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01-02-2016, 09:53 PM
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pickup67man
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Re: Project Family Hauler
Time flies with out updates. Got burned out on bodywork, then busy for the summer. Bought a donor vehicle from an auction to use. Not sure if it will yet.
Stripped and sold all the parts I didn't need then rolled the frame into the garage.
The wheelbase was 135" and I needed 127" so I took 8" out of the middle.
Then I rolled the old frame out and the new frame under only to find the engine is set back farther in vans and it hit the firewall. So I pulled the engine out so I could position the frame correctly.
Then cut off the motor mount stands and moved them forward 2 1/2" so the engine would clear the firewall. The drivers side had to be notched around the front differential mount.
After all that work I don't like how the frame hangs way below the body. Instead of being inside the body supports it is under them. Add to that the frame is 1 1/2" taller and it is very visible.
Any ideas to make it fit better would be welcome. Or I am putting the original frame back under.
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2005 K2500 Duramax (hauls the junk home)
1967 Chev C10 (hauls a$$)
1970 Suburban (Yukon XL 4 door)
1968 GMC 3/4 ton (sheetmetal only, chassis gone)
2005 Malibu (wife's car, still a Chevy)
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