kelseydum
Well-known member
It's been a while and if you remember me, this is my first build... EVER. I have never done much more than change a filter or a fuel pump and have met a wonderful girl who's father is teaching along the way.
I am still trying to salvage the 37 Ford cab most of you have seen (I'm trying to get some new doors for it), but for now I traded some pinstriping for a pretty clean 46 International cab that I'm putting on the 37 Ford frame. Almost have the rearend mounted and most of the front suspension complete. I have a steering box and column, seats, bed, a radiator, grille, and pedal assembly, but have been doing some work on the cab right now. I lowered it a few inches to hide the frame some more and will be chopping it soon. I've also recently bought a SB Chevy 350 crate motor (9,000 miles) /350 trans for about $600... runs and sounds good. I recently chopped the arms off the original spindles to convert to bolt on arms so I can clear my axle/spring. I've also already got front disc brakes w/ Ford bolt pattern to match Ford 8.8 rear. I've spent around $1600 so far but am selling a bunch of parts that came with the original buy and should make about $300 back. Anyways here are a few pics to start.
I'm still new to this so forgive my terminology. I believe this is a trailing arm (?) off of a newer chevy pu. I made brackets for each side this past Sunday.
I am still trying to salvage the 37 Ford cab most of you have seen (I'm trying to get some new doors for it), but for now I traded some pinstriping for a pretty clean 46 International cab that I'm putting on the 37 Ford frame. Almost have the rearend mounted and most of the front suspension complete. I have a steering box and column, seats, bed, a radiator, grille, and pedal assembly, but have been doing some work on the cab right now. I lowered it a few inches to hide the frame some more and will be chopping it soon. I've also recently bought a SB Chevy 350 crate motor (9,000 miles) /350 trans for about $600... runs and sounds good. I recently chopped the arms off the original spindles to convert to bolt on arms so I can clear my axle/spring. I've also already got front disc brakes w/ Ford bolt pattern to match Ford 8.8 rear. I've spent around $1600 so far but am selling a bunch of parts that came with the original buy and should make about $300 back. Anyways here are a few pics to start.
![37Front_suspension.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/951/9513c74be24db8b8621f9449122c5efa.jpg)
![cut_37spindle_arms.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b68/b6841fe5a127233afdd0ba89a8599508.jpg)
I'm still new to this so forgive my terminology. I believe this is a trailing arm (?) off of a newer chevy pu. I made brackets for each side this past Sunday.
![trailingarm.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/99d/99ddcc3869d8b617ad10a5f2e53ee110.jpg)
![Rear_arm_mountClose.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cff/cff2716d43f398b10cfb2a3783f32948.jpg)