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Re: [oletrucks] fabricator

To: c_tom@bellsouth.net, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] fabricator
From: "Carl & Becky Ham" <the_hams@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 21:13:48 -0500
Tom:

Does the $2700.00 INCLUDE installation?  A lot of vendors sell mustang II 
IFS kits for $1300 to $2100 but that is for the parts only, not 
installation.  Also, are you wanting a 'fancy' IFS (chrome coilovers, chrome 
control arms and etc.)?  If you plan to show your truck and want to have the 
nice chrome components (you'll have to crawl under the truck and clean them 
too!), then you'll want a high-end ($$-wise) kit.  Many IFS swaps mean 
removing the frame forward of the firewall or at least removing the engine 
and most of the front sheet metal.

I've been on this list a couple of years and have seen both good and bad 
comments about the vendor you mentioned.  Do yourself a favor and check 
around for prices and keep posting messages on boards like this, you're 
bound to get someone who has either used this vendor's products or has other 
suggestions.  It helps to give your general location (midwest, new england 
and etc.) as this may help people point you to local vendors they may have 
experience with.  Good Luck!

Carl Ham
'56 Chevy TF Stepside
Pontiac, IL

>From: "Tom Cooper" <c_tom@bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: "Tom Cooper" <c_tom@bellsouth.net>
>To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: [oletrucks] fabricator
>Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:41:14 -0400
>
>Has anyone ever heard of and or dealt with a company in Charlotte NC called
>Fat Man Fabrications? I have a 55 Chevy 2nd Series and they said for around
>2700.00 they could put a Mustang ll front end under my truck. I know this
>includes the ECI rotors and pads from an 82 or up Monte Carlo, so the 
>rotors
>are larger than the 9" rotors on a Mustang ll from end. The pieces are made
>in their shop so everything is new and finished. Does this sound like a
>reasonable good deal? I know good deals are what people are willing to pay,
>but I don't have a clue as to what something like that cost.
>Thanks for the information.
>                                       Tom
>                                       55 2nd
>                                       95 GMC
>
>1997 -2000 Racing Seasons
>http://home.earthlink.net/~tomntam/index.html
>Don't crush em, restore em!!
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959






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