How to ruin a Good Truck

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Come follow me as I destroy another truck.

93 Sonoma. Low miles, real southern bell.

I have:
Michigan Metal Works control arms and Crossshafts
LRD 3" Upper cups
Little Shop No toe No Notch Front steering linkage
LRD 4 Traingulated 4 Link with Add on 6link and Notches , Raised tank member
4 RE7's
20" dog Bones
Air Lift 3P - 3/8
2 Viair 444C black compressors
2 Slim 5 Gallon tanks
Parker Fittings

Here is the Truck about a week before starting

 

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MMW Control Arm set. Really happy with how they look quality wise. The nice part about these is they move the wheel forward about an inch, so it will recenter the wheel and require less tub work on the firewall to lay it out on the current wheels

Some Stuff I have already zinc primed

Raised Tank Memeber and Top link bar

Rear Link bars for the bags

Bed full of junk

 

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Pre - removal

My #1 helper doing this thing

Stuff removed

Stuff Cut

Thats where it sits currently. Gonna get the Front 100% done(minus tub work) before i start the rear

 

[Dakota]

Can't wait to see this come together. That's such a clean little truck. What are you doing about the bed floor? Raising it or cutting it with a notch cover?

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[Khaos]

Looking good, gonna look great on the ground. It's cleaner than my 04 is and I'm kinda upset about that. Damn northeast winters

 

[Tylers88]

In for progress, also you have the best vanity plates on everything

 

[bgray]

Can't wait to see this come together. That's such a clean little truck. What are you doing about the bed floor? Raising it or cutting it with a notch cover?

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Orignally i was onboard for raised bed floor, but it makes the bed super useless. My buddy said he has heavy items sucked out of his shallow bed, so that scared me off of that.

At this moment, im thinking raised factory tubs, raise center bed floor, and continue ribs up notch cover and repaint bed floor. Im not 100% sure on that yet tho

 

[Dakota]

Orignally i was onboard for raised bed floor, but it makes the bed super useless. My buddy said he has heavy items sucked out of his shallow bed, so that scared me off of that.

At this moment, im thinking raised factory tubs, raise center bed floor, and continue ribs up notch cover and repaint bed floor. Im not 100% sure on that yet tho

Gotcha. I love the looks of raised floors but if you plan on using it at all I see why you wouldn't want to do it. Raised factory tubs and a ribbed notch cover is my next favorite look right there with fully smooth sheet metal bed floors. Lol.

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Made some good headway yesterday

Go the Front ready for welding. Inner pocket clearance, smoothed, and flared, Lots of room compressed and decompressed. Still have to cut the fender out, but that'll come

Bed off and working away on Gas Tank X Member

GAs tank mounts raised and installed. Lower link perches moved.

 

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Nice pic snapped of the truck about 1 week before dismantle

Notches going in

Had to notch the back of the cab for the driveshaft, hopefully it doesnt need floor work when the back is sacked out

 

[dszx13]

This is gonna be sweet when it's done. Hell it was perfect before. Lol

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[Jared]

Nice

 

[BigBoi]

Skeet skeet skeet

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[Dakota]

Looking good. Ready to see it laid.

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[yates]

Brandon always finding the clean trucks.

 

[GeoffSFAs10]

Yes...so much yes. This is excellent.

 

[bgray]

Looking good. Ready to see it laid.

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Unfortunetly the front wont lay out till mid winter, Buddy that is doing that fab work is booked till then

Brandon always finding the clean trucks.

If its in North America, and clean, ill ship it anywhere for that!

 

[Oktain]

I may have to ask for some help finding a clean square body in a few years. Girlfriend's dream truck is one of those lifted.

Honestly though, can't wait to see how this turns out, your attention to detail has always impressed me with your trucks, especially after seeing them in person.

 

[bgray]

$$$ and a tow truck buys the nicest trucks in the south lol

 

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Im getting close. We are done welding

Front is back together, everything except the Little Shop Steering linkage. Gonna get it all done and working then swap that out.

Front inners trimmed out. The truck will be getting custom inners made at the fab shop, but this is just step one

Everything ready to go.....except the god dam 4 bolts missing from the dog bones

Tanks, Compressor and Valve body mounted and ready to go

Going to get the rest of the tank fittings today, then wiring it up tonight. Hoping in the next few days to have a functioning truck minus The bed