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attatoy said:
i think you would be better to keep the pig frame, the gap will be large with out huge fender cutting and then you end up witj a ****y flex style frame on a none flex body, please prove me wrong, love lifted pigs!
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Oh there will be pleanty of fender cutting and Im keeping the gaps to a minum :grinpimp:

I know all to well about my twist happy frame.Its going to have a full cage tied into the frame from the front bumper to the tail gate:D
 
Here be my steering shaft :grinpimp: I cut the spline part of the stock steering shaft off and pressed it into a piece of 1"x .125" wall tube and tig welded it in.On the other end there is a Borgeson steering joint.It has a piece of .75" round stock pressed into it and tigged in.I pressed the tube over the .75" stub on the joint and then tigged the tube to the joint.Then on both ends I drilled a hole through the shaft ,pressed a dowell pin into the hole,and tigged it in.I wanted to make extra sure this wont fail :hillbilly:

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Sort of hit a snag with getting the Toy clutch master connected to my GM slave.It turned out I had just not talked to the right people.I went and saw these guys at lunch and they got me straightened out http://www.snowwhiteltd.com/index.htm

Got the steering shaft in and the clutch plumbed and bled.Its so easy to bleed a clutch by yourself with the tunnel cover off ;p

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Now its on to the brakes and then I can get the front clip back on.The brake system is going to be a later model GM hydroboost setup :grinpimp:
 
Yes.It was a complete hydroboost setup that he had been holding on to for me for about two years :D It had been so long he forgot who he was holding it for;p

Chris
 
Uhhh...mo progress :bounce: :bounce:
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dieselcruiserhead said:
wow that is one big pig.. I dig the hydroboost..
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Its 62" from the ground to the door handle and sidewall to sidewall its wider than my trailer.Tis' quite large,but smaller than what I had before at the same time ;p

The boost setup is all new 3/4 ton diesel Chevy stuff from Napa :grinpimp:

Chris
 
Looks awesome.

Just wanted to get your opinion on what you think would be easier since you did the swap.

I have a 93 Dodge frame and suspension and have been debating to swap the Pig onto the Dodge like you did with your chevy or to swap the suspension and diesel into the pig.

I'm starting this weekend so I'll start a post and put some pics up then.
 
Rescue Wagon said:
Looks awesome.

Just wanted to get your opinion on what you think would be easier since you did the swap.

I have a 93 Dodge frame and suspension and have been debating to swap the Pig onto the Dodge like you did with your chevy or to swap the suspension and diesel into the pig.

I'm starting this weekend so I'll start a post and put some pics up then.
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For me putting the body on my Chevy frame was way easier.I think mounting a body is alot less work that getting an entire drivetrain mounted in a new frame.

Sounds like a sweet project.Cant wait to see it :D
 
I think tonight will be spent finishing up the wiring :grinpimp:

Next will be the rear wells.I already cut the lip off of the passenger side and I got the bottom of the rocker marked to cut (you can see the line in the one pic of the passenger side).I think I got it figured out how I want to move the rear of the opening back.I will have some pics soon Im sure :D
 
And this color is really starting to grow on me :D I was going to go a different direction,but I may just stick with the two tone.

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