Projects 1957 Chevy Pickup

Upates woooo!

Mockup....front end with leafs taken out.


Leafs removed....


Guess who can stop now?


Up there..


Found some wheels! Got em for free just had to hunt for em in the parts yard for a couple hours.

 

Stock front end came with six leaves. So maybe you only took out two, but three are missing, lol. Be sure to trim the bumpstops if you haven't. Three leaves out will give a rough ride on big bumps. Ask me how I know...

 

nice score on the steelies - cant wait to see this thing with wide whites.

 

Okay how do you know?

 

Which? That there was originally six leaves? Or the rough ride on big bumps with three leaves up front?

Six leaves up front is just what they came with. I know it'll be rough on big bumps up front with three leaves because that's how mine is set up. My bumpstops are trimmed in half. I took out the three shortest leaves. This left about 2" of travel with the trimmed bumpstops. On big bumps/potholes the axle hits. Its a little "bouncy" on smaller bumps but doesn't hit.

I think you'll like the ride the rear mono leaves gives. I have 4" dropped mono leaves in the rear of mine along with 2" dropped shackles. Less travel back there than the front but the ride is waaaaay better. It never hits in the rear, although the most I've hauled is a couple of spare rims and tires.

 

Hmmm....we'll see how it goes. I still got the other leafs if I need to put em back in.

 

Removing the three leaves gave me 3" of drop. Yours may be plus or minus a little bit depending on how good or bad your springs are. I'm going to install some thinner bumpstops to try and give mine a little more travel. I think I can get another inch, which may be just enough.

 

Nice! Maybe someday I'll go lower with mine. BUt I like it now, because its plenty low and still has clearence. Im taller than it now hahaha.

 

Here is a '58 I did for my dad. We flipped the axle on top of the leafs, which gave it 4 1/2" of drop. We left all six leafs in, and the ride is smooth as glass:

 

This dude flipped a 3" dropped axle. Check it out...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=526534

That should be plenty low although it requires notching the frame and oil pan clearance may be a problem depending on what engine is in the truck. I think oil pan clearance should be much less of a concern with a six than a v8.

HOLLYWQQD has got me thinking, lol...

 

Ya I dont think I ever wanna hack up the frame, haha.

 

as terd has stated, with 3 leafs up front, its a bit bouncy. not too bad on the smaller bumps and humps in the road, but gotta be careful on the bigger ones. i too have 3 leafs up front in my 57 and have trimmed my bump stops in half, but when i hit a big bump my problem is the leaf bolts and top bracket hitting the frame. when i get un-lazy i am gonna bolt a strip of 3/16" thick mud flap to the frame in that area to make it no so harsh a sound when bottoming out.

leonard

 

Picked up my master cylender and booster yesterday, dropped off my wheels to get sandblasted, ordering new tires today! Its coming together quick now!

 

Gota love those trucks .Tom (Tired Old Man)

 

Just got those wheels back from the sandblaster, let the rattle can annhilation begin!

 

what did you go with on the tires?

 

Im thinkin these....the only thing that Im not too sure of is the load capacity, which is 1970lbs @ 32psi. Do I need to worry about that?

http://store.cokertire.com/tire-sty...ll/l78-15-coker-classic-4-whitewall-tire.html

 

Anyone know anything about hubcaps? These wheels are off an old toyota, and the clips are about 8" apart. I tried to get a baby moon made for a chevy wheel on there and it didnt fit....

 

Got my tires! Went with the Coker L78-15's. Scrubbed all the blue shit off today. They are lookin nice!

 

Where's the pics?

 

Maybe pics tomorrow. Basicly all it needs now to get back on the street again is the parking break and the tires. So close!

 

New fat ass white walls!

 

look at that smile

 

The smile of a psychopath....

 

So I came up on a job so Im gonna ditch those mis-matched beat up steel wheels and get some smoothies. Cant decide though...painted w/chrome trim? Or all chrome? Decisions decisions....

 

love that skateboard graphic, vision psychostick was my first ever skateboard - loved it!

 

painted wheels are the new chrome.

 

Im riding one right now, wanted one ever since I was little. I love my Vision!

 

Im thinkin chrome. Ladies like the chrome.

 

o yea