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  • Zinccy, go to the begining.. It used to be a 4 door car..
    Just ran out of build time and the urge to play defeated "looks"
    He has a definite "one of a kind"!

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    • thought it was just a really HUGE 2 door............

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      • The 41 has always been a 2 door car, never a 4 door car. I have some plans in my head on the approach to make it a gasser stance, but I have not committed to it yet. Over the weekend, I did drain the water from the engine and stared at the car for a couple minutes, but that is as far as I have gotten.
        I looked at using the front S10 rails and removing the spring pockets and welding steel in the locations, but to be "right", The front of the frame really should be replaced with rectangle tubing.
        HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
        DW- 12,16,17
        "Stay thirsty my friends"
        The worlds most interesting man

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        • or be TRULY fat and lazy, and stick 77 F250 front coils in the stock
          spring pockets--that will bring it up 6 inches or more, heh heh...

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          • So? Was it a big 2 door cut down into a coupe?
            My rememberer is on the blink..

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            • Originally posted by fatguyzinc View Post
              or be TRULY fat and lazy, and stick 77 F250 front coils in the stock
              spring pockets--that will bring it up 6 inches or more, heh heh...
              Boy, ...I wish it was that easy. As it is right now with the S10 A arms and coils, the upper A arm is already riding on the upper rubber bump stop. There isnt much front suspension travel. Most of the weight of the engine is actually behind the front wheels as it is now.
              HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
              DW- 12,16,17
              "Stay thirsty my friends"
              The worlds most interesting man

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              • Originally posted by Deaf Bob View Post
                So? Was it a big 2 door cut down into a coupe?
                My rememberer is on the blink..
                It was a very long and big car, but it was still considered a 2 door coupe. I took 14" out of the body from behind the doors, and another 7" from the middle of each fender and across the hood.
                HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
                DW- 12,16,17
                "Stay thirsty my friends"
                The worlds most interesting man

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                • Originally posted by RAIV70Judge View Post

                  It was a very long and big car, but it was still considered a 2 door coupe. I took 14" out of the body from behind the doors, and another 7" from the middle of each fender and across the hood.
                  WOW--you took 21+ inches outta that thing? thats incredible.
                  fantastic work too, everything 'looks' like it lines up right.
                  how much weight you think came off--300lbs? maybe more?

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                  • I took a bunch of weight out of the body. I didnt weigh it before and after, but the scrap pile that I took in was around 400lbs.
                    HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
                    DW- 12,16,17
                    "Stay thirsty my friends"
                    The worlds most interesting man

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                    • Before

                      Last edited by RAIV70Judge; January 3, 2018, 11:49 AM.
                      HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
                      DW- 12,16,17
                      "Stay thirsty my friends"
                      The worlds most interesting man

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                      • after
                        HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
                        DW- 12,16,17
                        "Stay thirsty my friends"
                        The worlds most interesting man

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                        • love the "after" pic. i wouldnt even paint it.
                          id just do the straight axle. and ansens. and
                          a 455 pontiac or a 454 chevy or a 460 ford
                          or a 440 mopar or..........

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                          • The new look of the 41.
                            Last edited by RAIV70Judge; March 13, 2018, 11:08 AM.
                            HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
                            DW- 12,16,17
                            "Stay thirsty my friends"
                            The worlds most interesting man

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                            • Wheels make the car...

                              Must be the angle of the shot...looks like you hi-centered on something?

                              Looking less like barf!

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                              • I cut the front of the chassis off at the firewall, and installed a straight axle set up. The front sits about 6'' higher in the front now.
                                HRPT LH- 09,10,11,12
                                DW- 12,16,17
                                "Stay thirsty my friends"
                                The worlds most interesting man

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