Monogram '70 Chevelle

[johnyrotten]

Spent most of the morning lowering the suspension and adapting the wheel backs to fit the new wheels. Here's a shot of the stance, let me know what you think

Edited June 26 by johnyrotten

[KWT]

I like it.. stance is nice. How'd you go about lowering my favorite kit there my dude?

[Kenmojr]

Gonna be one heavy Chevy and mean machine for sure. Love it....

[johnyrotten]

Thanks to both of you,gonna try and make this one stand out. I'll post some pictures on how I lowered it. It was fairly straightforward. No real butchering of styrene. 

[johnyrotten]

1 hour ago, KWT said:

I like it.. stance is nice. How'd you go about lowering my favorite kit there my dude?

 

17 minutes ago, Kenmojr said:

Gonna be one heavy Chevy and mean machine for sure. Love it....

Thanks to both of you. Gonna try and make this one stand out

 

[johnyrotten]

Here's how I lowered it. For the rear i removed the kit trailing arms and made a set of tubular arms,and hollowed out the pockets to the same depth,.080 rod for the arms. I also lowered the mounts for the rear assembly about the same, after drilling the locating hole deeper.  I stopped when this part of the rear differential touched the chassis 

On the front, i originally goofed up just trying to "channel" the front assembly into the frame, so I moved the spindle mount up towards the upper control arm. Had I not made that mistake, it would probably be lower in the front, but I'm not looking for a "slammed" look. The final part was to remove about .040 from the bottom of the firewall and inner fender, that tucked the chassis up underneath so the frame isn't showing from the side. 

[KWT]

Nice details. Thanks for that. This is definitely gonna look good when done

[Valvefloat]

nice work bud

[johnyrotten]

26 minutes ago, KWT said:

Nice details. Thanks for that. This is definitely gonna look good when done

 

13 minutes ago, Valvefloat said:

nice work bud

Thanks. It wasn't all that difficult to do, getting the wheels to fit properly wasn't a chore either,I just hope the paint and chrome work on them work out.

[pulln4dejr]

Nice progress so far, can’t wait to see it finished.

[rchaffee]

Cool.

[Valvefloat]

14 hours ago, Valvefloat said:

nice work bud

I think I'll see what my Hemi Cuda looks like lowered...👍

[johnyrotten]

Got a little more done tonight. painted the chassis, I wanted this to look like a fairly correct restoration. There's primer overspray, varied coverage of paint,and I tried to include the factory undercoat on the rear wheel wells. There's a couple different blacks, and different sheens,I'm horrible with photography so I'm not sure it shows up well. I still have to do the tank,straps and some subtle weathering.  

[Valvefloat]

2 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

Got a little more done tonight. painted the chassis, I wanted this to look like a fairly correct restoration. There's primer overspray, varied coverage of paint,and I tried to include the factory undercoat on the rear wheel wells. There's a couple different blacks, and different sheens,I'm horrible with photography so I'm not sure it shows up well. I still have to do the tank,straps and some subtle weathering.  

Looking promising

[Keef]

I’m liking this so far. Thanks for the tutorial on lowering the ride height, will be using that on a couple of builds.

[johnyrotten]

2 hours ago, Keef said:

I’m liking this so far. Thanks for the tutorial on lowering the ride height, will be using that on a couple of builds.

The rear worked out great, and you don't have to build new arms. I'm going for mild hot rod version. The front is best lowered by moving the spindle up towards the control arm, the channeling doesn't gain a whole lot. I "pin" any connections like that for strength.