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Old 09-15-2009, 09:10 AM   #1
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Unhappy 60-62 airride?

i have look and looked. (the search is not worked for me for weeks)

i need to know what all u guys have been doing to get drop spindal and air bags on the front of a 60-61. hell if you know of the thread just show me the way

PLEASE>>> HELP

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Old 09-15-2009, 05:38 PM   #2
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Re: 60-62 airride?

try some of imperial customs posts, or pm him, he has done 2 early trucks.
dropmember also sells a kit for the 60-62.

the cheap way i think is to use the entire crossmember out of a 67-87, and then airride that.
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Old 09-15-2009, 06:19 PM   #3
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Re: 60-62 airride?

Buy dropped spindles for your truck and upgrade to disc. Pull out your torsion bars (press out, actually) and put plates on the control arms and upper frame section as if you were bagging any other truck.
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Old 09-15-2009, 06:25 PM   #4
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Re: 60-62 airride?

You can convert a torsion front end to ride on bags. If you can measure, cut and weld its not hard. The drop members are $$$ now you can get drop spindles for 60-62 trucks but you havw to upgrade to later model disc brakes. I think the cheapest would be to fab the bag mounts in your front end and get drop spindles.
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Old 09-15-2009, 07:00 PM   #5
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Re: 60-62 airride?

Plate the lower arms as PT stated, and you piece together a drop spindle/brake kit using 88 and up brake parts.
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Old 09-15-2009, 11:06 PM   #6
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Re: 60-62 airride?

I don't believe that will work with the '60-'62 front suspension. Unless you know something I don't.

[QUOTE=ChiefRocka;3520260]Plate the lower arms as PT stated, and you piece together a drop spindle/brake kit using 88 and up brake parts.[/QUOTE]
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Old 09-16-2009, 11:09 AM   #7
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Re: 60-62 airride?

thanks guys for the info, i really need to go pretty cheap or i would love to go with a dropmember.

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Old 09-16-2009, 02:56 PM   #8
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Re: 60-62 airride?

Cheap and Dropmember dont go together. haha
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