@PBR Overall . Wow, tank you for the info. I Dm Marc but never heard back. Good info. I’m in AZ so to far for a stop by.I've got a little experience with vintage chevy front ends. Currently I'm "building" a square body blazer that was raced back in the 90's so it's very race era correct. Originally it had 3 x 2" body shocks per corner but the previous owner cut off the upper mounts so I'm going to be using a single 3" bypass per corner. The upper arms are reinforced 1 Ton and the lowers are 1/2 or 3/4 ton, not sure (reinforced as well). The upper runs a Henry's style ball joint and on the lowers when I got it there were stock ball joints so I had Mark Newhan (as per his recommendation) install 1" spherical bearings for more articulation. Also running Stock Car products hubs and spindles with corvette calipers. Springs are P30 motorhome from the late 70's or early 80's.
If you don't want to go this crazy for only 10-12" of travel I would suggest running the P30 spring with a Henry's upper ball joint for more angle. You can add a spacer to if you need a little more height and then run a stock lower 1 ton ball joint. If you can find spindles off a 79 Ambulance (I'm pretty sure that's the year but not 100%), these had a bigger snout / bearings but you could still run the 5 lug rotors. I may have some of these parts for sale in the near future if you're interested.
As for the rear my set up is spring under Nationals with a single 3" bypass King. Nothing super fancy.
If you live in SoCal you're welcome to come by and check it out.
Sounds awesome! Got any pictures?I've got a little experience with vintage chevy front ends. Currently I'm "building" a square body blazer that was raced back in the 90's so it's very race era correct. Originally it had 3 x 2" body shocks per corner but the previous owner cut off the upper mounts so I'm going to be using a single 3" bypass per corner. The upper arms are reinforced 1 Ton and the lowers are 1/2 or 3/4 ton, not sure (reinforced as well). The upper runs a Henry's style ball joint and on the lowers when I got it there were stock ball joints so I had Mark Newhan (as per his recommendation) install 1" spherical bearings for more articulation. Also running Stock Car products hubs and spindles with corvette calipers. Springs are P30 motorhome from the late 70's or early 80's.
If you don't want to go this crazy for only 10-12" of travel I would suggest running the P30 spring with a Henry's upper ball joint for more angle. You can add a spacer to if you need a little more height and then run a stock lower 1 ton ball joint. If you can find spindles off a 79 Ambulance (I'm pretty sure that's the year but not 100%), these had a bigger snout / bearings but you could still run the 5 lug rotors. I may have some of these parts for sale in the near future if you're interested.
As for the rear my set up is spring under Nationals with a single 3" bypass King. Nothing super fancy.
If you live in SoCal you're welcome to come by and check it out.
I'll try and get more photos this weekend. The arms are lengthened, plated and braced although could use more on the uppers which I will do when it comes time to fab the shock mounts.I got to have those shocks through the hood!!the arms did start out as factory units.I bought the truck with them already done although the truck was in bad need of TLC when I got it.It was not takin care of.I cleaned and detailed the under carriage, pinion seal was leaking,installed new carb,diff cover,wheels tires,interior,radiator,detailed motor,put on the bed and front clip,new lights,had to rework the bumper,fabbed up the skid plate.now goes all the way down to frame,I'm sure there's a few more things I'm missing but you get the idea.And more to do lol.thanks everyone for the compliments,almost forgot,tires are 35's@racer dad that looks awesome! Love it!
Those arms, custom? How about a pic of the upper to? Any info would be great.