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I had pondered doing the ball joints and control arm bushings myself. Heck, Mark (CDNPONT) even dropped over his spring compressor and ball joint fork. The thought of doing all this on jack stands really didn't appeal to me so...
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I got Tiny to do it! Jeff started on her this afternoon. After hearing about the fun he had getting the original control arm bushings out, I'm really glad I had him do it.

While Jeff worked hard. (that's him giving the control arm a good cleaning)
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the pain in the ass owner (me) decided this was a great time to take some undercarriage shots. I think Jeff appreciated me staying the hell out of the way!
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I won't bore you all with floor pan shots however it was nice to see the car underneath without being flat on my back!
I'm sure I'll feel the difference with the new bushings and ball joints. Next step will be a good alignment.

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Car looks good even up in the air. I am sure you will have a new feel when Tiny is finished doing his magic. Money well spent.

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You will really appreciate the front end work. i thought all old trucks wandered all over the place till i did my front end.

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Well I have to admit I took my control arms off (and put them back on) myself (I have the spring compressor and pickle forks etc.) but I did take them to a shop to have the old bushings replaced with the new urethane bushings I bought. The shop owner confessed that his man had a hell of a time doing the job. The owner was so interested in my 56 that he made me promise to bring it by when it was running (soon!). And he only charged me $20 US for the whole job, both upper and lower control arms!!!!!!!!!

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69Laurentian wrote:
I won't bore you all with floor pan shots however it was nice to see the car underneath without being flat on my back!
I'm sure I'll feel the difference with the new bushings and ball joints. Next step will be a good alignment. Todd
Those floorpan shots are most sought after, especially when you are working in that zone!  Need some tips!!! "Steal with the eye"

 



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I think I have found a new web sight photo for Tiny's

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 I agree!!! Needs trim rings, though!!! (lol)

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I will bring down my "new stainless" trim rings for you to use!  

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 I agree!!! Needs trim rings, though!!! (lol)


        car looks a little high in the front   you need some weight to level it out!  lol

 



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Lookin' great Todd...especially w/ the redlines and no rings!!!

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Lookin' great Todd...especially w/ the redlines and no rings!!!juggle.gif

Elementary Dr Pete, The Red Lines need a different approach than with white walls.  Red line tyres are overshadowed by Trim Rings!!aww

 



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You got it Johann...Redlines triumph over trim rings!. nod.gif 

If the car had Whitewalls, that's a whole different story and the stock look w/ rings appropriate..
Personally I still prefer the no ring look though...like a Judge!.

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I like no trim rings looks tougher besides when Todd has the big block in the rings will just fly off when he does his funny car burnouts!LOL and you cant forget when he does the rockfords out of the drive way they always fly off then.

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I like no trim rings looks tougher besides when Todd has the big block in the rings will just fly off when he does his funny car burnouts!LOL and you cant forget when he does the rockfords out of the drive way they always fly off then.

They fly off just like in the movies!!! 

Take a look at the Malibu wheel set up!  That is a genuine cow catcher set up for a Saturday Night at the movies.  Todd can take his redliners to the Qtr mile strip!!! 

 



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Lookin' great Todd...especially w/ the redlines and no rings!!!

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           Lookin' great Todd ...especially w/ the reflines and trim rimgs!!!wink

 



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Lookin' great Todd...especially w/ the redlines and no rings!!!

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           Lookin' great Todd ...especially w/ the reflines and trim rimgs!!!wink
 

What's a refline?.

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get that '427' in there, it'll sit just right! aww

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Lookin' great Todd...especially w/ the redlines and no rings!!!

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           Lookin' great Todd ...especially w/ the reflines and trim rimgs!!!wink
 

What's a refline?.

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A refline is a redline spoken with a lisp

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