lowriderphil Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 rivi is giving me issues so I put it to the side for now. 64 impala, going for a late 70s-ish s street cruiser. scratch built hijacker air shocks once assembled I believe the front will sit a little higher can rule the streets with out a 409, not using this exact motor but it will have bob dudek aluminum valve covers. gonna be duplicolor metallic maroon over a gold base. sounds wierd but I tried it on scrap and I like the color outcome. phil
David G. Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Air Shocks! Nice touch. I had at least three cars with them. At least two of those cars needed them due to the weak rear springs that GM put on their cars in the 60's and 70's! Yes, keep an eye on the stance. In the 70's the front was seldom lowered, it was usually left at stock height or raised a bit. But with the rear, the sky was the limit! I've seen more than a few where the rear end would be lifted instead of cutting the fenders to accomodate the over-sized tires. Of course, this made the ride so stiff that you could literally be bounced off the road if you werent careful!
Guest Johnny Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Back still too low front WAY too low! Tires in rear way too narrow should hang out the wells by at least 2 inches!!! (the whole reason for the HiJackers!) Believe me! I was there!
W-409 Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Nice project! BIG plus point from 409 I think that the frontend is just perfect, many times here in Finland on the late 70's or early 80's frontend was lowered a bit and the rearend was a bit higher than in your car. But if you are going to raise rearend, raise the frontend a bit too. But those shocks are just perfect!
lowriderphil Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 Loving the air shock system thank you, I plan on running lines out under the rear bumper too
lowriderphil Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 Air Shocks! Nice touch. I had at least three cars with them. At least two of those cars needed them due to the weak rear springs that GM put on their cars in the 60's and 70's! Yes, keep an eye on the stance. In the 70's the front was seldom lowered, it was usually left at stock height or raised a bit. But with the rear, the sky was the limit! I've seen more than a few where the rear end would be lifted instead of cutting the fenders to accomodate the over-sized tires. Of course, this made the ride so stiff that you could literally be bounced off the road if you werent careful! I put them on my lincoln when I was doing newspapers, now that I quit them, I have cut out a full coil in the rear and I like to deflate them and lay out the rear
lowriderphil Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 Back still too low front WAY too low! Tires in rear way too narrow should hang out the wells by at least 2 inches!!! (the whole reason for the HiJackers!) Believe me! I was there! the front will use the stock spindles, the rear will surely be higher as I will be making new springs, the tires are g70/15 which I believe are basically a 235/75/15, I got the idea from an old pic of a 71 monte my dad had in 79, he had the same tires and the rear was up up and away. He once told me he ran an air line up under the front seat so he could hurry and lower it if he got stopped by flashing lights
Guest Johnny Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 the front will use the stock spindles, the rear will surely be higher as I will be making new springs, the tires are g70/15 which I believe are basically a 235/75/15, I got the idea from an old pic of a 71 monte my dad had in 79, he had the same tires and the rear was up up and away. He once told me he ran an air line up under the front seat so he could hurry and lower it if he got stopped by flashing lights We used to run L 60's and then came the N 50's!(Sticky Micky's) There was actualy a kit I think by Monroe back then that had a compressor and a guage panel and you could control the air pressure from inside the car! I couldn't afford it. Had better places to spend the extra cash!
lowriderphil Posted June 19, 2010 Author Posted June 19, 2010 I wasn't happy with the old shocks so I built some new ones, their a little taller. better ride height
rustybill1960 Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) "....release valve under the front seat, huh! . . " Now why didn't I ever think of that!?!?!?! I had the air shocks and ran 70 series on the front and 60 series on the rear with ET dish mags on my '73 Chevelle. Boy, sure wish I had that sweet car still, ah, youth . . . .,boy was I stupid! and , uh, yes, I did get pulled over for being too high Hey Phil! Nice looking build! I really like those Impalas and the air shocks are looking bad as . . all get out! heh heh Thank You for sharing Later Russ Edited June 19, 2010 by rustybill1960
lowriderphil Posted June 19, 2010 Author Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) "....release valve under the front seat, huh! . . " Now why didn't I ever think of that!?!?!?! I had the air shocks and ran 70 series on the front and 60 series on the rear with ET dish mags on my '73 Chevelle. Boy, sure wish I had that sweet car still, ah, youth . . . .,boy was I stupid! and , uh, yes, I did get pulled over for being too high Hey Phil! Nice looking build! I really like those Impalas and the air shocks are looking bad as . . all get out! heh heh Thank You for sharing Later Russ thanks man, the last time I was able to ride my lincoln "locked up" before I cut the rear springs last summer. I have an onboard compressor/gauge switch panel, shocks are rated at 150 max psi but I used to run 170. now she rides layed down Edited June 19, 2010 by lowriderphil
lowriderphil Posted June 19, 2010 Author Posted June 19, 2010 Bummer Dude! looks better layed down, didn't get high enough to look like hydraulics so its all good
MyBradKeselowski Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 Like your Lincoln, I bet that thing really floats, as it looks very comfy I like how the Impala is looking, like those steelies under it...
lowriderphil Posted June 19, 2010 Author Posted June 19, 2010 Like your Lincoln, I bet that thing really floats, as it looks very comfy I like how the Impala is looking, like those steelies under it... thanks, shes getting up there in miles (248,500) but still goes. I'm pulling a lot of ideas from my dad, his monte had chevy rallies he robbed from his 69 z28 after planting it between two trees one new years eve.
retrobuilder Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 Cool! this car reminds me of my '64 I had in high school. Mine had a rake like that but it had chrome reverse rims. I will be watching your build progress .My '64 had a 327 in it and an automatic. brings back lots of good memories.
lowriderphil Posted June 29, 2010 Author Posted June 29, 2010 thinking about changing up the wheels, either gonna use these pirated from a 67 gtx kit or a better set of rallies from a 69 camaro kit
Guest Mustang3.8 Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Hey, Phil. I like your Lincoln. I drive a 1:1 '81 Monte Carlo, and I'd love to get a set of wire wheels for it. Your Impala looks great, too.
lowriderphil Posted June 29, 2010 Author Posted June 29, 2010 Hey, Phil. I like your Lincoln. I drive a 1:1 '81 Monte Carlo, and I'd love to get a set of wire wheels for it. Your Impala looks great, too. are we talking 1:1 scale? I only have the one set but you can find them for a decent price on ebay
lowriderphil Posted June 30, 2010 Author Posted June 30, 2010 well, per the advice of others I dug through my spare tires. building mostly lowriders I don't have too many muscle kits but heres what I found, firestone F70/15 fronts and goodyear L60/15 rears, the best I can don the rear are about 3/32" taller
Guest Mustang3.8 Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 are we talking 1:1 scale? I only have the one set but you can find them for a decent price on ebay Yes, we are talking 1:1 scale.
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