52 Chevy Pickup With Complete C5 Suspension and Drivetrain - Page 2 - Lateral-g Forums

Nate_ERC · #11 02-13-2008, 12:24 PM

I couldn't find any pictures of the hood going together, that was not fun! We will hammer out a one-piece hood for the finished product.

Nate_ERC · #12 02-13-2008, 12:25 PM

Building new seat brackets, and the floor. If you look closely, you can see the perimeter rails of the chassis.

Nate_ERC · #13 02-13-2008, 12:28 PM

We set up the supsension outside of the car to get the geometry all dialed in. The narrow control arms should work out great. It took a couple days of us fighting it before we realized that one of the spindles off of our donor corvette was bent!

Here is the factory setup...

Now with the narrow control arms...

Nate_ERC · #14 02-13-2008, 12:31 PM

A couple shots showing the underside, and the narrowed rear cradle.

Nate_ERC · #15 02-13-2008, 12:32 PM

And finally, the sheetmetal work. The tail is really starting to take shape. I think it might actually look good when it's done.

rjsjea · #16 02-13-2008, 01:47 PM

Great build pics.........that's gonna be an awesome truck

Garage Dog 65 · #17 02-13-2008, 02:20 PM

Split it right down the middle !!! What are you thinking ....

Looks great and she'll be a stellar project ! You guys do beautiful work and thanks for posting the build.

Jim

Kendall Burleson · #18 02-13-2008, 06:55 PM

Killer project fab work is looking good went will you bring it out?

**KPC67** · #19 02-13-2008, 07:31 PM

Wow

. I just love the 47 to 53 chevy trucks. That thing is going to be perfect!

Kevin

96z28ss · #20 02-13-2008, 07:37 PM

You guys do some really great metal work!

The thing that puzzles me the most is the amount of money required to get your chassis under a car or truck. At some point the chassis isn't the best choise for a project don't you think.
Granted I understand that the owner of the vehicle decides what his budget is and how much he wants to spend.
The cost of the widening of the body and the cost of designing and machining new narrow control arm. Doesn't those added cost far outweigh the ride and performance benefit?
You can put an Art Morrison C5 chassis under it, and not widen the cab.
Then the moeny saved could be used in other area of custom work on the body or bed of truck.
I'd like your input on it.
How much work would it take to get one under a Camaro?