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I haven't been working on this project for the last month or so, other things at work are getting done. I last thing I did was getting the horizontal stab cleaned up. I think I will be working on this project again next week, and hopefully continual progress until its flying. It's time to focus...

I don't think I'm gonna paint the rising sun on it. The records look pretty good, we have all the registrations and 337s since it was converted to civilian. The guy down at the local FSDO office printed everything they had on record for us. Not sure about logbooks. We got it from Duff/ACME a...

I have an L-19 Birdog that is currently under restoration. It's currently in the jig, so far we have replaced the gearbox along with some fuselage skins. It's a long way from being ready to fly again. However, parts and pieces are ready for paint and final assembly stages. We have taken it as...

Yep, if the video links are working the one driving through the parking lot is how it is now. The bulk of the design and fabrication is complete. Mounting the shocks and bed are the last of it. Then it's just cleaning, painting and powder coating during re-assembly. This is from last month...

Try this for the videos http://s1339.photobucket.com/user/BlackSteelHQ22/library/Videos

Black Steel - Bobbed with a 6" Front End Lift, 4 Link Rear End on Airbags with 52s I have been working on this project with a buddy ever since I got it from govliqudation about 5 years ago. Last weekend I uploaded all of the photos I have to Photo Bucket. I wanted to share the 4 videos and 100+...

I'm not too concerned and let me explain why. The truck is essentially a 6" lifted bobbed deuce to accommodate running on 53 inch tires. The front end was lifted with blocks and an extended pitman arm was created. We keep pondering power steering but that's another thread. Now for the rear end...

We relocated the air tanks to make room for the links

In the first post there is a link to a video of these bags installed! This was how we fabricated up the mounts. That were welded to the axel and reinforced the fame where the bags bolted on.

Black Steel VIN Info M35A2 a. Serial Number (VIN number) ------ 052519001 (stamped on frame in the drivers wheel well) b. Registration Number ----- 04C79971 (painted on inter door panel) c. NSN without dashes ----- 2320000771616 (copied from govliquidation invoice) d. Where you bought it ---...

I still have to fabricate the cross tubes I'm gonna use 2" .250 wall DOM left over from the links. And a picture sitting level with the 4-link in sitting on rounds of wood and front lift installed. . . . These pictures are coming out of my iPhone all sorts of directions.

With the bags being the limiting factor, 10 inches. Neutral set at a 6 inch lift from stock height for the 16R20XZLs and +or- 5 inches of travel. But before that got installed we set the frame on the axel and took it to 30 inches before the jack ran out of travel. Some pictures of the flex at...

Hopefully that worked, [it worked! click the link above to see the video of the rear end suspension] I tried to post a video from my iPhone. This is the first post on my build, it's still a work in progress. It should be done sometime this May. The limit straps and shocks still need to be added...

Yeah, the wheel stud holes are 1.22" in diameter with the 6 on 8.75 pattern, they will have a bevel of 82 deg countersink and it will be 1/8" deep, that leaves 1/8" countersunk 1/8" full thickness and 1/8" countersunk which is what it looks like was stock. It was a misinterpretation of another...

Let me just think out loud here for a minute. As far as I can tell the adapter plate will need a pilot hole 6.457" in diameter. The next ring will be at 8.75 inches diameter and will have the (6) Lug Bolt pattern holes all 60 degrees apart, the wheel studs are 3/4-16 thread making the holes .750...

Tom, Do you know where I can get these for less than $85 a piece around Northern California? 100dollarman is not selling these anymore, he did have them for $50 a plate. It just seemed that I could just draw up the plate and get it machined as the cheapest option. Then I figured I could sell 'em...

I am looking for some help finding the dimensions for the side view of HEMTT 20" rims and the 2 1/2 ton Rockwell Axels Center Dimensions as well. I have been trying to research this best I could to this point. At one time I was going to convert and widen split rims to work with my 16X20.00...

G, I am going to get rid of the split rims and build-up a set of bolt together bead seat rims. Starting with two stock rims, take the split rim sides and toss em. Drilling the rivets out of the hub of one will allow it to be flipped, riveted back together and probably welded together for good...

cidrich, thanks man. this sounds like the perfect option for me and my budget. what tubes did you use and where did you get them from? what backspacing did you get flipping the rims? pete

I got four 53" tires for my Bobbed Deuce Project, Michelin 16 X 20.00 XZL's. The information I have found states that the rim width shoud be 10". Also I found that one of the features of this tire is that, if flat a 16 X 20 tube can be used. The stock split rims are 7.5" wide. Has anyone...