maxxy's 81 bagged c10 build

[maxxxy]

Got one of my lca's reinforced today and hopefully I can start on my other one tomorrow afternoon. The original strip of metal was half inch plate but I used 1/4" for all the new boxing in and plating and whatnot. They aren't the prettiest lower control arms ever built, but but look pretty enough for me. they sure seem strong too. I painted them in bed coating. I wanted hammertone but I couldn't find any.




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[made2drag]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

Got one of my lca's reinforced today and hopefully I can start on my other one tomorrow afternoon. The original strip of metal was half inch plate but I used 1/4" for all the new boxing in and plating and whatnot. They aren't the prettiest lower control arms ever built, but but look pretty enough for me. they sure seem strong too. I painted them in bed coating. I wanted hammertone but I couldn't find any.




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that looks a lot stronger than they were! 1000 times better and safer, good job.

[Mr. 250r]

on the back side it looks to be pieces of metal weld together are you gonna fill up the holes and stuff or just leave it? and for post # 55 picture 2? i think it has your cross member thingy as you called it looks like there's vertical up welds on the place where the bracket is that connects the link to the axle, were those fixed? or just left that way if they were left i really suggest fixing them not trying to bash you by any means and i know if it a vertical it isn't easy either

[maxxxy]

On page 4 you can see that I switched out the crossmember thingy to that style. In the post #55 you are referring to, my welds were horrible. I've gotten a ton better.

On my last post where you noticed the holes on my lca's, that's from when after I welded and grinded the welds down. I probably won't be worrying about fixing them, unless someone on here thinks its a safety problem.
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[grayharville]

You want all the welds to be as absolutely perfect as you can get them.

That's one place ill never skimp.
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[Mr. 250r]

If you've ever done a bend test you know that holes like those would split wide open and fail maybe I'm being to structurally critical but that's a part of the truck that absorbs basically everything and it doesn't help those are pieces of metal welded together in the middle so the first place they're gonna try and bend is the middle that seems to be not welded on the back side not only from vibration and shock but the weight of the truck but maybe I'm wrong I would fix it no reason not to its an easy fix as the cliche saying goes better safe than sorry
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[Nobaddaze]

LCA's look alot better. keep it up

[maxxxy]

Originally Posted by Nobaddaze

LCA's look alot better. keep it up

Thank you sir!

Ok so I got a few things for my truck this weekend!
I went to A&A in OKC and they had a 3 suburbans that I could pick from.
I ended up getting :
A chrome rear bumper (looks exactly like sport bumper)
A suburban gas tank
All fuel lines
And the drivers steering linkage/arm thingy on mine had threads stripped so I got one of those too.

I installed the bumper and it looks really good. It's covered in bumper stickers, but it's almost completely undented/ unscratched

The suburban tank is where I run into an issue.

I'm bagged with a step notch, so space is really limited.
I plan to raise the bed floor so mounting the tank from the top of the bed for extra ground clearance would probably be my best option.

I have never done such a swap, though I'm capable, I just don't know the procedure. Maybe somebody can give me some input as to how to go about this.
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[CuRtdOgG]

Where are the pics at man?? Lol sounds cool though..check my page out and see what I'm dealing with and leave some info for me! I still need some help picking out some compressors and u need too check my truck out.
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[luifer76]

hey Maxxxy how big is the suburban tank? and the shape? post pics of the tank and from the look of your pics you have nothing behind the axle so if the tank is a square tank like the blazer tanks you should be able to mount it behind the axle and between the frame rails like other guys mount their fuel cells.... do some measuring and remember that if the tank hangs lower than the frame rails is ok because the rear part of the frame doesn't sit on the ground while the truck is laid out... and also check out mooseknuckles thread he installed a blazer tank on his...

[CuRtdOgG]

Originally Posted by luifer76

hey Maxxxy how big is the suburban tank? and the shape? post pics of the tank and from the look of your pics you have nothing behind the axle so if the tank is a square tank like the blazer tanks you should be able to mount it behind the axle and between the frame rails like other guys mount their fuel cells.... do some measuring and remember that if the tank hangs lower than the frame rails is ok because the rear part of the frame doesn't sit on the ground while the truck is laid out... and also check out mooseknuckles thread he installed a blazer tank on his...

What up lulifer. Long time no talk man
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[maxxxy]

Luifer-
I believe mine is the mid sized tank, which I think holds 31 gal. I wish it was the smaller 25 gal, but I couldn't find one. The only problem with basing mine off of mooseknuckles, is he has a long bed, which equals more space behind the axle.
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[luifer76]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

Luifer-
I believe mine is the mid sized tank, which I think holds 31 gal. I wish it was the smaller 25 gal, but I couldn't find one. The only problem with basing mine off of mooseknuckles, is he has a long bed, which equals more space behind the axle.
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im not sure bro cause none of my trucks are long bed and some of this guys here may be able to verify this but i believe that all long beds are longer frames but is all before the axle not after the axle look at a longbed picture closely and compare it to a shortbed picture and you'll see what im talking about....

[luifer76]

i just looked on mooseknuckles thread and he's running a 25 gallon blazer tank and it looks like it fits just right what shape is the tank you have anyway?....

[maxxxy]

Oh I might be wrong on the long bed, but ill check on that.
The tank is almost a perfect square with rounded corners. It has like a 3/4 inch lip
around the perimeter of the square tank. And I think from lip to lip, it's something close to
29" square
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[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by maxxxy

Oh I might be wrong on the long bed, but ill check on that.
The tank is almost a perfect square with rounded corners. It has like a 3/4 inch lip
around the perimeter of the square tank. And I think from lip to lip, it's something close to
29" square
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yeah...it's like 28"x28 1/4" or somethin and 10" tall the 30 gal is the same but only 12"tall....

[luifer76]

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles

yeah...it's like 28"x28 1/4" or somethin and 10" tall the 30 gal is the same but only 12"tall....

cool if thats the case it may fit behind the axle and it may work for Maxxxy

[maxxxy]

I got a little work done this evening!!! It's been a while since I last was able to work on my truck, but thats because it's my senior year, and I'm coming down to the final part of my last basketball season. In fact, next weekend, Mar. 8-10 is the state tournament! Haha. My team is doing great this year and we're fortunate enough to still be playing while many others have already ended their season.
As much as I want to be able to have free time to spend working on my truck, I don't ever want my season to end.


Well enough of that, on to the truck!

This evening I did some modifications to be able to use a suburban gas tank above the frame rails on my bagged truck.
I started out by temp. bracing the frame, then I took the rear support, turned it backwards then moved it 5 inches or so rearward.
Then I removed the spare tire holder.
Then I took a price of 1x1 square tubing and mounted it under the frame in the same location the spare tire holder was. (I am not finished securing it, so there will be more than just one tank strap)





You can see in the last pic that the tank does not hang at all below the frame, which will really give me some peice of mind.

Here in a couple of weeks I'll really be able to dive into this truck and get some progress.
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[CuRtdOgG]

Looks good. Lemme know when we can get together ! I might end up having to use one of those myself!
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[luifer76]

looking good maxxxy.... it looks like the tank fits just right...

[made2drag]

any progress pics?

[maxxxy]

Well nothing new worth taking pictures about. Lol
Well my senior basketball season is finally over. We lost out in the 2nd round of the state tournament. :/ it's life though. My teammates and I still had a great season and I enjoyed every second of it.

Though with basketball now over, I have way more free time, which equals truck time!!
This week I have marked a few things off the list, getting me that much closer to my goal.
•I installed new motor mounts
•I fixed a cut brake line
•I shortened my gas tank straps, built new bolts for that as well
(old ones sheared off) and got the fuel tank in solid
•I made the rear half of my raised frame (for raised bed floor) bolt in for easier access to my gas tank
•I also had to raise the raised frame even more.
It looks like my bed floor will be raised just about 7 inches
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[maxxxy]

Got my truck out of the barn and washed months of dirt off!
Here's a picture.


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[CuRtdOgG]

Looks good man
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[maxxxy]

Originally Posted by CuRtdOgG

Looks good man
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Thanks Curt!
I wanna see how yours is coming along!

Ok so a little progress doing odds and end little things.
Ordered a new thornbeck bros. tubular transmission crossmember
Tore out the A/c unit because as much as I'd hate to spend the money, I think I'm gonna eventually get that vintage air under dash setup.
Pulled out the old trans xmember.
Installed some billet brake, accelerator, and e-brake pedals.
Plus other random small things.

I have a question, does anyone know how to shorten e brake cables?

And also I've decided on the next big step of my project, I am going to section my crossmember 1.5".
It's either this, or "Z"ing my fame probably 2inches.
The reason I am thinking about the section, is because it is more self contained and I can remove it and transport it to a sandblaster or welder much easier than moving the whole truck. Plus I think it's less things I need to get like metal plates and such. But if someone can shed enough info to sway me, I'm all for it.

Oh and does anyone know where to buy sandblasting material locally? I picked up a little sb gun for $12 bucks at attwoods so I thought if give it a try. Lol
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