Sfbd started! 89 rcsb!!

[e10pvmnt]

Hey fellas. I've been talken about bodydropping my truck FOREVER now. Well we finally started the teardown last week. We work on it a couple hours a night 3-4 nights a week. We just got the frame out from under the truck tonight. 1st off we gotta make it lay out (apparently it didn't when i got it from the shop). But were fixen it now. We'll be tubbing for 22's and clearencing for transmission and accessibility. The whole truck's getten rewired and painted with a new motor goen in it. Should be rollen and in paint by march at the latest. Hopen to have it done before march 17th! Which is a month before my bday. Anyways, here some teardown pic's we haven't started cutten or nothen yet but figured i'd throw these up here to show yall whats up. Well let me know what you guys think! Later josh!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/5.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/4.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/oooh.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/DVC00192.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/frame.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/cab-1.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/Notched.jpg

[wagonwhatmp5]

lookin good

[e10pvmnt]

Thanks man. The tie rod wasn't notched it was just cut out. So we had to fix that. But anywho... got the cab off and bed off (that cab is a HEAVY SUMBITCH!) Should be picken up some steel friday or saturday. So we'll actually start cutten then. So that'll give us some time to make it lay out. Can't wait tho, it should be a whole lot better looken by the time show season starts up!

But those are pic's of what it looked like before and during. Will post more as progress is made!

[Gran Patron]

Cool, ya'll done alot of work already.

[Marcos]

Looks good!

Man I better start getting mine rolling.

[Pre-Game]

heyo! ill be watchin this one... ;)

[e10pvmnt]

Finally got the frame cleaned up of all the lines hoses wires etc runnen to the back end. Now it's just a rollen frame! Hopefully now i can work towards getten the metal this weekend and get to cutten on it! Should be close to cutting friday night so look for pic's like saturday night sunday mourning sometime? Here's a couple pic's of the frame on stands waiten to get cut down. And were worken on modifying the control arms so it'll lay out first then we'll bodydrop it! Enjoy guys. I'm tryen to keep this updated as much as possible. But i'm ready for it to be driving again! I hate driving my mazda!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/fullframe.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/fullframe2.jpg

[wagonwhatmp5]

makes me not wanna sell my truck now

[wagonwhatmp5]

how hard has it been so far

[Xonair]

good luck with the build keep us posted

[e10pvmnt]

how hard has it been so far

Not much to update on tonight. Brandons worken on tubbing the firewall soon. He's also started on the control arms. Next day or two we'll be dropping the front frame horns. Then friday we'll be dropping the new rails in.


As for as for your question wagonwhat: It's been pretty easy. The front end came off pretty easy core support bolts were a bitch and a half (never been out before so they were a lil rusty). Motor was a bitch to get out cause of all the crap (useless crap at that attached). Beds easy to get off. The only real hard part was all the wiring and dash pieces that need to come out (well i am replacing it with a sheet metal dash so it had to come out). But there's nothen real hard about it. Besides the cab. IT WAS A BITCH AND A HALF TO GET OFF! TOOK 6 OF US AND IT WAS STILL A BITCH! But it's off now. So yeah cab pain to get off. The rest pullen stuff out off or apart was fairly easy. Hope that answers your questions. Sorry for the rambling.

I'll have more pic's up asap guys! Thanks for the comments and interest in my thread! And if you see anything wrong with the progress or got any helpfull advice i'd love to hear it. I can take criticism so don't be afriad! I'd rather get told i ****ed up rather then find out the hard way! Thanks fellas. Updates comen friday night at the latest!

[roadfool]

hey thats my garage and all my ****!!! ive got some pretty badass **** planned for it. josh make sure you come check out the link bars i designed i think youll like them.

[smashingchuck]

wow... you are going to do an engine swap, rewire it, a sheet metal dash, complete paint job, and a stock floor boody drop in less than two months??? Just my opinion, but builds like this take time, and if you try to build it on a deadline you'll end up cutting corners.

[e10pvmnt]

No i'm not cutten corners. It's all getten done over time. But thats what all is gonna be done before it gets back to driving again. It's a bunch of homey hookups more then anything. I've got a guy worken on it (roadfool up there) when i'm not there. I'm collecting parts and maken arrangements for the paintjob. Were in no rush. Theres no deadline as to when ricky (bodyguy) needs it. Just setten a goal to be completed or at least be to a certain point in the build. I'm just tired of it being primer and since it's already apart the new motors goen in it. The trucks getten painted since its apart. Maken a new dash since we gotta put something in there and the stock one will be useless. So it's all stuff that needs to go back in to be driveable. Just kinda worken on one thing at a time. Till it's done. We don't expect to be on the b/d that much longer. Were not getten crazy with the frame. Just b/d and painten it. The motors ready just gotta put it in. So it's all kinda realistic. Or not haha! It'll get done eventually!

[roadfool]

i did a little bit tonight, sectioned and clearanced the pass. lca, and marked out where im going to pie cut the upper control arm.
here is everything all the way up finally able to lay, still ahve to pie cut the uca tomorrow though.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00205.jpg
heres where i sectioned the lca, its tackedin there ready to be welded and plated.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00206.jpg
not bad for about an hours worth of work. front suspension will be done tomorrow! (after lost that is)

[roadfool]

i pie cut the upper tonight, then boxed it in around the lip, it still needs some finishing work but here some pics.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00209.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00210.jpg
heres a pic of the lip i boxed.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00211.jpg

[e10pvmnt]

Hey guys, well sorry for not updating.I've been busy. Anyways, haven't got to many pictures really. But an update none the less. Picked up the steel monday afternoon 24ft of 2x4x3/16 114$. Well we started measuring, and measuring, and measuring... Finally we cut out a piece of tubing and ran it inside the frame, we got that close of a cut on the first try. We were stoked! So today i picked up a bunch of clamps and misc tools. So now we can start welding in the new rails tomorow night ( have to open tomorow so were not worken on it tonight). But i'll update more progress pic's to come tomorow night thursday mourning sometime! Thanks guys, later!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/framed1.jpg

[2LOW4ND]

Right on now keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

Another OBS RCSB bag thread.

Along with mine..

This SWEET!

[wagonwhatmp5]

lolwhen ur done u can do mine lol

[wagonwhatmp5]

ya need more pix

[e10pvmnt]

Sorry man were worken on it. Life gets hectic for me this time of year. Got a family reunion in vegas next month so i'm thinking about that constantly. But don't worry i bought battery's for the camera and i'm off this weekend so i'd like to get alot done this weekend if possible! Anyways, i'll do my best to get this thing knocked out soon! Thanks for the support guys. I can't wait (as i'm sure some of you can't eiter) for the truck to be back together!

[demash]

ok i want to make sure i am understanding this correctly. so please explain to me how you cut the uca.

[e10pvmnt]

basically we re-angled the balljoint. We cut the control arm like this /\. Then bent the arm till the balljoint was more level instead of binding. Then we just plated it for strength and ground it smooth.

[demash]

ok that is what i thought. thanks for clearing it up for me.

[roadfool]

we got some more done today, cut the rear peice of the new frame, welded the new frame together, then positioned the new frame in the old frame, clamped it all down and started to weld it in. heres some pics.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00218.jpg
started to weld it all in.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00220.jpg
heres the new frame welded together.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00217.jpg

[e10pvmnt]

Hell yeah man, i'm loven this thing more and more every day! Can't wait to drive it around again! This mazda is pissen me off! Hopefully we can get the cab back on soon!

[jcfreeman0]

lookin good man!

[BagginA93chev]

nice!

[e10pvmnt]

Thanks guys. I should have some more progress pic's up tomorow night or saturday sometime. Right now were just doen the welding (kindof a one man job) and then it's on to the other side. Then we'll lower the mounts paint the frame and mount the fuel cell. I assume we'll be wrapping her up sometime late sunday night if possible. And if i can get some gaskets at work i'll be driving it out of the garage!

[roadfool]

more from tonight
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00223.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00227.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00225.jpg i busted my ass on this tonight lol.

[BagginA93chev]

looking good

[roadfool]

we got some more done today, the passenger side frame is just about done, maybe 2 more hours worth of work.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00230.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00231.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00229.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00232.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00239.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00238.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00234.jpg

[2LOW4ND]

looks like everything is moving right along.

[e10pvmnt]

Yeah thankfully the other side should be fairly easy (seeing as how we've never done this before this side was the learning stage the other side will be the easier side).

I'm also worken on haven the motor back together real soon. Shouldn't be to much longer next weekend the motor should be together and running ready to be back in.

Sometime this week i'm gonna pick up some 3/16 plate and do some reinforcements on the frame. Other then that the frame will be complete as far as the b/d goes. Then it's on to the 6 link and mounting the fuel cell! So it should be rollen out with a cab on it really soon! I can't wait to drag some rockers!

[e10pvmnt]

Just so you know guys we've had some minor set backs. I've been busy with work and he's been busy with work and family stuff we haven't had a chance to get much done. But the passenger side is 90% done and we'll start on the passenger side prolly tomorow night i think. I'll be sure and take the camera to get pic's of the progress.

Sorry for not updating but it's been difficult getten over there to work on it with our schedules as hectic as they are!

Thanks again guys for the interest in the build!

[InestChevys2]

whats the werd on the motor mods: rebuild stock specs or a little grunt?

[e10pvmnt]

Hopefully a little grunt. I work at a parts store so i get a discount. Hopen to have it back together pretty soon. More worried bout getten the b/d done first. But i'm goen to work on it right now so i'll post pic's tonight! Thanks for the intereste guys.

[White_Stealth]

Well, looks good, but you need to finish it, it's taking too long! Did you find those lights, or should I give up hope?:lol:. I think I was in your store a couple weekends ago getting some exhaust pipe. and one more quest. can you get on okcminis? or is if fvcked up for you too?

[03bootie]

nice welds and awesome fab work...keep it up man. makes me wana get my bag job done so i can go and bodydrop mine next lol

[roadfool]

we got some more done tonight, i welded the new frame together and welded in the new rear crossmember for the fuel cell. we slid the new frame rail into the old one and will hopefully get it welded in tomorrow night.
new frame
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00247.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00249.jpg
new crossmember

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00243.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00246.jpg

josh took this pic of me, i thought it was cool.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/roadfool.jpg

[e10pvmnt]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/driversframe.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/cellarea2.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/cellarea.jpg

Been a while since an update. But heres some small update for ya. Haven't had a chance to go get the steel yeat but today hopefully.

Anyways, we got the spare tire x member out of there. Cleaned up the area for the fuel cell to go. And he got the drivers side frame rail installed and started worken on welding it in. But he ran out of wire. So we should be back to it in the evening. I'm hopen to get off work early enuff to go get the steel today. Then just gotta wait for the link bar sleeves to get here. So we can build the back lift setup! Anyways, it's comen along slow and steady. Hopen to be putten the cab back on this week sometime!

:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

[roadfool]

(from last night, off of okcminis.com)

got the passenger side re-plated now it just needs some gussets and body mounts.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00277.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00278.jpg
not too much longer on the bd!


and tonight
got a little bit more done, make a shear gussett for the passengerside, cleaned up the old front body mount, cut the driverside front corner, welded some more lol, then i messed around with ideas on how to do the body mounts, i used some scrap to get a rough idea. what does everyone think? more importantly josh, what do you think? lol

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00279.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00286.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00281.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00282.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00284.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00285.jpg


btw, i hate that camera it sucks, it gives everything a red tint.

[wagonwhatmp5]

you sir have conviced me to sfbd my rcsb next winter thanx... how hard has it bewen so far

[e10pvmnt]

Honestly the only hard part has been getten the frame stripped and ready to be reworked. The rest is fairly easy. Gotta measure where to cut the frame. Run the new rails fully weld them into the frame. Build body mounts etc etc. So really the only hard part has been getten the body off. The bed was easy the motor and trans was easy it's just the cab was a bitch and a half!

We're hopen to have it ready for reassembly real soon. He's gonna work on it tomorow (sunday the 24th) and he should get the body mount made and the drivers side all plated and welded up. Then we'll just have to worry about body mounts and front horns being lowered. Once we get'er fully welded we'll throw some sealer on it and put it together and call it good!

[BIGDADDYBOWTIE]

Nice beads!!!! Lookin good!

[BagginA93chev]

looking good man, all these sfbd threads are making me want to start on mine!

[e10pvmnt]

You definatly should! i'm so excited to get this truck back together! I'm goen into debt real quick to get the parts to finish it! But it's cool i'll get it rollen again!

We're very close to done on the frame under the cab. Im not sure what he got done today but he expected to get alot of it finished up today. Should be worken on getten it back together this week and trailer it to my house end of the week sometime! Can't flippen wait! I'll throw some pics up or he might depending on what he got done today!

I'm very excited tho and he's doen an awesome job! The pic's dont do it justice!

ANd baggin93chevy your truck is sick! I Love the color!

[e10pvmnt]

heres a small update just to let you guys know whats goen on with it. We havent forgotten about it were still worken on it. Just tryen to button up the loose ends and what not. Anyways, here she sits waiten to be put back together. Brandon's been busy and i've had to cover extra shifts at work so i've been no help. Anyways, i'll shut up now. Here's the pic's! Any questions feel free to ask! If i can't answer them brandon can i'm sure!


http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/DVC00294.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/DVC00293.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/DVC00292.jpg


That last one is my favorite picture so far (besides the one of the cab just sitten on the floor! haha!)

Enjoy sorry we haven't updated recently. Life happens ya know.

[kelsey_canard]

looking great. Nice welds

[tonxcab]

Nice welds I cant wait to see it done
Keep the pics coming

[roadfool]

didnt get as much done as i wanted cuz the family being sick, but heres some new photos.

a look down the rails with the mock up of the tranny x-member.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00303.jpg

gussets for the z-d front horns
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00301.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00300.jpg

then i bent up a piece for the notch ill have to make for the lower radiator hose.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00302.jpg

besides that i did a little grinding and a little welding.

[e10pvmnt]

looks flippen sweet man! I can't wait to drive the thing! Gonna be damn nice laid out at work! People asken me if i sell shocks cause the truck in the parken lot needs some! Hahaha!!!

[roadfool]

me and josh got some more work done tonight, heres the front frame horn almost complete
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00309.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00308.jpg
heres the tranny x-member all it lacks is some plates to bolt it all together.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00310.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00307.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00305.jpg

[Low88]

very nice work man. don't know how i missed this one.

[Marcos]

Looking good.

[Low88]

I like your bodymount idea.

How are you planning on locating the cab now that all the bodymounts are chopped off?

[roadfool]

i measured everything to locate the body mounts,

[e10pvmnt]

very nice work man. don't know how i missed this one.

Hey thanks man. Don't know if you read it or not but i dig your truck alot! It's the whole reason i decided to do mine stockfloored. You made it look easy!

Anyways, got th trans xmember almost complete just lack a little welding and some hardware to bolt it together. He's doen the front horns yesterday and today. So they should be done tonight. I scored wheels tubs for 25$ today for the firewall so it's gonna be tubbed for big wheels.

Hopen to have it back at my house partially together by like sunday night monday night sometime? Anyways, i'll post pic's up when i can! Thanks for checken out the project guys and all the kind words!

[92 sierra slx]

lookin like its coming along

[roadfool]

didnt get as much as i would have liked to over the weekend,mainly cuz of this

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00314.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00315.jpg
apparently some **** shifted in the attic and came through the ceiling lol.

heres the passengerside rear body mount, and the new bed mount
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00323.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00322.jpg

[Kruznlow69]

progress is looking good guys. keep it up!

[roadfool]

started on the fuel cell a couple hours ago just got it done, and only one more body mount and one frame horn to go! lol

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00329.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00330.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00331.jpg

[roadfool]

Ta Da!!!
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00341.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00346.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00345.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00336.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00344.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g203/roadfool/DVC00339.jpg
the cab is going on tomorrow.
oh and it doesnt lay on the driverside cuz of the front suspension, still have to pie cut, notch, blah blah...

[Marcos]

Looks great.

[e10pvmnt]

Looks great.


Thanks man im hopen the cab can go back on tonight. If so i'll have the front sheetmetal hung by tomorow and and then i can work on getten all the lines ran and get everything re installed for the air system for like bags compressor tank and what not. Hopefully it'll resemble a fairly complete truck before i leave outta town thursday mourning. I can't wait to see it rollen again!

[Low88]

make sure you run your return line through the top of that poly fuel cell so it doesn't cave in over time. I was running the return line through the bottom with the output line, and it created a vacuum and caved the cell in. I see alot of them caved in too.

Also, my bulkhead fittings leaked from the factory on mine, you might wanna throw a wrench on em before its filled with fuel.

[e10pvmnt]

I'm runnen a carb'd 350 in it when it gets back to driving again (stock 350 with a carb and headers for now i'll be building a better motor when i get a second job). I don't need a return line for a carb'd motor i don't think do it? It's a 4 barrel carb old quadrajet carb. Anyways, thanks for the info man. I gotta call around for fittings tomorow. Get some parts together pretty much done with the frame now. Bodymount's are done, front frame horn is being finished tonight i think. Cab goes on tomorow i guess and wed,we'll be hangen panels. Can't wait it should be in my garage by next week sometime. Hopefully it'll be runnen very soon after it's back in my garage!

[roadfool]

tonight i got the frame painted, pulled the rear end, moved the cab around and put it over the frame. tomorrow we bolt the cab on!

[e10pvmnt]

Little teaser pic.... More to come tomorow night! Stay tuned!




http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/BIGBODY.jpg

[Bagged 04]

Nice! Its going to be sick!

[Izzy]

Nice, clean work. :cool:

[e10pvmnt]

Little update sorry for the delay! Enjoy fellas it's almost back together!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/frametuck.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/Dontknow.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/frontshot.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/celly.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/ohyeah.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/bodyd.jpg

[e10pvmnt]

Got a few fresh outside pic's of it guys it's headen to a bigger shop to get the motor back in and clearance of the trans tunnel. Hopen to have it together enuff to drive home midweek next week. Fingers crossed!!!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/newhaha.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/new2.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/bowtied/NEW.jpg

Oh yeah thats brandons (my friend who's doen the work) son and his father in law in the pic. (I'll let yall figure out which is which lol).

[CAMDIDDY]

Awesome.

[Marcos]

Nice!!!

[92 sierra slx]

yay for you