After I got the custom rear air suspension built for Project Pile House, I could now move on to the front suspension. The rear was relatively easy since there was a ton of room under the bed, but the front isn’t so easy. After some research on mini truck websites […]
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Rear Air Ride Suspension Fabrication- Project Pile House
Recently I began to tackle suspension on the truck. Even though I’m using a vehicle that is pretty common to install air bags on, it still requires some extra thought to make everything work correctly when there is a classic truck body on top of the S10 chassis. I couldn’t […]
Bed Floor Restoration and Setting Rear Ride Height-Project Pile House
We have been lucky enough on the east coast to have a pretty mild winter. This meant that we could really get work done AND enjoy our customs/classics throughout the winter (now I know what you west coast folks enjoy!). This meant that there was a month where I didn’t […]
Bed Stretching Made Easy- Using Eastwood Metal Brake and Slip Roll
One of the big (and controversial) jobs that we have been planning on the truck is the stretch of the bed to match the dimensions of the other half of the truck. During this process we developed and tested 2 new products. With the help of a new metal brake […]
Suspension and Brake Parts Roll In
With any project, you always want to think ahead to keep the project moving smoothly. Projects can often get delayed when you don’t think ahead, especially on large items like brakes, suspension, and the engine. I like to start the process WAY before I actually need the parts, so that […]
Lower Door Skin Restoration
We are currently working on restoring the lower inner and outer door skins on Pile House. Man; these things were bad! We will be doing a full video tech feature on it here shortly. We also will be featuring the process on our February catalog cover! Stay tuned! Here are […]
Late nights in the shop.
Spent last night cutting the front of the bed apart to be stretched. Here are 2 pics from the evening. More to come later today.
Sitting outside with bed height determined.
Today we got the bed sitting at about the height we want it at. We welded some more tabs in place out of round rebar to sit the bed on top of, but allow us to still move it side to side and front to back. It is close to […]
Mocking up the Bed on Pile House.
Now that we have the cab and front end sheet metal mounted and they are a “bolt-on” affair, it’s time to start tackling the job of making bed mounts, as well as stretching the bed to fit the chassis. I initially was going to shorten the chassis to match the […]