Congrats Luke!! Very cool, enjoy...they do grow fast!

well life has been pretty hectic since kolby was born but wonderful at the same time. been busy with the family and working on customer cars but i finally found some spare time and got the floor cutout and new pans fitted up just need to weld them in now. hopefully i can find time this week to get them in then on to replacing the 1/4's. just got an ISIS wiring system for it as well as an accel DFI system to control the 6.0L when the time comes.
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Nice work on the car. Funny how time passes so quick when real life gets in the way huh? Kids, work, all of that. Keep the updates coming!:cheers:

Well here's why i've been so busy.......
L & H Kustoms is proud to announce our new Pro Billet™ Tall Spindles. Designed to fit the 64-72 A body, 67-69 F body, and 68-74 X body platforms, machined out of ultra strong, lightweight 6061 T6511 aircraft spec aluminum with an ultra strong billet spindle shaft machined from 4130 Chromoly steel. They come hard anodized black for the ultimate in corrosion protection. We offer 2 versions, 2” drop and stock height. They are designed to utilize either your factory 69-72 disc brakes components or in conjunction with our C5/C6 corvette disc brake conversion kit which includes billet aluminum hubs and billet aluminum caliper brackets. The tall spindle incorporates a raised upper ball joint to radically improve the vehicles handling characteristics by transforming the camber gain to improve handling. The Pro Billet™ Tall Spindle bolts directly in place of the OEM assembly to either factory or aftermarket tubular control arms, and with the use of hardened SAE660 bronze upper and lower ball joint inserts, any taper can be machined into the spindle.

Features include:

- Tall spindle improves negative camber gain under suspension load
- Machined from ultra lightweight, exceptionally strong 6061 T6511 aluminum
- Press-in hardened SAE660 bronze ball joint inserts prevent wear and fatigue
- Revised bolt-on Pro Billet™ steering arm improves bump steer *coming soon
- Direct bolt-on spindle replacement for A-F-X body vehicles
- Available in 2” drop and stock height

Patent Pending

PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA


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Looks very nice.

PS Lou please tell me those aren't your hands. If so you need to get back to work on the cars and take a pass on the manicures.

Marty your too funny :lol: those are the wife's hands I had to hold it for the picture and figured her hands are much better looking than mine

What kind of engineering is behind those spindles? What kind of destructive and FEA testing did you do to the spindles? How much load can the lower bushing see before it comes out or breaks? What's the price point of a pair?

Tyler

Nice work Luke. I don't have one of the cars they would fit but still wish you the best of luck with them. How's the baby and your wife doing?

Eric thanks the wife and baby are great kolby is almost 7 months old now he's sitting up playing with toys and such he'll be crawling soon :)

Tyler the engineering and FEA testing was done by someone who designs aircraft land gear so he is well educated in stress on parts. we are finalizing our design and undergoing extensive testing as we speak these are preproduction pieces in the pictures. they will be made available soon. I am working on finalizing pricing and should have $ figures soon. Thanks for your interest

Well finally got to work on my car today (needed the therapy) got the d/s floor pan fitted and got the braces cleaned up and coated with por15 and began fitting the DSE heater delete plate im going to be welding in on the firewall. I like the look of a clean smooth firewall but it needs some shape and not just flat IMO.
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Lookin' good Luke!

Finally you get to work on your own car! Good for you! Looking good!! :thumbsup:

Nice to see some pics.

Keep up the good work.

Lookin good !!! Did you end up getting a stock frame to modify or an aftermarket chassis like roadster shop or morrison etc. ? Should be a great ride and family friendly when done.........Winner Winner Xmas dinner !!!

Paul
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Thanks for the compliments
I did get a stock frame to modify it was a complete roller for $100 couldn't pass it up.

Looking good Luke! I hope you and the family had a great Christmas. First one with the little one!!:thumbsup:

Thanks Eric we had a great christmas with Kolby he had fun and loves all his new toys. Been working a little on the car this week and hope to have the floors in and the DSE plate welded in by the end of the weekend.

Well as I have been extremely busy with customer projects I decided I needed to take some time and work on my car as it has been neglected all year. So yesterday I decided to mount my frame on my chassis table and spend some time on it.
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So today I spent some time stitch welding the poor factory seams to add some strength
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Then I decided to recycle my old crossmember and driveshaft hoop for the rear
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And here it is mocked up. Just need to weld it tomorrow then Ill start boxing the frame.
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A little update.... Got boxing plates fab'd and welded in as well as my recycled crossmember. I also got my tubing bent for my 3 link upper bracket. Now I just need to trim it to fit.
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Got my 3 link hoop and braces fab'd and welded in today.
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Looks good!! Now paint it!! :thumbsup:

Well a small update. I picked up (feel like I stole it) a barely used tko600 off of CL a few weeks ago and ordered up a quicktime bell and so I decided to pull my 6.0l off the crate and tear all the truck acc off and put on my used weiand intake on and set them up in the chassis for some motivation. I'm gonna try and spend a little time on it after I get back from sema. I am trying to finish up a 69 chevelle resto I have to have finished in 2 weeks to deliver back to the customer down in cali on my way to Vegas so I wont have much free time to spend on it until then but it sure is hard not work on it now that I am finally making some progress.
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Had some down time today while waiting for parts for another project so I decided to spend a little time and narrow the rear frame rails 3" per side. I had to cut out my rear crossmember and 3 link upper mount so I will have to redo that as I did not originally intend on narrowing the rear frame. I also ordered the new RideTech single adjustable coilovers front & rear for the car and they should be here some time next week.

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Just a small update. had some time this morning to fab up some gussets and got them all tacked in place. Now I just need to cut out the flat plates to finish boxing in the gussets and then do all the final welding.
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and hope everyone is having a happy and safe Thanksgivings. :cheers:

Keep up the good work Luke. Looks good.

Nice, Luke. Looks a lot like my own Malibu. Really want to do something similar to mine to get more drive time ( than a 1/4 mile at a time). Got mine in '72, 2 years after high school, and my 2nd car. Thanks for posting and giving me some incentive to get to work on it, again. Brought back a lot of memories.

Ric