Drivers side C notch done up.

All level

Here is the rear bag mounts Scott designed. Very simple and clean, we may have to shave the end a tad just to make room for the panhard bar.

Here we are testing to see if the battery fits in place and that the weight isn't an issue. We should have enough clearance for the battery and compressor. The poles are an 1" high and the compressor is 2". The clearance we are dealing with is 2 1/2" so it should all clear.C notch before, on the drivers side.Took the notch out of the supplied ART bolt on part. We want to smooth the frame as much as possible and have as much hardware in the frame.Making sure that it is all level and that there has been no distortion in the frame. C notch being filled in with all the holes too.

Renforcement steel has been put in the frame for the extra support need to support the back end of the truck.

On a side note I picked up the seats today after it had been at the upholstry shop for a good 4-5 months. I can understand why the timing went the way it did. He does the upholstry for the city transit and he had 4 other projects ahead of mine. The reason why I got these now was because I wanted to do a six speed conversion in the first place but insted decided to do all the project at once. I will get him to do the rest of my interior come summer time.

Rear coming together

The Oasis compressor mount has been tacked into place and it all seems to fit snug in place. First battery trey is in place. I picked up these pre fabed ones from Sumit Racing.Both battery treys in place. Everything so far seems to fit really tight but that is the effect we are going for tight and clean.Going to have to get a new Sir Michaels roll pan to fit the extra inch and a half. I will let the body shop handle the drop plate idea.The Swag Loks will recess a bit further back into the tank giving the extra few millimeters need for space.
The back of the bed should cover all of this up. The factory spare tire sat in the same space and droped just as much, we should see nothing unless you get under the truck. Here are a few more pictures from different angles.On my previous setup the pressure switch was an industrial one which basically was overkill. We will mount that switch on the tank that way this is all that will stick about the frame. As you can see the C notch bracket from ART sticks up just as high.

This week I want to get most of all the suspension stuff on order. I will post up all the stuff we will be getting.

We are filling holes as we go along. There will be plenty of grinding ahead!

The bracket is all done up to fit the Oasis compressor. Hopefully this week it will be tacked into place.

The back end is cut up a bit to fit the mock up for the two batteries.
The back end has been box up but we will more likely not box anything more until we figure out if we are going to run the hard lines for the air suspension and the fuel and brake lines through the frame for a more clean look.