54 Chevy Bel Air IFS, notch and air suspension...

I've got Dunk's 54 Chevy back in the workshop for some serious mods including... Fatman Fabrications front MII IFS, Gambino Kustoms rear frame notch and four link kit, full Air suspension and 12V conversion...







Out with the engine...


A few new gaskets here and ther might be a good idea while it's out




Out with the old...


in with the new...

cool,
you even got to use your new angle gauge thingys

nearly finished then, i'll pick it up friday

Some more progress today, tacked in the cross member, spent a lot of time moking up the top shock/arm mounts, trimming them up and getting them ready to weld in. this is the kind of job you definately dont want to be doing twice so measuring and checking is very important!

Also as this is the super low version the chassis legs have to be notched so the steering rack can sit high enough so the rest of the day was spent doing that...

top work , that will look sweet when its on the deck.

Some more progress today...

lots more measuring, checking angles, measurements from every angle then checking again before finally welding it all in.











Then had a quick mock up...

that looks like a bloody nice set-up

Nice to see where the money went!! Looking real solid.

Hopefully on the way to getting the back end sorted too now I've found a (hopefully) suitable Volvo axle. Discs brakes all round, very gay

Dunk! Good to see you on here man! Yeah dude looking good, I wish I had something in the garage similar I could go play with!! Erm.......couldn't help but notice the chevy coupes gone from the for sale page Nooooooooooooooo!!!!

Not much gone on in the last few days on this but as we're sorting a few missing parts but here's a few more pics...

This is pretty much the ride height recommended for general driving with the bottom arms level so the ball joints are central in their sockets, should ride lovely on most roads, can be run much higher for speed bumps and other obsticals, and very much lower for posing


This will be pretty much the lowest it will go, frame will just about be on the floor at this height so more a parking than driving height

I just got a funny feeling in my pants is that normal?

Yes, perfectly normal.

Here's the new gearbox(on the left), completely different bolt patern as you can see, hopefully we can make an adapter plate to make it fit the Bellhousing


it also doesn't have a rear mount, sure i can knock something up though...


The rear frame/chassis notches went missing somewhere during in shipping, i can get another set sent but time is short with the car already in the workshop and with xmas so close, shipping will take ages! so i've drawn some up from the many photos online. i'm pretty confident that they are correct...




Nice clean boot area, about to get chopped up...




Here's the new axle, it's from a Volvo 940... should be nice and strong with decent ratio's


This is the old axle, springs etc... nothing left to use here.


Here's the Gambino 4 link rear kit, top quality gear, i'm looking forward to getting into this

Its going to be proper sorted looks well cool

Cutting for notches...

ouch!

some big old notches going in there

This is gonna look so good...first dibs if you sell it...or am i in a big queue

It's staying with me for a long long time I'm afraid!! Got plans...

Since i sold it to Dunk i must have had 10 people ask me if it's for sale or if Dunk will sell it!

Dunk54 wrote:

It's staying with me for a long long time I'm afraid!! Got plans...

Dunk dd you see the question Smiffy asked you in general chat?

https://rhrco.forumotion.com/general-automotive-chat-and-introductions-f6/duncan-t550.htm

Super work dude

Well done mate. The measuring looks spot on.