Custom Suspension

As part of the fame build Jake Winterton was asked to make some custom control arms.  The bottoms looked so cool that I had him make some upper arms to match.  This truck is going to have some awesome suspension.

Custom Control Arms for 1947 Dodge Truck by Jake Winterton

After the control arms were done as I was looking at the shock towers they looked ugly so I asked Jake to make some better ones.  This is what he came up with.

Original Dodge Shock tower

Custom Fabricated shock tower

Here is the Finished Version after paint.

These will get mounted to some Fox Shocks for a cool ride!

Ordering all the parts

At the end of December I ordered all the miscellaneous parts for the truck.  Including all the seals, windshield wiper motors, glass, new steering wheel, and tons of little bolts and clips etc.

Steering column for 1947 Dodge with Nathan

This is the steering column and billet steering wheel that I found thanks to eBay.

I needed a little gremlin to hold the steering column in place and this is what I found.

1936 Dodge Ram Car hood ornament

I also  found a 1936 Dodge hood ornament that I hope to custom mount on the truck.  But it will require some custom machining work to get it to fit as well as re-chrome.

I also ordered the 950 CFM Intercooler and custom Aluminum intake pipe for the engine.