Project Pieces

[b.damon10]

With the frame all mocked up and all the measurements taken it was time to cut it and rebuild.
Old frame rails after cutting them free


Oh I don't have a frame table or room for one so I built a rack out of 2x4s and plywood and leveled it on the floor to work from, so far its working grate.

I went back and forth on what size steel to use for the new frame rails and settled on 2x4 11G box tubing. I now most guys use 2x3 or something similer but it is a truck and may be asked to hall or toe something so I went one step bigger.

started building the new frame rails
and used the old ones as reference for the cab and bed mounts.




With the new frame rails tacked up and ready for fitment I started working on mating the old to the new




The two parts of the frame even with out the engine and trans sitting it in there heavy enough that it was hard to just leave them tacked up and not have something shift. So I welded them up solid



I do have some clean up work to do and still need to weld in the tops there the frame is open, I wanted to be sure the cab and everything was going to clear before I closed it up, did not want to have to cut it back apart.

When it was all welded up and I checked it for square I was less than a 16th off. I'm not a pro fabricator but my brother is and I asked him if that was acceptable and he started laughing and said that was about as perfect as it gets.
not bad for a garage floor build I guess

Its late I will post more tomorrow

Thank you