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Old 11-04-2009, 07:14 PM   #11
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some of you guys are just spoiled
i did it in my driveway with a floor jack, a pair of GOOD jack stands, a cutting torch, an arc welder, some rear shackle mounts from a MOPAR, and two rear axle mounts from Moroso. took me, buy myself, about 4 hours. from driving the car to driving the car.
I guess if it ain't pre-engineered and don't bolt on it ain't no good..........(just one of my pet peeves).
on that one. None of the kits I am aware of "Bolt on".
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Old 11-04-2009, 07:19 PM   #12
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Ceewdee. Eckler's has a very good "how-to"article you may want to look at. JIM.
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Old 11-05-2009, 09:27 AM   #13
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on that one. None of the kits I am aware of "Bolt on".
and that is what the welder was for................
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I had a very detailed drawing sent to me via Chevy Talk that I'd be happy to send. I work with a machine shop and they built me the complete set. I did some horse trading fot for the labor. Everything came out great, but I have yet to install it. They did say that it would have cost me $200. There is a lot of work to build them if the shop is not set up with the proper jigs, etc.
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some of you guys are just spoiled
i did it in my driveway with a floor jack, a pair of GOOD jack stands, a cutting torch, an arc welder, some rear shackle mounts from a MOPAR, and two rear axle mounts from Moroso. took me, buy myself, about 4 hours. from driving the car to driving the car.
I guess if it ain't pre-engineered and don't bolt on it ain't no good..........(just one of my pet peeves).
oh yeah, and that was 20 years ago.........before everything became credit card ready.
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