359 Race Rig
I thought I would share my project as we are nearing its completion. I purchased a 1979 Peterbilt 359 on Ebay. My wife and I race dirt bikes and travel once a month (sometimes more) to races and our plans are to be able to enjoy the races in comfort. The truck was delivered to my shop on a flatbed and was White and green, the truck had been used to move trailers around a yard, and had a recent in frame overhaul and new brakes. I immediately prepped the truck for paint and the cab was painted red and black. The next step was tackling the stretching of the frame. I talked with several shops to see how it was done and I purchased inner frame rails and spliced the outer frame rails and double framed it. The Hougen magnetic drill was an additional purchase to drill the holes in the frame. In all 60" was added to the length of the truck. After the completion of this step we spent some time working on suspension and the drive line of the truck. We went through and replaced all of the bushings in all of the drag links. Replumbed all of the air lines with poly tubing. The drive line was lengthened and balanced. At this point I had as much in the drive line as I did in the truck.
The story of this project will take a bit to tell.....more later.
Todd
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