Corey's Stepside Chevy

I'm hoping to save the lettering on the door but I'm going to let father time do his work to see how the paint reacts with time. We got Corey's old tires off his rear rims. We will be doing the prep and paint on them soon. We also scored an older style visor that we have been looking for. They will be painted at the same time.

Last night we started on the flip kit for the rearend. Corey wants it REAL LOW so a few other things were done to get a little more of a drop.

The rearend was dumped on the floor.

The mounts were moved up 2 inches on the frame. Here's the rear one.



A leaf was taken out of both sides and the flip kit was installed.

I have some section of 6" diam. tubing 1/2" thick if you need to c-notch the frame... I used it to make bag cup's for Breadmans truck when i did it..

LRS30 wrote:I have some section of 6" diam. tubing 1/2" thick if you need to c-notch the frame... I used it to make bag cup's for Breadmans truck when i did it..

Cool. I've been trying to figure out where I could get some for a c notch. what do ya want for a small section?

RebStew wrote:

LRS30 wrote:I have some section of 6" diam. tubing 1/2" thick if you need to c-notch the frame... I used it to make bag cup's for Breadmans truck when i did it..

Cool. I've been trying to figure out where I could get some for a c notch. what do ya want for a small section?

Get twice as much as you need so I can use some on my Mercury.

I was going to buy 2" longer shackles for Corey but after I started looking, the next set of holes were 2" lower so I just raised the hangers. After raising the hangers I had to cut a groves where the bracket was not flush enough to lay over the frame. Yeah I could have just cut it off flush but I figured the more metal holding to the frame the stronger it would be.


With the groves cut I started tapping on each piece to lay it over the frame. The welder was fired up and a few welds to the bottom of the bracket helped heat the top of the bracket to lay the 4 peices over the frame the way I wanted to.


The grove I cut was welded back together after a complete bead was around the bracket. I used two grade 8 bolts to hold it together plus the full weld so I'd say it's a lot stronger than the 4 ribbits that held it on from the factory plus it's a free 2" drop just doing the rear bracket.

Corey tighten up the shackle bolts and then shot a little spray bomb paint on the bare metal to keep the rust down. We will end up cleaning up the frame for some under carriage paint later on.

Other than a few small scratches this is the first war wound I have had from Corey's truck. I had a fine cut off wheel on my grinder trying to get into a tight spot when the grinder bounced off the frame and took almost 1/4 of an inch cut straight through the tip of my thumb. It went through the top of my fingerprint and came out the other side through my thumb nail. It was so quick and clean that I didn't feel it at first(pain) but man the next day was bad. You never know how much you use something until it's unusable. I'm going to lay off the truck for a week or so to heal and then try to get everything else done so we can get the bed back on.
bad pic but you can see what I'm talking about.

For me if i don't draw blood im not getting anything done its a normal thing in my shop . Sorry you hurt yourself but it happens when you least expect it !]

big dogs 42 wrote:For me if i don't draw blood im not getting anything done its a normal thing in my shop . Sorry you hurt yourself but it happens when you least expect it !]

Bad thing is with the blood thinners it looks worse than it is when I get cut. Corey was quick to render first aid to his pops lol

Drugs are BAD!

Admin wrote:
Bad thing is with the blood thinners it looks worse than it is when I get cut. Corey was quick to render first aid to his pops lol

Around here first aid would have been a folded up McDonalds napkin and black electrical tape for a bandage.

RebStew wrote:

LRS30 wrote:I have some section of 6" diam. tubing 1/2" thick if you need to c-notch the frame... I used it to make bag cup's for Breadmans truck when i did it..

Cool. I've been trying to figure out where I could get some for a c notch. what do ya want for a small section?

For You nothing call me let me know how much you will need , for my friends $100 per inch...

LRS30 wrote:

RebStew wrote:

LRS30 wrote:I have some section of 6" diam. tubing 1/2" thick if you need to c-notch the frame... I used it to make bag cup's for Breadmans truck when i did it..

Cool. I've been trying to figure out where I could get some for a c notch. what do ya want for a small section?

For You nothing call me let me know how much you will need , for my friends $100 per inch...

Oh and for Doug it will be free to you as well..., I only charge friends..