Black Lightning

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:22 am

ESHALLBETTER wrote:There appears to be something large, 4 door, and mezzenined (is that a word?) in the back ground.... I can't make it out through the body work though...please give more details. Also more pics of anything you are working on!

Thats the Suburban.

cypher · Post by **cypher** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:59 am

Super clean welds... what a great project! Look forward to following this build.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:09 am

philofab wrote:
ESHALLBETTER wrote:There appears to be something large, 4 door, and mezzenined (is that a word?) in the back ground.... I can't make it out through the body work though...please give more details. Also more pics of anything you are working on!
Thats the Suburban.

yup. There's a build on DR that I can't seem to find right now. Cool stuff for sure.

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:16 am

The truck in the background is a 70's 3door suburban I have been working on at Richer Racing. The gist of the suburban is 6 seats. equal length beams, 4link with mezzanine arms, 4.0 king kongs on every corner, everything on this truck is pretty extreme can't wait to see it cruising around with 6 people in it.

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:08 am

Thing looks good man. I saw it back when you were at giant. Has come along way since then! Get er done.

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:40 pm

cs_drums wrote:Thing looks good man. I saw it back when you were at giant. Has come along way since then! Get er done.

Thanks man! Just read your whole build thread your truck is rad! I remember building your beams, what a pain in the ass! took about two weeks if I remember right.. I might have some old pics of them if you want them

damon1272 · Post by **damon1272** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:21 am

Very nice build. I really like how you did the A pillar/dash bar. Really simplifies things. Think I will use this for when I do my cage. Keep the pictures coming.

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:23 am

Thanks doing the dash that way makes it alot easier to drop down when everything fits tight and you have tubes stubbed out the back, just be sure to cap the open ends with whatever thickness tubing you are using

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:36 am

C H O wrote:
cs_drums wrote:Thing looks good man. I saw it back when you were at giant. Has come along way since then! Get er done.

Thanks man! Just read your whole build thread your truck is rad! I remember building your beams, what a pain in the ass! took about two weeks if I remember right.. I might have some old pics of them if you want them

Haha I remember Geoff saying to tell everyone they cost $10k so no one would ask you guys to build another set. I would love the pics. Ill PM you my email address.

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:53 pm

got the rear end mocked up and cyclying, in the process of desgning the backhalf now. Expect some big updates soon!

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:32 am

Liking the progress, what rear end is that? Specs?

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:37 am

Pics of that white Bronco!!

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:18 pm

cs_drums wrote:Liking the progress, what rear end is that? Specs?

it is a blitkrieg housing 3.5 tubes full 4130 tig welded, really nice part!

Ill get some some pics of the white bronco or maybe have the owner start a thread, its a awesome truck, i have been working on it for the past couple months. Has everything you could want minus links.

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:06 am

Here are some more pics, I drew up the back half the other day, real excited to get going on it. front has 13" of up travel, will probably bump it lower for ground clearance reasons. The rear has 14" of uptravel at ride height, the truck sits 4-5" taller than stock with 37" tires

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:07 am

Rmc · Post by **Rmc** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:15 am

Drool.... Love the wheels too btw.

VintageIronFab · Post by **VintageIronFab** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:56 am

That one long continuous bead I think on the side of the frame is absolutely beautiful. Do you worry about serious warping with a weld that long and nonstop. If it's not continuous the transitions are literally perfect.

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:15 pm

VintageIronFab wrote:That one long continuous bead I think on the side of the frame is absolutely beautiful. Do you worry about serious warping with a weld that long and nonstop. If it's not continuous the transitions are literally perfect.

Thanks, no worries about warping, there is enough structure to keep things from moving. And yes, i try to do as little starts and stops as possible.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:03 am

any progress pics to share?

C H O · Post by **C H O** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:24 am

Finally got to start on the back half last week, 2 days in a and ran out of material and our supplier had to order more so hopefully more updates next week

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