Project: Metal Head

[Oldskool94]

goddamn this truck is gonna be SWEET!

are you gonna keep the 94 grill?

[reaper13]

any set time you think this could potentionally be done? or just going by ear?

[curt_minke]

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goddamn this truck is gonna be SWEET!

are you gonna keep the 94 grill?

I was acutally thinking about the sonoma envoy front grill headlights and bumper with classic chevrolet badge integrated into the SS-10 bage style im creating.

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any set time you think this could potentionally be done? or just going by ear?

Well im hoping for scraping by the lake up here in canada in St. Cathernes but ya as of right now I am going by what i can get done with my severly busy schedule haha

[Oldskool94]

[quote=curt_minke;5872722]I was acutally thinking about the sonoma envoy front grill headlights and bumper with classic chevrolet badge integrated into the SS-10 bage style im creating.

that would be really cool i like the envoy front ends on s10/sonomas.
all i got to say is this is a cool project and should be hella sick when your done.

[GET_LOW]

Quote: Originally Posted by curt_minke

So here is the latest update.

Got a new shop so ive been busy moving everything. As of right now no actual progress except for these cad drawings.

I consider that progress. haha.

For the rear, i see that ya got 2 pieces runnign to the back, Are ya gona use box tubing or actually gona mae it look like that.

[curt_minke]

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I consider that progress. haha.

For the rear, i see that ya got 2 pieces runnign to the back, Are ya gona use box tubing or actually gona mae it look like that.

Those pieces are getting water jet out of 3/16 plate. Then i will be boxing in the rails with 2" cold rolled flat bar to make it look like a mandrel bent piece. One side has a notch in it for the fuel cell and the other doesn't. so technically im going to recive 4 pc's. 2 for the left and 2 for the right. i just didn't bother to put the top and bottom plate on cause its pretty straight forward.

[kandel123]

that should be fun! good luck. cant wait to see some progress!

[GET_LOW]

Quote: Originally Posted by curt_minke

Those pieces are getting water jet out of 3/16 plate. Then i will be boxing in the rails with 2" cold rolled flat bar to make it look like a mandrel bent piece. One side has a notch in it for the fuel cell and the other doesn't. so technically im going to recive 4 pc's. 2 for the left and 2 for the right. i just didn't bother to put the top and bottom plate on cause its pretty straight forward.

Cool. Will deff look nice if ya weld it up good and smooth it out.

Can't wait for more progress.

[I-R-S-SONOMA]

hey man, the build looks good, and you got some clean work going on. jsut one thing i noticed and want to point out to save you from some headaches later.. i see your front drive shaft is perfectly level. seems like it would be right, but you are going to run in to a problem called "berlinning" this is where the u-joint is spinngin with out having to compensate for a change in angle. this will cause it to wear out very quickly. if you can shim up your carrier jsut to put the shaft on at least 3-5 degres or so, you will save alot of time changing out that front u-joint time and time again. good luck man

[sonomaguy]

I don't understand(prolly cause I'm so old) You want to have it as close to "0" as possible but not at 0. How will "0" wear it out if it's straight? I see 3/4 ton trucks driving around here all the time with a 6 inch lift kit and I don't hear of them changing u-joints and there angle is way out to lunch. I'm not saying your wrong as I have heard others who know what they are talking about and they say the same thing, it's just that I don't understand why.

[curt_minke]

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hey man, the build looks good, and you got some clean work going on. jsut one thing i noticed and want to point out to save you from some headaches later.. i see your front drive shaft is perfectly level. seems like it would be right, but you are going to run in to a problem called "berlinning" this is where the u-joint is spinngin with out having to compensate for a change in angle. this will cause it to wear out very quickly. if you can shim up your carrier jsut to put the shaft on at least 3-5 degres or so, you will save alot of time changing out that front u-joint time and time again. good luck man

Well you learn something everyday. Thanks

Got more of an update. Went for a drive over the holidays to see Troy at BBT fab and after some discussion i changed the look a little bit as well as worked out my angle problem. The rear rails are being waterjet right now, my 22's are on there way and my shop is almost done ......well heres the pics

[Kenny_Cox]

um, that is gorgeous looking and it's just a drawing. I wish I had a frame like that . Sweet work (?) so far man!

[INTERNATROLET]

And your 20 designing this? Man, I think you might have a show on Discovery Channel some day...
Nice work.

[reaper13]

yea, i cant wait for the final product, i check this everyday.

[Slappy McNasty]

thats a wicked program and design but i have a question. ive seen a few designs where the bag inflates and because of the pivots allow the bag to move/twist, what will stop the bag from inflating and "rolling" out the desired movement? the bottom obviously will not rotate/pivot because of the stationary mounting but the top is pivoted......... anyone??
i have a pic of a bag that was sorta this idea and the bag is crazy screwed up when it was inflated. i'll try and find the pic

[GET_LOW]

Good point slappy,

i would just make a solid mount to those canit's. The only time that there will be an issue is at full lift because the bag center will be in 2 different locations.

But it looks like you have a very big bag plate on the top. SO you may not have issues because the area is spread over the whole bag.

But, your prob never gona roll around donked out.

[curt_minke]

ya guys this is exactly what me and troy talked about when i went to champaigne illinois, the new design up there is a solid top and bottom mount. This explains the reason for the angle on the bottom bracket. At this angle, when the cantilever goes up the angle almost directly above it. it has a small angle in the bag when its inflated but not huge. The program i use allows me to move the suspension up and down to see how everything works. And thats "app" the best one "so far"

[kandel123]

lets see some steel progress

[curt_minke]

Yes! THE WATERJET FRAME RAILS ARE DONE I PICK UP TOMORROW! This weekend ill put them together...


Some of the shop pics when i first moved in....





My younger bro helping me out with the paint.

[Oldskool94]

nice little place to work. i cant wait to see this truck start going back together.

[curt_minke]

Found this pic in my folder of sketches. Its what im thinking for interior.

i have terrible writing but you get the point

[kandel123]

well how does the shop look with paint now?

[curt_minke]

well here it is.

Got the back half frame rails and welded one together so far. Ripped out the interior, and ripped down the old shit house in the shop down to replace it with a new one lol









The interior




And the old Shit House

[Oldskool94]

lookin really good you get them peices cut out on a water jet?

[curt_minke]

ya the pieces are waterjet. Makes a really good cut!

[Oldskool94]

yeah it looks really clean when your done and you dont have to clean it up.

[Wybrow]

Nice to see another awesome Canadian build! Hope to see it at Scrape this year man, keep up the good work.

[Driveway Kustoms]

beforfe u make those solid mounts i saw somewhere else on the forum that some 1 made a minilink, its kinda hard to explian but with a link mounted to the canti bar and connected to the upper bag mount that is parellel to the pivot, basically its like making a mini parellel 4 link outta it, that way the bag would be stretched in any way and for the most part move only in a vertical direction

idk i think itd be hella cool and keep the whole linked and pivot theme goin and itd only take a small moding to do

jus my $.02 but i think it looks great man, ive been following every update, good luck with it

[curt_minke]

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beforfe u make those solid mounts i saw somewhere else on the forum that some 1 made a minilink, its kinda hard to explian but with a link mounted to the canti bar and connected to the upper bag mount that is parellel to the pivot, basically its like making a mini parellel 4 link outta it, that way the bag would be stretched in any way and for the most part move only in a vertical direction

idk i think itd be hella cool and keep the whole linked and pivot theme goin and itd only take a small moding to do

jus my $.02 but i think it looks great man, ive been following every update, good luck with it

where is that link....

[Driveway Kustoms]

idk but i drew this up

[curt_minke]

i think i get what your saying but that mount is solid. there is no rotating components altho it looks like it. Thats a false impression

[Driveway Kustoms]

oh alrite my bad

[Close2theground]

looks amazing Curtis, keep up the good work man !

[Kenny_Cox]

i am excited to see this progress. Keep it up.

[curt_minke]

Clamped the frame rail to the frame to see what its goign to look like while i was working on the raambler.

[SSKJason]

that looks crazy sick. nice work man

[Kenny_Cox]

<-------- Jealous

[GET_LOW]

looks sick man. i need to get outside and work on mine. haha!

[$straightridah$]

any updates?

[curt_minke]

ok so busy as fack at the shop with front end swaps, baggin ramblers, custom exhausts etc. leaves me enough time to look at my tuck beofre the end of the night so that sucks. But i do have the final drawing of the suspension all the parts are coming in or are in. Heres a couple to look at...

[greatdane68]

You bagged a Rambler? As in AMC? Please post up some pics.

[curt_minke]

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You bagged a Rambler? As in AMC? Please post up some pics.

yeah 1963 AMC RAMBLER 2 dr coupe with 23000 original miles! i asked the customer if he was crazy...! lol its being bagged right now. I made a custom kit so that the bags replace the springs but you can switch them out to keep factory settings again. It acutally is working out quite nice. the fronts bagged and back is half done. heres the link:

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f30/pr...ambler-383783/

[GET_LOW]

Looks killer man. Hopefully ya can get some of those projects done so ya can put some more money and time into your truck!!! But atleast business is strong and not lackin!

Keep it up man!

[iLLblazer]

That driveshaft crossmember really looks out of place with the curves and nice lines of the rest of the design.

[Wybrow]

Quote: Originally Posted by iLLblazer

That driveshaft crossmember really looks out of place with the curves and nice lines of the rest of the design.

I agree, however everything else looks top notch, if you did some kinda of rounded DOM tube c-member that would be that much better.

[curt_minke]

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Quote: Originally Posted by iLLblazer That driveshaft crossmember really looks out of place with the curves and nice lines of the rest of the design.



I agree, however everything else looks top notch, if you did some kinda of rounded DOM tube c-member that would be that much better.

Hey ya i thought i was a little out of place in there. I think im going to leave that till after im done the frame rails. I want to incorperate somethin to make it match.

Besides that my wheels are in! Rockstar 22" x 8.5" Chrome wheels with paintable wheel covers so i can two or three tone my wheels to match my frame and body. Then Kumho Ecsta 245/30/22's wrapping them. I set the fender on the wheel just to get an idea of how much it tucks. Let me know what ya think>>













And me on the phone?

[GET_LOW]

Looks sweet man! I like the faceplates so you can go from chrome to black rims pretty easy!

Those are tuckin nice, but there gona truck more when you set up the fron cause your gona get camber and thats gona make em push up mor einto the fender, so there gona truck harder

[curt_minke]

well obviously, its just to get the idea ha lol i just want to finish it now, ha the rambler just needs to have the rear bags setup finished (like a couple hours of work) then the body will be worked as im working on my truck frame! Then a have a floor to put in a 80's chev pickup at the start of the week so i basicly only have this weekend to get the rails done, and then i can fit them up and setup the rear assembly. The front horns is the only other thing im redoing, so once that is done its ready for paint

[Close2theground]

FINALLY the pics are up hahaha,Freaking awesome Kurt those look sick bro !!!

[Wybrow]

Those wheels are badass man...Cant wait to see this thing this summer.