Posted: Friday, June 10, 2011 1:29 AM  

Posted: Friday, June 10, 2011 7:56 AM  

Hey, post up some pics of that kit you make for the triangulated LCA vehicles. I have a customer that wants to see them, but cant get your site to load from his phone...?

Taylor

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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2011 2:10 PM  

Edited: 6/13/2011 2:22:53 PM by UnusualFabrication
Here you go!

Kit I make to triangulate your stock lower control arms:
Availiable for purchase here ---> Triangulated Lower Control Arm Kit

And here is a picture sent in by a customer of it installed.



Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Friday, June 10, 2011 3:18 PM  

I finished this up last week.

10-bolt narrowed an inch on eash side.

All the backing plate bolts broke off so I drilled them out.

I re-tapped the holes to the correct size, good as new!

With all the bearing pucks machined I starting setting everything up in the fixture.

Lining up the ends in the fixture.

All welded up and ready to go.




Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2011 4:54 PM  

Edited: 6/15/2011 10:32:06 PM by UnusualFabrication
The owner of this truck wanted a custom 20 gallon aluminum fuel cell to replace the uncoated rusty 8 gallon steel tank that was in it. Since it wasn't vented the gas backed up the filler neck, spilled everywhere, and it took along time to fill it up.

Just got it back to the shop.

And for those of you wondering "what's under that hood scoop?" here you go:

Filler panel I made with a perimeter flange and some beads in it.

Quick picture of the aluminum welds.

All welded, mounted, plumbed, and wired up.




Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2011 8:07 PM  

wow, thats incredible

20+' minitruck? DAMN RIGHT! worlds longest & lowest

Posted: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:56 PM  

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Slappy Mc Nasty said:

wow, thats incredible
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Thanks!


Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 2:00 PM  

Edited: 6/14/2011 2:04:55 PM by UnusualFabrication
Bag On Bar 4-Link for a Nissan Hardbody.

Wishbone set-up for a Mazda B-Series.




Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:24 PM  

1973 Camaro Z28 that I re-bagged. The rearend was shifted 2" to the left and wasn't sqaure to the chassis (which wouldn't allow the rear to lay out, it looked bad, and it dog tracked), the front didn't get enough lift, it leaked air, and after pulling it apart I found that the front shockwaves were rubbing because the spring pockets weren't trimmed out enough and the bolts that held the front lower control arms on were installed with 9/16" bolts and 5/8" nuts..... Anyways, on to some pictures:

All finished up and laid out:

Another shot of it laid out:

New fully adjustable 4-link with knurled grips and Heim joints:

Custom pair of lower aluminum bushings for the shockwaves:




Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:18 PM  

I'm doing a little give-away over on my shops FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/UnusualFabricationLLC so make sure you head over, take a guess, and hit that "Like" button while your there!


Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 8:05 AM  

Got any pics of factory Toyota arms triangulated with one of ur kits?

Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:17 PM  

I don't have any pictures of that model yet. I know a kit I sold was used on the 76-83 toyota frame though. Being that its a universal kit with a little trimming of the tabs and welding it will work with any vehicle that you want to triangulate the lowers on.


Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:24 PM  

Another project in the shop now.

18 gallon aluminum fuel cell:



Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:36 PM  

How much is the lower control arm kit?


Freaks of Nature member now out of Owensboro Kentucky...91 ranger single cab long bed... stockfloored on 20s and a 3/4 frame, hydroholics 1 pump 5 dump setup, toyota front clip, modified ower control arms and drop spindles, sheetmetal floor, firewall and back wall, smoothed door jambs, radiused door corners, shaved drip rails, shaved wipercowl, door handles, keyholes, mirrors, cab seams, civic bucket seats without the headrests. Ford 351 windsor smallblock V8 thats stock for now but will be getting heads, cam, intake, carb, dual shotgun style breather and custom made headers.

Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:40 PM  

Edited: 1/28/2012 1:43:13 PM by UnusualFabrication

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automatik23 said:

How much is the lower control arm kit?

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Here is a link to it on my website: Triangulated Lower Control Arm Kit


Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"

Posted: Monday, June 20, 2011 12:59 PM  

This is a friend of mines 1964 Buick Skylark. Since he hadn't bagged a car before I made all the brackets and bag cups for him and trimmed out the front drivers side spring pocket so he knew what to do on the passenger side. He tackled all the electrical and plumbing on it so he could save a few bucks.

Heres the rear cups all finished up:

After all the bags and cups were in it was layed out for the first time:

He also got a matching steering wheel but the adapter wouldn't fit into the column, so off to the lathe:

Originally when we bagged it we waited to put on the shocks, now its back at the shop for front shocks, so I made some shock mounts:

Inner fender trimed out, New front shock mounts welded in, and shocks installed:

All finished up with a nice smooth ride in the front:




Chris Allred
www.UnusualFabrication.com
616-813-8787

"Hand made parts for truly custom vehicles"