Hello, new to the AD series trucks.
 

Hi All,

I am new to the AD series of Chevy trucks, and in the last week I have picked-up a new project. I picked up a 1950 three-window 3600 series, very rust free, with all the body parts except front bumper and no motor or tranny.

This was an Eastern Washington and before that California truck and is very solid, especially compared to the 1952 five-window 3100 series cab and nose I also got.

Been reading through the various threads on frame swaps and see that most are geared towards the short bed styles and seems the way to go there is the single cab, longbed S-10. What about the longer 125 1/4" wheelbase 3/4 tons? Do you just shorten or replace the bed?

The frame it is sitting on currently is factory from firewall back, and has a later 70-80's series truck clip welded on. The weld job was not done by myself or the fellow I purchased the truck from, and to be honest, I would not trust it as it is. So something needs to be done.

Anyway, enjoying reading through and seeing all the pictures and progress. Thanks for allowing to join and hope to have something to show over the next few months.

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The 1950 three-window.

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welcome to the site!

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welcome aboard

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You can use the extended cab s10 frame for your long bed truck. Just take the leaf springs off and turn them around so that the rear eyelet is now at the front, that will give you the proper wheel base.

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Thank you for the warm welcomes!! This looks like a great forum with lots of helpful info.

Thank you ghettoluxury, that is really going to help.

Right now my time is going into stripping the 52 cab of as many savable pieces and panels, including cutting out the corner windows as I may tackle turning the 50 into a five window.

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take a look at my build and welcome.

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Thanks crossfire84, read through your build, great work! Looking forward to seeing the finished truck.

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Welcome aboard and congrats on your project(s)

You should be glad you didn't get an old, crappy motor and tranny that you'd be tempted to overhaul... now you can put good $ into a fresh drivetrain!

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Welcome looks like a nice place to start.

Be bold, embrace the long bed.

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Welcome....you will have fun on here and plenty of people to learn from

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If it weren't for the previous butchering of the factory frame, I would probably not consider a swap. To be fair, the welder may have known exactly what he was doing, and may not have even finished, but as is it just does not look safe, so something has to change.

I like the 3/4 ton truck, since my bride can use it to haul her horse trailer, which is something that fell out of her mouth as soon as she seen the craigslist ad!

She has always liked the style of the fat-fendered trucks, more so than the 1969 C30, dually flatbed she uses now.

So what I heard when she said that was, "You can get two trucks!!"

Enjoying reading through the threads and seeing the pictures.

Thanks to everyone!