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coogan ratrod suspension setup 11-15-2005, 05:51 AM
Dave Severson What a great condition... 11-15-2005, 06:22 AM
R Pope That's my favorite old Chevy... 11-15-2005, 06:26 AM
coogan Hi, I'm not running any hood... 11-16-2005, 05:51 AM
brianrupnow Coogan---The best way to... 11-16-2005, 06:09 AM
coogan Hi, thank for the info. I... 11-16-2005, 06:23 AM
brianrupnow Coogan---Hang in there for a... 11-16-2005, 06:28 AM
brianrupnow Okay Coogan---Heres the... 11-16-2005, 08:17 AM
brianrupnow Coogan--If you want to run a... 11-16-2005, 08:27 AM
coogan Thanks for all the info. I... 11-16-2005, 05:30 PM
Ives Bradley Some guys build a wooden... 11-16-2005, 07:31 PM
canadianal nice cab coogan, the older... 11-16-2005, 07:58 PM
blue57ford Hey there. I dont have any... 11-16-2005, 08:13 PM
coogan I've got my frame table built... 11-22-2005, 06:02 PM
canadianal if the body goes down the... 11-22-2005, 06:59 PM
coogan I didn't really want to cut... 11-23-2005, 06:17 AM
canadianal i used a piece of 10 inch 1/8... 11-23-2005, 11:56 AM
coogan I thought I'd update the... 12-12-2005, 07:01 AM
shawnlee28 Lookin good!!!!:) 12-12-2005, 09:58 AM
coogan I'm pretty excited about my... 12-23-2005, 06:11 AM
Bob Parmenter You may already know this but... 12-23-2005, 07:16 AM
coogan Hi, which pitman arm pivot,... 12-24-2005, 06:45 AM
Bob Parmenter That would be the box output... 12-24-2005, 07:27 AM
  1. 11-15-2005 05:51 AM #1
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    I am building a 37 Chev truck ratrod. I will be using a TCI hub to hub 4 " drop I beam axle setup for the front and a 8 " ford rear end out of a Maverick for the back. I will be building my own frame out of 2x3 steel. I don't want to channel the cab so the cab will still be worth something to restore someday if I want to , so I thought I'd set the frame at a 5 " ride height under the cab and kick the front and back end up as need be for suspension travel.
    Has anyone been successful at getting the right look with a kick up or Z in the front ?

    My second question is to do with the rear suspension. I wanted to go old school so I have a set of ladder bars and brackets from speedway to set my 40 Ford spring transverse either in front or behind the axle. Which is the best spot in front or behind ?

    I would love to see some pics of how other people are doing it. The mags don't really show close ups and no one else is building this stuff where I live. Around here it's all about high dollar Chip Foose wanna be's. I'm attaching a pic of what I'm starting with, basically I will just be using the cab.
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