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i'm not big on bagged trucks but i can definitely appreciate hard and good work.keep going

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luv less for the time being

Hey thanks for the support. It means a lot. I got it started today and I can't stop smiling. I'm so motivated to get this done. Can't wait to drive it

i know that feeling. great to build some thing with your own hands and see it work.

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luv less for the time being

Well a few posts back a talked about "triangulating" my lower control arms and there were some questions about it. So today I did a Lil work on them and here's what I came up with so far. Not done yet.

First I started with a small piece of 1/8 inch plate and welded it to the arm where the new piece of the arm is going to connect



Then I lined up the pivot points on the original arm and the new piece I am adding with a piece of 1/2 inch all thread. Both pieces of the arm must pivot in a straight line together as one or the arm will bind throughout travel



Then go ahead and weld them up with the all thread still going through both pieces. I will post pics of the brackets I am putting on the frame for the new piece tomorrow

Got my drive shaft finished

2 1/4 inch body drop to flat rocker. No pinch.







Tight fit much?



Lays hard

Dude, what do you do for your day job?

Great work.

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Three Amigos

I manage an auto part store

im still learning about bodydrops .. did you do stock floor or traditional?

traditional. stock floor would be if i replaced the frame rails with something not as tall. i cut my floor and raised it. i didnt go stockfloor because i want as much room ander the cab as possible for mufflers and stuff

Well I needed new tie rods for my truck and called moog and they no longer manufacture or carry tie rods for the luv. So I started checking out some tie rods from different vehicles for same length and taper. I found out that 68 through 74 chevy nova tie rods work perfect.

Inner is a moog#es681n

Adjusting sleeve #es350s

Outer#es381r

Working in a parts store sure helps. This is useful information to have.

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Three Amigos

agreed .. great info to have on the tie rod stuff

Almost done





Picked these up cheap. Pathfinders

NICE its seeing pictures like these that make me want to go start the build on my luv

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Good new and bad news! The good news is that the truck is looking awesome. The bad new is that even though it looks awesome the engine blew up. So I just started on another engine. Hope to have it done by the end of the week. And I got a new intake manifold since mine was a Lil taller than I liked

well that bad news sucks

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luv less for the time being

New manifold on my new engine

Well it's pretty fast. Runs great! I'm stoked

looks good

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luv less for the time being