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air ride on my 65 F100

21K views 57 replies 9 participants last post by  Ovrkill5150 
#1 ·
I hope its ok that i post pics and share what im doing with the suspension in this section, if not please let me know
so i picked this truck up two weeks ago and i think i have made good progress so far. my plan for this truck is to build a low budget rat truck that any one could drive for under $3,000. at the same time show off some of my fabricating skills.
this is going to be my first full custom air ride setup.
 
#36 ·
The front suspension will be done this afternoon, after i get all the link tabs all burned in. ill post pics tonight. the only thing that i wont have done is the steering, i had to order a vega style box and convert to cross over steering. too much work trying to keep the stock steering set up.
As for air management, the only thing i have now are switches and bags, stuff i had laying around the shop from swap meet scores and old projects.
 
#37 ·
okay guys! i have the front suspension all in and air to it. I wanted to do a cantilever setup like i did in the rear but lifting all the weight of the truck from the front of the frame rails would have given me lots of frame flex and twist. so i went with a traditional bag over axle setup but i still kept the spider theme on the links and gussets. I'm not completely finished with the frame, i need to add a cross-member under the engine and add misc. brackets
 
#51 ·
So I have good news and bad news. The good, suspension and steering work perfectly :thumbup: the bad, the engine lost oil pressure after about 5 miles and the front crank seal leaks like a mother. It needs power brakes, it's a real pain holding back 5.29 gears in traffic:(
 
#55 ·
Are you going to sell it for $3k? Otherwise I see no way anyone without a cnc table could ever duplicate your project for $3k.

A lot of thought and labor put into it for sure, but it reminds me of Junior Tuttle's black widow bike, much more than a low buck rat truck/dd.


Not hating , just don't think it is a $3k project like it started out to be ROFLOL :thumbup:
 
#56 ·
The build cost is under 3k and it's not always the tools some one has sometimes its who you know. A good friend of mine has a water jet and I could have had him cut everything I did on the plasma for only the cost of materials. He hid the shift arme for me and provided all the bushings for the truck. And there is no wat I would sell the truck for 3k it's worth way more in time.
 
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