Technical upper air bagmount for 54 chev

[eugene vik]

anyone got ideas and pics ?
to put a decent top mount in and get it lined up properly 1954 150 2 door with a little rust but not totalled
this do it yourself stuff is a lot of work
but no money gives you a lot of new skills!!

[mrconcdid]

Search "airbag chevy stock front end" there's several good threads on it.

Godspeed
MrC

[Lone Star Mopar]

Hamber Rusty Pipes did a tech thread on bagging a stock frontend.

[eugene vik]

doing the rear
too much luggage with OL and spare parts for road trips

[yetiskustoms]

The rear is the easy part! Almost any rear bag job can cross over to your ride. Are you still running a torque tube?

[eugene vik]

no torque tube got olds wagon rear
with stock springs
looks like i is gonna have to run the pipes under the axle
and figure out how to weld a crosmember where the bend is in the frame

and weld it in place with the body on with my diabetic hands, burns dont heal
looked at your pics nice job

[kdrodworks316]

Check out my build thread on my 54 chev, I followed rustypipes thread and mine went together very smooth and works great. Good luck on your build

[englands54]

Here is one..

[englands54]

sorry here is one

[exwestracer]

Eugene, check out Summit, etc. for bolt-in air bag helper kits for drag racing. Guys have been bolting air bags on rear axles to help the launch a lot longer than they have been a mini truck fad...

[mrconcdid]

Yes the rear is easy, look at my thread, I didnt cut the floor, but I also didnt c-notch the frame either. build a bridge between the frame rails and install bags either infront or on top of the rear end, if you place the bag behind the axle you will need to relocate/ or get a different gas tank.

Godspeed
MrC.

[THE BRONSON]

Originally Posted by Lone Star Mopar

Hamber Rusty Pipes did a tech thread on bagging a stock frontend.

Damn good tech

[Gambino_Kustoms]

here ya go i would put the top bar to the front of the axle like i link # 2 & 3
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=152076
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=394429
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=293280
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=202220

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=194332
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=305649
this one is a ford
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=394891

[eugene vik]

looked at alexes links great stuff thanks

mr concded looks like that will be the way i will have to investigate, got lots of leftover parts as this stuff never fits so will have to try to get er done this car is a spare driver so i dont want to cut any tin and we have cold weather here

i dont need a notch but want to lift this when needed i did the same on my 60 buick and it works well just with the rear

i have a mustang front and have a air bag kit that would fit but i may run the lines and controlls but dont think i will put it in right away
the front sits way low already about 4 in under the crossmember or less

i am gonna put working lakes pipes on this and plan to put them under the rocker panel in height[i think] so thats why i would like to be able to raise this up for clearance

Originally Posted by mrconcdid

Yes the rear is easy, look at my thread, I didnt cut the floor, but I also didnt c-notch the frame either. build a bridge between the frame rails and install bags either infront or on top of the rear end, if you place the bag behind the axle you will need to relocate/ or get a different gas tank.

Godspeed
MrC.

[mrconcdid]

let me know if I can help, look at my thread for pics of both front and rear setups, there the same thing you are doing.

Godspeed
MrC.