016, 02:09:30 AM »

picking up the pieces to install my 4 link this weekend. the threaded bungs i got were 1" OD so i made some sleeves out of 1.5" .250" wall DOM to fit them snugly into the 1.75" .125" wall DOM im using for the links.

cut all the stock tabs off of the 8.8 so its ready for the 4 link tabs. i grossly underestimated how much time and grinding that this would take.

i fabbed up some sleeves to replace the front coil springs and made spacers for the rear to set ride height to give me an idea of what needed to be where. its a little higher than i thought it would be but it still looks good. if i decide to slam it out i can get drop spindles to keep my control arm alignment in the front.

92CXyD · « **Reply #57 on:** March 03, 2016, 10:19:15 AM »

Looks like the home stretch is in sight, keep it going, this is getting Fabtastic and sexy

ratcityrex · « **Reply #58 on:** March 03, 2016, 10:27:11 AM »

Dude, this looks so bad ass!!

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #59 on:** March 07, 2016, 03:39:16 AM »

doin more work. seemed like i didnt really get shit done this weekend cause it takes forever to plan out shit than to actually build it. only have 2 links done but i know where the other 2 are going so the fab work should go quickly.

pulled the cab and bed off so i could take accurate measurements and make sure everything is perfectly lined up. measured everything at least 20 times before welding. then measures 10 more after tacking it in place.

trying to get the most angle and still keeping it true 4 link i combined the top frame mount 3 tabs, 2 bushings one bolt.

the links

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