Matt's 1951 Chevy Pickup - Discussion

[tortron]

On 26/03/2018 at 21:25, Seedy Al said:

Haha no doubt. 

But yeah one thing I always seem to struggle with is getting the tube nice and straight if its in a roll. Always looks out of straight and a little wobbly and kinky.

 

Nice work man. As always haha

Stick one end under your work bench leg and roll it out against the ground. Straight pipes erry time

[_Matt]

On 3/26/2018 at 21:25, Seedy Al said:

Haha no doubt. 

But yeah one thing I always seem to struggle with is getting the tube nice and straight if its in a roll. Always looks out of straight and a little wobbly and kinky.

 

Nice work man. As always haha

 

5 minutes ago, tortron said:

Stick one end under your work bench leg and roll it out against the ground. Straight pipes erry time

I'm sure you guys are referring to plastic tube? I did all of mine from aluminium tube, which comes in straight 5m lengths 

[tortron]

Bundy tube comes in rolls 

[66gt]

Buy a tube straightener if you want it perfect. Plenty on Ebay and TM

[Mof]

If you make the arms on the height sensors a bit longer they will have more travel. 

Awesome work though, this thing kicks ass

[Nominal]

Amazing work as usual and a good catch on the airbag sensors. One of the plastic arms on mine broke early on, I think because of too much drop in the front suspension when it was on a 2-post lift with everything hanging. IIRC I just lengthened the link piece a bit to handle it.

[oftensideways]

damn! this entire build is just so bloody good! love your work mate.

[piazzanoob]

I personally think the chassis wont look good in black well just standard gloss anyway

with all the great work done with the chassis mods and design i think it needs a colour that will show off that. thats a work of art by itself 

perhaps like a metal flake black or gun metal grey.

have you thought of getting it dipped and powdercoated? 

i would also be inclined to make the exhaust a different colour to the chassis also just to show the workmanship of it 

keep up the good work!  

[Mof]

Hammerite grey

[danger]

Fuck your skills have just ruined my life

[mjrstar]

Those pbr calipers- if they are the steel versions you can treat yourself to ford territory units which are aluminum and take a 328mm disc.

If you are already running the territory ones then carry on fine sir!

[maxted]

Just caught up on your thread, impressive build so cool! 

[lowrota]

WOw just seen this love it! 

[KKtrips]

Hey man. Don't get the headlights out of the USA. They will dip to the right because driving on the other side of the road.

[KKtrips]

Also is Danny or Marty doing your cert?

[_Matt]

11 hours ago, KKtrips said:

Hey man. Don't get the headlights out of the USA. They will dip to the right because driving on the other side of the road.

Yeah I thought about that, but my parents have a set on one of their cars that were the same brand and they were dipped to the left. Could only find that one place in America that sold them, so maybe thought they do rhd ones. 

11 hours ago, KKtrips said:

Also is Danny or Marty doing your cert?

Danny, he called in last week and was very happy with everything so far

[piazzanoob]

fuck man that wheel and colour combo should look good!

now stop teasing us and show a pic of them on the car.

i would also of thought a brown similar to the shade and gloss that you picked would've also of looked great in my opinion.

keep the progress up!   

[cletus]

not far to go now!!

that bent rod was pretty impressive.

[Mof]

Looking so good man! 

Can't wait for driving/switch flipping vid

 

 

Btw Gas struts go the other way around (rod downward). Keeps the fluid against the seal so they don't dry out and leak.

[fletch]

Are you just replacing the rod and piston? I have a 4.5 crank, rods, and pistons you can have. I believe it's a bolt in into the 4.1 block.