I'm baaaaack! Well I never really left I just keep forgetting to post updates...
Have made a little progress on the LUV this summer. Unfortunately ended up laid off for a quite a while and that lack of income meant I didn't get anywhere near as much done to it as I wanted to.
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Mock up of the bed and rear axle from this spring before I started doing anything to it.
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Picked up a Dana 60 front axle for it.
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Got the bedsides shortened like I had planned. Extended the frame 12" past where the boxed factory frame ended. Running my 64" leaf springs the rear spring hanger would have been half off of the end of the stock frame. Also cleaned all of the old spring hangers and brackets off. Currently waiting on Ford Ranger hangers to arrive so I can finish up the rear suspension.
*Fun fact* with no axle or bed attached, you can pick up the rear framerails of a Chevy LUV and walk it around like a wheelbarrow. I love how light this thing is.
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Big thanks to Roadrunner Fiberglass for custom 8.5" bulge baja fenders for it! Turned out waaaaay better than anything I could've fabbed up out of sheetmetal. Price was great too! They add enough width to just about perfectly cover the width of the Dana 60 with the White Spokes I bought for it. Last picture is from today. Welding up mounts and crossmembers for the bed while I'm waiting for those spring hangers.