Thread: 55.2-59 subframe question
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Old 04-15-2022, 03:16 PM   #74
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Re: subframe question

73/91 have a quite a bit wider tread width than the later trucks that Square body guys knocked as being "little trucks" when they came out in 1988 and burbs in 03.

You are looking at a 129-1/2 inch wheelbase. That means shortening the frame if you have a short box.

Tread width is the real issue. While it can work you can't really run a reverse offset wheel without it looking like a goat roper's 4x4 come to town.

Truth is there are just far better ways too do things than swap frames unless you don't have and original frame to start with.
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