Frameswap, drop, and airride finished.
 

Just finished doing the frameswap of my 72 GMC to a 71 Chevy frame. Finished the airride in the rear and relocated the tank to under the bed. Here's some pics.

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Looks good, tucks those back tires in real nicel

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that is super sweet, nice truck

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Why did you swap the frame

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is that a 4/6 drop? looks real good!

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looks terrific!!!!!:metal:

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Man that thing looks good... nice work!

Are you planning on adding front air?

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Absolutely excellent. What a beutiful truck.

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Ft Wayne.. Hello from Schererville

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Nice!!!!

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That looks sweeeet!

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Looks great! What are the specs on the drop, wheels, and tires?

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Very nice! Got any pics of the tank under the bed?

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That's a fine looking truck. I love the color scheme. What color's your interior? Dark Green?

-Andy

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That truck looks really good

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Guys, remember this is a GMC truck. It originally was a leaf spring truck. I installed airride on the front 2 years ago. I bought a 71 Chevy frame with rearend last year, had it stripped and powdercoated a few weeks ago and swapped everything over to the Chevy frame so that I could install the airride on the rear using the Chevy trailing arm setup and rearend. Slam Specialties all the way around 1/2" line and valves. 2 5 gallon tanks and 2 Viair 480's tucked under the longbed. 3" 73-87 drop spindles with 1" cup cut. C notch in the rear. Glock's rear disc conversion. 02 Chevy Tahoe heated tan leather seats. The interior is green and tan. Wheels are 20x8, dont remember the backspacing.

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Very nice! And I'm very jealous!

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Why didnt you put your trailing arms and rear on your 72 frame? Just curious

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loooong and loooow!!! me likey!!!!

very, very eye appealing rig. nice work.

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Truck looks great! I'm not normally a GMC fan, but that looks sweet.

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Just guessing..... but it was most likely easier to powder-coat another frame & swap stuff over. The up-side to doing it this way is the truck is down for only a minimal amount of time vs. taking it all apart to get the frame stripped, coated, & then re-assembled.

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Scoti has it right! Did it in a week.

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I'm doing the same thing. Great minds think alike ;) .

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Nice work, truck is looking good.

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Long and Low, that's how I like em too.