The Red Rocket, story of a old minitruck

[BOOOGHAR]

My parts truck is a newer frame, 1996 I believe and has a strong leaf pack in the rear, after "modifying" the factory leaf spring pack it is way too soft in the rear so I decided to replace them with newerish ones

[BOOOGHAR]

I did add air shocks to the rear but the frame needs a c-notch for more axle travel for as low as its going to sit

[Stewzer55]

Yup, in '95 they increased the amount of the frame that was boxed. IIRC that one is a later style. The best C notches don't require cutting up the bed.

[Huskinhano]

Ford 5.0 fits real well in them. Even better than a SBC from what I've on a Blazer forum.

[Beagle]

Ford 5.0 fits real well in them. Even better than a SBC from what I've on a Blazer forum.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, that truck is a four wheel drive with a two wheel drive conversion - no huge crossmember to deal with. Yeah, it fit like it was made for it, factory shorty headers and all.

Clean truck Charles! I had to re-read where it came from, too much metal on it for that to have come from your neck of the woods.

this is the thread I was thinking of. Have to go in a couple of pages, the OP's thread got jacked so hard it turned into somebody else's project thread! I just thought we were bad. haha.

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f10/mustang-5-0-into-a-s10-410159/

[BOOOGHAR]

I decided to make the truck a lil harder to steal, I took out the slider back window and put in a solid piece of glass

[Criscobath]

I did add air shocks to the rear but the frame needs a c-notch for more axle travel for as low as its going to sit

I like the way it sits.

[BOOOGHAR]

I switched over from the early 80s elephant mirrors in favor of the late model sleaker olds bravado mirrors

[Stewzer55]

Both very good mods. That one piece glass looks loads better, the mirrors do look good too. I had a set of Street Scene mirrors on my 94, almost wish I would have went with the 99+ mirrors because they had more glass area.


It's not the size of your mirrors if you know how to use them properly

[yellomalibu]

I like the upgraded mirrors. The glass definitely looks cleaner, but I like the slider for the ventilation.

[Russell]

Much cleaner! I saw a Studebaker truck the other day and the slide went to the center opening the ends of the glass.