~My 1979~

[1983stepside]

wow that is a good deal and you waisted no time at all tubing that thing, make sure to keep us all posted with lots of pics

[Stroker 79]

No worries.....pictures will be updated as time goes on!  LOL...this could turn into one long thread.

[69byrd]

That looks like a great truck for 1200. That set up on the rear looks good keep us posted on the progress.

[HAULIN IT]

Lookin' Good! That's getting allot of work done in a short time. One concern I have is that with the welding for the ladder bar & coil spring brackets, the tubes will likely "move around" a little & the housing ends won't be true in line with the carrier bearings. It's best to do all of the welding for the brackets first & then install the housing ends, Just a thought. What are you going to use for a side to side locater? Let's see some more of the Camaro in the background. Lorne

[rockable]

Great start to a cool project.  I like that color.  Good luck!

[Captkaos]

You are tearing into that thing..

[Stroker 79]

Lookin' Good! That's getting allot of work done in a short time. One concern I have is that with the welding for the ladder bar & coil spring brackets, the tubes will likely "move around" a little & the housing ends won't be true in line with the carrier bearings. It's best to do all of the welding for the brackets first & then install the housing ends, Just a thought. What are you going to use for a side to side locater? Let's see some more of the Camaro in the background. Lorne

Thanks for the concerns, I appreciate it…… but…

In a nut shell…..the pics I posted of the ladder bars are not the completed product. The completed (or further along) pics were lost when my computer hard drive took a poop and I haven’t taken any updated ones. All pics of the ladder bar in this thread (as of now) were only tack welded and nothing more. When it was welded in we used a “solid aliment tube” we made  to keep the bearings true and for the side to side….so far I have a “track bar or track rod” in there that’s not in the pics as well.

I can see how that would come up after looking back over the pics! I’ll get some updated stuff up soon… as soon as  the frame boxing is finished.

 

[Stroker 79]

Here's the car in the background... 67' maro! My truck is at my best friends house and as I work on my truck, he works on his car..LOL!

He's still got a boat load of stuff to do to it. Here's a few pics of him just "test fiting" the motor he's running. 

[HAULIN IT]

Now that's a real obstacle to see around Is that a Compition Engineering ladderbar set-up in the Camaro? Cool projects, both of 'um! Lorne

[Stroker 79]

Now that's a real obstacle to see around Is that a Compition Engineering ladderbar set-up in the Camaro? Cool projects, both of 'um! Lorne

Yes Sir,
Both projects have comp engineering ladderbar and coil overs!

[1983stepside]

wow that care is awsome id love to go for a ride in that beast when it was done, are both yours and his car gonna be strret leagal? just curious

[Stroker 79]

wow that care is awsome id love to go for a ride in that beast when it was done, are both yours and his car gonna be strret leagal? just curious

That’s the plan!

For the most part both year models have to pass a safety inspection and a few other things.

I guess I should add some pics of the “Maro” here and there to keep things moving.


Maybe a two for one thread!?!?!?

[Stroker 79]

Updated Pics:

Got a new diff. cover installed and started on the rear bars for the cage.

[Stroker 79]

....still need to clean up welds and paint....so disregard the rust...LOL!

[cadpwrd]

Dude, that's awsome!