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| | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | Got my project started yesterday.took the bed off of my 55,2nd.I am going to install new suspension in the rear,new springs,shocks,mounts,shackles,etc.And also flipping the rearend.I lowered it about three yrs. ago by just taking leaves out of the springs,but I think this will be a better system and give it a little better ride.I have the system from TCI ,complete with sway bar.Guess the next step will be to read the instuctions,before I start grinding off rivets.One good thing is,I have a few months to get the job done.Glad I installed the woodstove in the shop. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | I dooooooo like that yellow truck. Very slick. What TCI did you get? Did you go 4 link or something more standard? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 388 | Greattruck!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck on the frontend.  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | I got the one that comes with 4 leaf rear springs,new mounts,shackles,etc..Have had it for a couple of years,just now getting around to installing it.A friend of mine who builds street rods,told me this setup will ride better than the 4 pt.suspension with coilovers.Hope he is right.Starting it now gives me plenty of time to finish it before spring and the cruisin season,working at it in my spare time.I have a woodworking shop attached to my garage,and someone is always wanting something made in there.Always something to do.Who says retirement is easy?Course the thing is I enjoy the wood shop and also working in the garage on the trucks. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I need a new shinny bed in my 52,, come down and I will let you help install it,,, you can even work outside where it is about 80  Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | Hey Fred,if things ever work out where we can move down that way,I would be glad to put a new shiny bed in Red Ryder. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 209 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 209 | Dale youll like that rear setup. I put it on my 57 and it was straightforward install. It lowered the back but not too much and will be a better ride than mono or fourbar setups. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | I did my own wood working today Dale, I had to get 50 ft of lap and gap siding for my house that had dry rotted. Got it mounted but have to caulk/paint tomorrow as I ran out of light. I had to drive about 60 miles north of dallas to get the stuff. Nobody around here stocks the stuff, and its weird, since almost every house in my 'hood has some. I could have ordered it and waited for a few daze, but I am too impatient for that. | | |
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