new to the board - got a c20
 

sup fella's! i've been lookin on the forum for about a week now, i've seen some really sweet stuff. i just got me a 1972 c20 about a month ago which i think is in pretty good shape, and i'm just now pulling out the old engine and putting in a rebuilt 350. gonna try to post a pic of my truck, hope it works!

and another...:D

Welcome from Indiana, Nice truck

thx dude man! :cool:

did you do a 1/2 ton suspension swap? C/20 usually means 3/4 ton...but looks sweet anyway! love the paint stripe!

Welcome to the board from central Ohio.

Welcome from North Texas.

Welcome to the board! That truck looks really solid, not like a typical east coast truck. Nice find! :cool:

welcome to the board..... looks like someone has swapped your truck form 3/4 ton to 1/2 ton components!

really? i'm not sure, i just bought the thing cuz i looked good and i wanted something to hook up! is that a bad thing tho? and how hard would it be to make a longbed to shortbed conversion? like would i have to move the wheels and axel any, or would i just cut on the frame and drop a SB on it?

Welcome to the board. I was hoping I wouldn't be the first to see the 1/2 stuff guys...good job...lol. Looks like somebody swapped you for 1/2 stuff.

Welcome to the board from South Mississippi!

how can ya'll tell??? i r confused! but anywayz heres the plan...
i'm wanting to spray it like flat black and bag the piss outta it, and i didnt think that a longbed bagged would look to good?! gimme some feed back on dis plz!

you can look at the truck's VIN to see if it was originally a 3/4 ton or not. the VIN can be found in 3 locations: typed onto the option sticker in the glove box, stamped onto a metal tag that is riveted in the drivers door jamb, and stamped into the frame somewhere (not sure where, on that one).

if your truck was originally a V8 3/4 ton truck, then your VIN will start like this: CE2...

if it was originally a half ton V8, it would start with: CE1...
if it was originally an inline six, replace the "E" with an "S".

of course, it's also possible that the truck's original body was too rusty to repair, so a p/o put a cab and front clip from another truck on there. and it's also possible that it has the original sheetmetal and a non-original frame, so it is impossible in a way to tell what kind of kooky things the p/o may have done.

Longbeds look pretty sweet lowered in my opinion.

Welcome to the board from SW Washingotn State....

Truck look straight and clean....any rust that you know of...?

I agree with Warbones, a long, low truck does look good, plus, IMO, it will have a better ride quality. Anyway, welcome from Central Mississippi.

They have amazing eyes! I think what they're seeing is the trailing arm suspension, which was only on 1/2 ton, 2wd models.

Am I right guys?

Brian

Welcome from Canada eh!! Nice ride!!!

Howdy
 

from soggy western Washington.

Cutting down a long bed is a big job, but it's been done (some better than others). Use the search function and you may find some of the old posts. Your other option is to find a shorty frame and box and just transfer your cab, engine, transmission, wheels........

godd luck, Scott

welcome from south louisiana

Actually, what said "1/2 ton" to me was the 5 lug nuts.
3/4 ton 2wd trucks had trailing arms too, unless optioned with leafs (except for GMC...i think they had leafs unless optioned with coils).

Welcome from Florida! Cool....another longbed. Nice truck

i checked the vin today, and it read CCE14...something so i'm not sure what that is, but its in the glove box and on the inside of the door pop rivited there. oh and i just finished up pulling out the engine yesterday, cleaning the engine bay out today and swapping what lil parts i'm using from the old to the new! ima get some pics today or tomorow and post'em!

Here's another warm welcome from Tennessee.