Sweet. Flared fenders you say? I thought the stockers were already pretty flared... :mdr:

hey neil hows devon just got back from ilfracoomb ,

Sunny, but cold. This is the coldest winter for 30 years apparently- if I win the lotto any time soon Im moving somewhere warm... :eyes:

Nope, the stockers are a stepside. I plan on smoothing those out to a regular fender then adding in the extra flare that the prerunner fenders have. It's usually about 6" of added wheel coverage. To scale that would be like adding a 3/4" flare to these fenders Which is about what I'll need to get the rear tires to tuck.

Ok. A decent update. Link brackets are brazed on the chassis so the rear axle is somewhat placed. Still need to make upper links. I attached the shocks just to get an idea of how it'll look. They are to far forward toward the cab. Also I couldn't mount the lower link out toward the tire like I wanted because the mounting holes for the brackets on the axles stripped out.... Not sure how I'll solve that one.

Here's a shot of the body mounts.

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/IMG_1052.jpg

Cab on. Obviously the shocks won't be fully extended at ride height.

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/IMG_1053.jpg

Some drop out action

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/IMG_1054.jpg

Probably pretty close to where it'll stop at full bump.

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/IMG_1055.jpg

Took a little longer to get things done tonight. Gunther decided the floor mat my father in law got me is now his new bed when there is shop time. :icon_scra

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/IMG_1047.jpg

:lol:

That second ( new ) photo looks so scale its quite scary actually- top work that man :yes:

I need a scale garage :lol:

Aside from the 5' long pliers, you mean... :rofl:

looks pretty sweet to me! that ford i beam front end drove me nuts. i never understood why ford allways had to be different.

now, if you can build a chevy 4x4 with torsion bars i will be impressed.

great build looking forward to more update

Well I was hoping to have the main part of the bed cage done but that hasn't happened. Instead I've tried drawing it up to get a look I like. Here's where I'm at so far. I think this is what I'm going to stick with. Still needs some cross bars between the tube work and then it'll get more tube work to hold the fenders on.

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Cage_Iso1.jpg

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Cage_Iso2.jpg

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Cage_side.jpg

Very nice!

Looks great! Are those spare tires in the rear?

Yup! Can't be caught in the middle of no where without a spare or two :lol:

Ha, I will say that from personal experience the forged i beams on 2/5ton fords can handle alot more beating than a Gov't Motors truck of the same vintage.

Nick, this truck is looker better every time you post pics! Keep up the good work!