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Underdrive; Thanks for the compliments. I ended up cutting the slot larger similar to what you suggested and added some gussets as well. Great minds think alike! I was able to work on the towers today. It took a lot of thinking but I am pretty sure how I want to proceed. I toyed with several...

Redthies; Thanks! This project has been full of block stacking fun for sure. So far this weekend has turned out to be almost a bust. I didn't do any work thanksgiving day in anticipation of a full days worth of work on Friday. When Friday came it was pouring rain and I couldn't get the pop up...

My coilovers showed up yesterday. I got a chance to do a little bit of test fitting, but no real fab. I spent a bunch of time looking at pictures of coilover towers to figure out how I want to make them. I have all day Friday and some of sat and sun to get the front end as close to done as I...

I love the truck! Thanks for all your help with mine. I love the attention to detail in all the aspects of your build. Having owned many cars from the '70s and older I know how much work it is just to undo 30 years of neglect and poor fixes especially in the electrical system.

Humvett; Thanks, it is getting so close I can taste it! Sooper camper; I got tired of trying to drill it with my dull bits so I went to the cut off wheel for most of it. One of the rivets is impossible to reach with anything but a chisel. I also forgot that I turned the regulator on my...

Not a ton of progress today. I fully welded the main radius arm brackets to the frame. I also started the removal of the drivers side rear spring mount. I hate these things! I ground the heads off of all but one rivet and then tried to use the air hammer to brake it free from the frame...

Thanks man. The ideal solution is some 2.5" fox coilovers with dual rate spring set. It would solve both the spring rate issue as well as shock packaging. Right now I don't have a good place to fit shocks with enough travel to utilize all the articulation the front end is capable of. I could...

Back on the ground for the first time in a couple months. The bronco coils are very soft and the front is currently only 1.5" taller than when it had the D50. I want it at least 3" taller to have the 5" of up travel I need. I did some testing and it looks like I could easily use all the stroke a...

On the ground I got lots done today. With the CNP (commie neighborhood patrol) on the prowl I had to get the truck off the jack stands and movable to avoid a fine. In order to do that I had to put the bronco coils on just to get it rolling. The first thing I buttoned up was hooking up the hoses...

North end around Everett. It would be nice to have a PNW expo portal meetup some time. It is always good to put faces to screen names!

Thanks Java. Looks like I will be temporarily putting in the bronco coil springs on just to get the truck off jack stands. The HOA has sent me a letter informing me I'm in violation of the policy on eyesore vehicles so I will need to get it rolling this weekend just to satisfy the naighborhood...

Sooper camper: Thanks for the advice. It looks like your friend is running sway aways on his f250. I was pricing out f-o-a 2.5" emulsion coil overs and springs with the $700 price. I did a bunch of reading and it appears that it is a love then or hate them when it comes to f-o-a. I like the...

Coils or coilovers? Tonight I ran into a little bit of a fork in the road so to speak. I concentrated on getting at least one of the coil buckets mounted so I could test out the springs and figure out shock mounting options. First off I was able to use the old shock mount holes to bolt the...

Function testing These are out of order from the last part of the previous post, but I wanted to keep all the track bar mounting info in one post and the articulation and clearance stuff in another. The base 3/8' plate was plenty stout enough to function test the articulation and clearance even...

Track bar I got the track bar done this weekend. This was the most challenging part of the project so far from a design stand point. I had a really hard time deciding where to mount the brackets on the frame and axle so that there was the least amount of interference as possible. With as much...

I have thought about it. I will probably get everything together and make sure it all works together first then replace the steering box. Red head is local to me and I have heard many good things about their products.

Finally some progress. My welder showed up this week and after a little testing I got down to it. Today I was able to finish welding all the radius arms and steering links. After everything was welded I put the axle back under the truck to figure out the axle side track bar bracket. It was too...

Up to this point I was using a Miller diversion 180. It was a nice welder, but far too much money for its limited capabilities. I just ordered an everlast superultra 205 tig/stick/plasma cutter. Brand new with a 5 year warranty it was $689 shipped. I am really looking forward to having a plasma...

I have a small update after several weeks of no progress. I was borrowing a welder to get the project started and after two weeks of work had to give it back. Without a way to weld I was kind of dead in the water as well as burnt out from all the hours I put in trying to get it done before...

Coil buckets So on to the coil buckets. All this cutting with a 4.5" angle grinder has me and my neighbors wishing I had a plasma cutter! I started with 6"x.250 plate and laid it out I cut the radius for the coil spring Bent the spring seat Then the landing for under the frame Drilled...