Project Kaoss: Bagged and Bodied 620.

[kaoss]

Both sides on the front are done now. Still needs permanent welding, and I have to plate the bottom of the frame but I'm going to burn it all in later. Cycled the front, everything works great. It'll be on a shorter tire, and I won't know how much of a z it'll need to make it lay until I get the rear end tore down.

 

Front Down.

 

 

That'll work.

 

 

Down.

 

 

Up.

 

 

And compared to my Frontier's frame .

 

[Slammy]

Can you flip the king pins upside down? Looks like you could bolt 720 control arms right to that truck and then run dropped spindles

[]2eDeYe]

I think you can but you have to get/make custom bushings. It might throw off the camber though, not sure.

 

You can use the 720 stuff but you need a custom upper arm.

[kaoss]

Got the leaf springs removed, axle center and tacked to frame using the old u-bolts. Looks like I can use a small notch in the frame to get this thing to lay. Next on the list is to cut off some random brackets on the frame and then build a cross member.

 

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Just wondering what brand bags will you be running up front ?

[kaoss]

Those are Slam Specialtie's RE-6's.

[King620]

love the old school paint

[510kevin]

anymore progress? ive been lookin for another 620 to bag and body, just gotta find one on the cheap if i'll be cutting it up :D

looks good, cant waitto see it done!

[kaoss]

Maybe tonight, if I can get out from in front of the Xbox :D

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Those are Slam Specialtie's RE-6's.

Thanks for the bag info. Ive heard that the RE-5 will work on a kingpin Datsun truck without having to "cup" the frame. Either way yours looks clean & you know there will be no rubbing issues.

[kaoss]

I thought about going with the 5's, but I knew that the 6's would fit with a little more work. A Toyota front clip swap is were it's at though.

 

Cut out the peices to build a cross member out of some scrap I had laying around.

 

[kaoss]

Welded all of that scrap together into a cross member, plated the ends, and tacked it in.

 

[fisch]

 

 

And my awesome wheels. It looks like an inch and half Z is in store for this thing in order for it to get to lay.

 

 

Totally bitchin choice on the wheels man! I was looking into Pathy spare tires for my '59 at one point. But they aren't 18"!

[kaoss]

The start of my lower link bars out of 2*2 .025 wall.

 

 

Notching the ends with a chop saw and a grinder. Too bad this is a scrap peice that I practiced on, and not the actual link bar. If you never knew that you could do this, check out this thread. Chop saw notching 101

 

 

[kaoss]

Found some 17" 10 year old billet wheels!

[Pacific coast Datsun]

I like the 17's better :cool:

[kaoss]

I hope that they tuck. I'll be real sad if they don't.

[]2eDeYe]

Nice looking wheels :cool:

[Wide14u]

i like all that you have done i want more

[kaoss]

Next week there will be a lot more.

[kaoss]

Got the lower link bars welded together, and the axle cleaned off of the four link tabs. Still have to finish my uppers. I hope to have the four link hung by Wednesday night.

 

[Wide14u]

all your stuff ends up being so good

[kaoss]

I had to take my link bars to a fab shop and have the bungs tapped out to accept the rod ends after I welded them up, only cost me $20 bucks, but these silly little $20 things always add up, like the $50 in grade 8 hardware for the link bars. Any ways, on to some pics.

 

Got everything mocked up, small truck, but it'll all fit.

 

 

Ended the night with a 2 link. Uppers are tacked in, next time it'll be the lowers.

 

 

That's it for this week!

[76bullit]

It may be a little too late to clue you into the fact that a 521 axle helps tuck wheels in the rear. I cant remember how much more narrow it is but i tucked titan wheels with a 3 inch body drop. Nice job by the way.

[kaoss]

I was actually going to start a thread to see if anyone knew the WMS to WMS on a 521. There is one in the yard here, and it's not really too late to swap it.