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**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-29-2003, 12:30 PM

Well some of this I may have already posted about, but here goes. We have sent off and the tooling already being developed for the 67-68 grill and horizontal supports. We have also sent out, 67-68 chevy, 67-68 GMC, 69-70 Chevy, 69-72 GMC, 71-72 Chevy vertical grill supports. We have been frustrated as has everyone else about the tilt column automatic shift levers. Somewhere along the line someone has either dropped the ball on the reproduction of these or it just has taken entirely too long, so we sent one of our NOS levers out also. We have expressed to people the importance of getting these done quickly, because we have been selling new remanufactured tilts without being able to supply the levers to go with them. Hopefully this will get them to move faster on this, so that we will be able to supply them soon. We are also taking preorders on all of these parts, and any other that we have helped to develope. Thanks for reading and you guys keep up the good work.

We are also on the hunt for the front lower hood panel for the 63-66 Chevy/GMC Trucks. These tend to rust out, so if you know someone or have a beat up hood that you could cut that out of, we want to know about it. Please email me if you have or can get your hands on one. It has to be (for obviouse reasons very strait) We will pay a reasonable price for one. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-31-2003, 12:47 AM

ttt, I realy would like to find that 63-66 Hood front.... WES

*Phillip Johnson* · 07-31-2003, 01:55 AM

I think there is one in the wrecking yard in White City Oregon

drink2mny · 07-31-2003, 02:13 AM

Hey Wes, I was just at pull and save over here in Spokane
last thursday and there where 2 complete hoods.
1 was sand blasted and looked good..
I could go out there and see if they have them still..
Not sure how much they ask for hoods though..

Hooter · 07-31-2003, 02:42 AM

there are a few 63-66's up in the Kootenay area here, almost worth the drive across the border, its only an our north of Colville here anyways

*Gee_Emm* · 07-31-2003, 09:19 AM

If you really want to make some cash repro the windshield top cross bar for Jimmys/Blazers.

Slammed67 · 07-31-2003, 10:46 AM

Where are these parts being reproduced?

**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-31-2003, 01:03 PM

They are being reproduced in Taiwan. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Alexis · 07-31-2003, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gee_Emm
If you really want to make some cash repro the windshield top cross bar for Jimmys/Blazers.

I second that.

67chevemall · 07-31-2003, 01:11 PM

Wuz up WES Man!!
Just put on my 67 front Bow Tie last night, that I got from you!

What a difference !

Thanks again for taking back the hood letters!
Cheers

Slammed67 · 07-31-2003, 01:30 PM

Quote:

They are being reproduced in Taiwan.

That's sad. Is there no place in the USA that can reproduce them??? I know it's probably cheaper to have it done over seas, but still........

"Chevrolet.... the Heartbeat of Taiwan"

**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-31-2003, 06:50 PM

I am sure that someone in the united states could do it, but nobody wants to front the cash to develope the tooling and the stamping companies certainly will not. When the tooling is made here in the states, it seems that the price for the part is nearly doubled, or tripled, and then nobody wants to buy them, because it then becomes cheaper to make or repair the origanal part. I would like to see these parts made here in the states also, but untill we find a someone that is willing to fork out the money to develope the tooling and then reproduce them at a reasonable cost, I just do not see it happening any time soon. The company that we are sending these parts to now are willing to develope the tooling and produce the parts cheaply. I wish the cenario was different, but at least we are able to get it done for now. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-31-2003, 07:05 PM

By the way we were able to locate the 62-66 hood to cut the patch from. We are sending out today the 67-72 Fleetside Rear Cross sill and one of the tall cross sills to be reproduced. These are for the steel bottom beds and not the wood beds. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Kman · 07-31-2003, 09:09 PM

Wes
Heard anything on the Blazer rocker boxes? Oh yeah I also could use the windshield frame. LOL
Kman

lukecp · 07-31-2003, 10:01 PM

I can think of one part that desperatly needs to be reproduced, and one that would be really cool but proably really expensive:

1. LWB complete bedsides. Why these aren't reproduced puzzles me.......there are proably 3x as many LWB trucks as SWB trucks, many are being restored, but LWB bedsides aren't being made yet.

1. A good quality, all steel, brand new 67-72 cab. I don't know if it would be legal to produce new cabs b/c the VIN plate would have to be tampered with, but it would ge a a major time saver if the cab wasn't too expensive. Instead of spending hours on end repairng your old cab, or searching long and hard for a almost obselete rust-free cab, just buying a new one would be soo much easier, but i bet it would proably cost at least a grand....

Lightspeed · 07-31-2003, 10:48 PM

i personally would like to see patch panels for the drip rail area.

Ackattack · 07-31-2003, 11:03 PM

Will you have a grill for a 72 GMC that is just steel (to be painted) rather than the chrome ones.

**Classic Heartbeat** · 08-01-2003, 12:51 AM

I am working on the manufacturer to try to convince them that it would be a good idea to do at least the top half of the windshield frame, but I haven't been able to do it yet. I think they will finally cave on it.. Just a matter of time.
Ack, I will ask if we can get a few of the GMC grills without paint. I would think that their wouldn't be a problem, because all that they would have to do is not chrome them! We will try. yellow72custom, I am in complete agreement with you on that. But what they tell me about that is they think the tooling would be too expencive to develope and not enough call for the parts. I am supposed to be going to Taiwan this fall if things go well, and I will be addressing this along with other issues when I get there. Still nothing more on the rocker boxes (other than maybe the samples will be shipped at the end of July) So hopefully they are on the ship.... We are also having the drip rails reproduced and should be seeing them soon also. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Denny · 08-01-2003, 01:09 AM

mar-K is supposed to have long bed sides in 2005.

Hardrock2 · 08-05-2003, 03:27 AM

Hey Wes,

I've been wanting to generate some interest in reproduction floor pans for these trucks.
No, not the crappy "piece it together" stuff that doesn't fit.
It's already being made.
I have done a few "full floor" replacements, just to see how much work was involved, and let me tell you, it's a lot easier than using several patches, and a whole lot better finished product to boot!!

I'm talking the full one piece floors........just like GM stamped them.
Starting at the rear of the cab wall and going clear up to the lower firewall seam. Wall to wall, including the rocker backers, and the original seam tabs .
Front floor supports are already being done, and I think I remember someone saying the full width rear support is still available. (maybe not, but nice ones are under every C-40, C-60 in the country,and are still plentiful). Cab floor braces are almost always salvagable, so they can be reused, or pirated from a totaled cab.
With the availability of lower door post panels, rockers, cab corners, kick panel patches, etc., it only seems natural that somebody would make full floors too.
Think about it..........what's the worst part on these trucks for rust?......the floor.....how many cabs that would otherwise get scrapped, could be 'rescued" this way! If more of these trucks were kept on the road, and not scrapped, it would only increase the demand for the existing repro parts!
I think with the increasing value of Big Block trucks, and 4X4's, the "high hump" floor would be the best ($$$) configuration.
And maybe a non- original bolt-in "low hump" cover, down the road, for the builder that wants to stay with the flat floor.
Unlike outer "skins", the floor wouldn't need to be an abslolute perfect replica of the GM piece. (but the closer, the better!) Most repop parts aren't "exact" replicas, anyway.
The GM floor tooling wasn't nearly as refined as the tooling for the visible outer panels, so repop tooling costs might be more affordable than say the bedside or hood dies were.
Infact, I would offer up any help I can towards preparing the "master", trial fitment, R&D, etc.
I know there is a perfect donor cab out there somewhere.
Any of you guys in the rust free states want to offer up that "lightly rolled" cab with the great high hump floor? Howabout that failed convertible project? If not for reproduction, then for me! Ha,Ha! I have 2 trucks that are nice everywhere else, but the floors!!
Anyone else interested in seeing these floor pans repoped??
They're easier than you think to replace in one piece.
Ask a bodyman why it's better to say....replace an entire OEM quarter, than it is to make a patch panel fit!

How was that for a sales pitch?

Mike

72c10step · 08-05-2003, 10:28 AM

I think it would be cool to have a complete one piece floor repop! My old parts truck (back when it was going to be the project truck) was going to need EVERYTHING on the floor, and it would definitely be easier to put in one whole floor than piece it together. Probably would have come out looking a lot better too, IMO.

gr8scott51 · 08-05-2003, 10:39 AM

I replaced the bottom 6 inches of my cab in pieces and what a pain to get lined up. A one piece floor pan would be great, but expensive (not that piecing the floor together wasn't). Probably be hard to get shipped, too.

Hardrock2 · 08-05-2003, 12:01 PM

Here we go!!

I was hopng I wasn't alone here!
Just think, with the new zinc coating process, like that offered on the doors and fenders, what a great new lease on life an ole cab could get!
All spot welded in.... just like factory, some fresh seam sealer, and..........a better than new repair, that would be real hard to tell even existed!!
Shipping could be an $$$ problem, due to size, but, not much more girth than, say, a cowl hood. As a LAST RESORT, it could be made with ONE " step-flanged" seam down the middle. Shipped in two pieces. (halves) Not the best solution, but would acomodate the guys who only need to repair one side.
Wonder how many nice, otherwise solid cabs have been crushed for lack of a decent floor solution?
How many have been passed over, or tossed because they weren't "high hump" cabs for the coveted big block trucks?
I know prototyping and tooling are expensive, not to mention the
up front market research that has to be done, before a vendor will even talk about launching a new product, but what better place to check the pulse of the 67-72 buying public, than right here on the biggest, best 67-72 site on the net!
Hmmm, ........time for a poll, WES!! LOL!

Oh, don't forget the "body drop" crowd! Can you think of an easier way to kill the rust AND slam the cab at the same time, all while retaining the factory ridgity of the stock floor??!!!
Pretty easy to "sink"a brand new floor!!! And, if ya goof it the first time, just order another one! Ha,Ha!

Mike

07-29-2003, 12:30 PM	#1
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	Lots more parts to be reproduced. Well some of this I may have already posted about, but here goes. We have sent off and the tooling already being developed for the 67-68 grill and horizontal supports. We have also sent out, 67-68 chevy, 67-68 GMC, 69-70 Chevy, 69-72 GMC, 71-72 Chevy vertical grill supports. We have been frustrated as has everyone else about the tilt column automatic shift levers. Somewhere along the line someone has either dropped the ball on the reproduction of these or it just has taken entirely too long, so we sent one of our NOS levers out also. We have expressed to people the importance of getting these done quickly, because we have been selling new remanufactured tilts without being able to supply the levers to go with them. Hopefully this will get them to move faster on this, so that we will be able to supply them soon. We are also taking preorders on all of these parts, and any other that we have helped to develope. Thanks for reading and you guys keep up the good work. We are also on the hunt for the front lower hood panel for the 63-66 Chevy/GMC Trucks. These tend to rust out, so if you know someone or have a beat up hood that you could cut that out of, we want to know about it. Please email me if you have or can get your hands on one. It has to be (for obviouse reasons very strait) We will pay a reasonable price for one. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-31-2003, 12:47 AM	#2
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	ttt, I realy would like to find that 63-66 Hood front.... WES __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-31-2003, 02:13 AM	#4
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	Hey Wes, I was just at pull and save over here in Spokane last thursday and there where 2 complete hoods. 1 was sand blasted and looked good.. I could go out there and see if they have them still.. Not sure how much they ask for hoods though.. __________________ Support The Board

07-31-2003, 02:42 AM	#5
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	there are a few 63-66's up in the Kootenay area here, almost worth the drive across the border, its only an our north of Colville here anyways __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

07-31-2003, 10:46 AM	#7
Slammed67 Progress = 0% Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,108	Where are these parts being reproduced? __________________ Jason - '67 GMC swb \| '57 Bel-Air 4dr hardtop \| '56 210 4dr Wagon \| 2000 GMC Sierra

07-31-2003, 01:55 AM	#3
Phillip Johnson Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 1,579	I think there is one in the wrecking yard in White City Oregon

07-31-2003, 09:19 AM	#6
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	If you really want to make some cash repro the windshield top cross bar for Jimmys/Blazers.

07-31-2003, 01:03 PM	#8
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	They are being reproduced in Taiwan. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-31-2003, 01:11 PM	#10
67chevemall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NB Posts: 3,367	Wuz up WES Man!! Just put on my 67 front Bow Tie last night, that I got from you! What a difference ! Thanks again for taking back the hood letters! Cheers

07-31-2003, 06:50 PM	#12
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	I am sure that someone in the united states could do it, but nobody wants to front the cash to develope the tooling and the stamping companies certainly will not. When the tooling is made here in the states, it seems that the price for the part is nearly doubled, or tripled, and then nobody wants to buy them, because it then becomes cheaper to make or repair the origanal part. I would like to see these parts made here in the states also, but untill we find a someone that is willing to fork out the money to develope the tooling and then reproduce them at a reasonable cost, I just do not see it happening any time soon. The company that we are sending these parts to now are willing to develope the tooling and produce the parts cheaply. I wish the cenario was different, but at least we are able to get it done for now. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-31-2003, 07:05 PM	#13
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	By the way we were able to locate the 62-66 hood to cut the patch from. We are sending out today the 67-72 Fleetside Rear Cross sill and one of the tall cross sills to be reproduced. These are for the steel bottom beds and not the wood beds. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-31-2003, 09:09 PM	#14
Kman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne,Florida Posts: 174	Wes Heard anything on the Blazer rocker boxes? Oh yeah I also could use the windshield frame. LOL Kman __________________ New 89 chevy 1500 driver 72K20 rust bucket project stripped down to the frame engine rebuild started 71 Blazer - another procect

07-31-2003, 10:01 PM	#15
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	I can think of one part that desperatly needs to be reproduced, and one that would be really cool but proably really expensive: 1. LWB complete bedsides. Why these aren't reproduced puzzles me.......there are proably 3x as many LWB trucks as SWB trucks, many are being restored, but LWB bedsides aren't being made yet. 1. A good quality, all steel, brand new 67-72 cab. I don't know if it would be legal to produce new cabs b/c the VIN plate would have to be tampered with, but it would ge a a major time saver if the cab wasn't too expensive. Instead of spending hours on end repairng your old cab, or searching long and hard for a almost obselete rust-free cab, just buying a new one would be soo much easier, but i bet it would proably cost at least a grand.... __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

07-31-2003, 10:48 PM	#16
Lightspeed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 226	i personally would like to see patch panels for the drip rail area.

07-31-2003, 11:03 PM	#17
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08-01-2003, 12:51 AM	#18
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	I am working on the manufacturer to try to convince them that it would be a good idea to do at least the top half of the windshield frame, but I haven't been able to do it yet. I think they will finally cave on it.. Just a matter of time. Ack, I will ask if we can get a few of the GMC grills without paint. I would think that their wouldn't be a problem, because all that they would have to do is not chrome them! We will try. yellow72custom, I am in complete agreement with you on that. But what they tell me about that is they think the tooling would be too expencive to develope and not enough call for the parts. I am supposed to be going to Taiwan this fall if things go well, and I will be addressing this along with other issues when I get there. Still nothing more on the rocker boxes (other than maybe the samples will be shipped at the end of July) So hopefully they are on the ship.... We are also having the drip rails reproduced and should be seeing them soon also. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

08-01-2003, 01:09 AM	#19
Denny Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cedar Hill, MO Posts: 426	Long bed sides mar-K is supposed to have long bed sides in 2005. __________________ 1969 Chevy C10. Dakota Digital Gauges, 383 Votex Engine, MSD 8361 Distributor, MSD 6A Unit, Demon Carb, Phoenix Transmission 4L80E trans, 3:73 Posi Rear End Early Classics 6 Lug Disc Brakes and Spindles All Stainless Lines

08-05-2003, 03:27 AM	#20
Hardrock2 A$$ deep into trucks Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Illinois,USA Posts: 249	Hey Wes, I've been wanting to generate some interest in reproduction floor pans for these trucks. No, not the crappy "piece it together" stuff that doesn't fit. It's already being made. I have done a few "full floor" replacements, just to see how much work was involved, and let me tell you, it's a lot easier than using several patches, and a whole lot better finished product to boot!! I'm talking the full one piece floors........just like GM stamped them. Starting at the rear of the cab wall and going clear up to the lower firewall seam. Wall to wall, including the rocker backers, and the original seam tabs . Front floor supports are already being done, and I think I remember someone saying the full width rear support is still available. (maybe not, but nice ones are under every C-40, C-60 in the country,and are still plentiful). Cab floor braces are almost always salvagable, so they can be reused, or pirated from a totaled cab. With the availability of lower door post panels, rockers, cab corners, kick panel patches, etc., it only seems natural that somebody would make full floors too. Think about it..........what's the worst part on these trucks for rust?......the floor.....how many cabs that would otherwise get scrapped, could be 'rescued" this way! If more of these trucks were kept on the road, and not scrapped, it would only increase the demand for the existing repro parts! I think with the increasing value of Big Block trucks, and 4X4's, the "high hump" floor would be the best ($$$) configuration. And maybe a non- original bolt-in "low hump" cover, down the road, for the builder that wants to stay with the flat floor. Unlike outer "skins", the floor wouldn't need to be an abslolute perfect replica of the GM piece. (but the closer, the better!) Most repop parts aren't "exact" replicas, anyway. The GM floor tooling wasn't nearly as refined as the tooling for the visible outer panels, so repop tooling costs might be more affordable than say the bedside or hood dies were. Infact, I would offer up any help I can towards preparing the "master", trial fitment, R&D, etc. I know there is a perfect donor cab out there somewhere. Any of you guys in the rust free states want to offer up that "lightly rolled" cab with the great high hump floor? Howabout that failed convertible project? If not for reproduction, then for me! Ha,Ha! I have 2 trucks that are nice everywhere else, but the floors!! Anyone else interested in seeing these floor pans repoped?? They're easier than you think to replace in one piece. Ask a bodyman why it's better to say....replace an entire OEM quarter, than it is to make a patch panel fit! How was that for a sales pitch? Mike __________________ hardrock2

08-05-2003, 10:28 AM	#21
72c10step WHYBYNU when old will do? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Loudon, NH Posts: 876	I think it would be cool to have a complete one piece floor repop! My old parts truck (back when it was going to be the project truck) was going to need EVERYTHING on the floor, and it would definitely be easier to put in one whole floor than piece it together. Probably would have come out looking a lot better too, IMO. __________________ -72 Chevy C10 Stepside -2002 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4 -1984 Jeep CJ7 -1995 Polaris XCR600 Custom -2003 Honda 300ex

08-05-2003, 10:39 AM	#22
gr8scott51 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 1,839	Oh yeah!! I replaced the bottom 6 inches of my cab in pieces and what a pain to get lined up. A one piece floor pan would be great, but expensive (not that piecing the floor together wasn't). Probably be hard to get shipped, too. __________________ Silence is golden, duct tape is silver. - Scott

08-05-2003, 12:01 PM	#23
Hardrock2 A$$ deep into trucks Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Illinois,USA Posts: 249	Here we go!! I was hopng I wasn't alone here! Just think, with the new zinc coating process, like that offered on the doors and fenders, what a great new lease on life an ole cab could get! All spot welded in.... just like factory, some fresh seam sealer, and..........a better than new repair, that would be real hard to tell even existed!! Shipping could be an $$$ problem, due to size, but, not much more girth than, say, a cowl hood. As a LAST RESORT, it could be made with ONE " step-flanged" seam down the middle. Shipped in two pieces. (halves) Not the best solution, but would acomodate the guys who only need to repair one side. Wonder how many nice, otherwise solid cabs have been crushed for lack of a decent floor solution? How many have been passed over, or tossed because they weren't "high hump" cabs for the coveted big block trucks? I know prototyping and tooling are expensive, not to mention the up front market research that has to be done, before a vendor will even talk about launching a new product, but what better place to check the pulse of the 67-72 buying public, than right here on the biggest, best 67-72 site on the net! Hmmm, ........time for a poll, WES!! LOL! Oh, don't forget the "body drop" crowd! Can you think of an easier way to kill the rust AND slam the cab at the same time, all while retaining the factory ridgity of the stock floor??!!! Pretty easy to "sink"a brand new floor!!! And, if ya goof it the first time, just order another one! Ha,Ha! Mike __________________ hardrock2

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