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06-05-2008, 09:19 PM | #1 |
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Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
I started stripping out my 69 fleet. I get the cab off. I get a good look at it...and man its bad! Ok there is no fixing this one. Made a good choice in getting rid of that cab.
Inside top So I go to cutting the front pillars. I figure cut the top off the cab and then cut in two at the bottom and then it will fit in the step. I cut thru the pillars...lift up the top of the cab to make sure I am thru...and then it laid out like a clam! WTF??? I couldnt believe I had been driving that thing around like that everyday! I had a feeling the one day I was going to be going around a corner...and I was going to be sitting in the street with the cab and the rest of the truck was going down the street without me!!
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06-05-2008, 09:47 PM | #2 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
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That cab would have been good for another 100,000 miles.... Or so... LockDoc
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06-05-2008, 10:02 PM | #3 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
I agree... when you start cutting and messing with the structure of the cab and you dont use braces all it can do is crumble
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06-05-2008, 10:04 PM | #4 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
8 cents per pound dude...
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06-05-2008, 10:16 PM | #5 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
You should of give that baby a 4" backyard chop.
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06-05-2008, 10:43 PM | #6 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
Wow... that cab has seen some miles!
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06-05-2008, 11:49 PM | #7 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
387,000 of them. Yeah I am scrapping that one. My old 69 has became parts for 2 other trucks.
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06-06-2008, 12:41 AM | #8 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
Wow, that's some serious rust!
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06-06-2008, 02:22 AM | #9 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
looks fine to me
i have really well used 69 farm truck that when i was unloading off of our flatbed both driver side bench mounts broke trhough the cab floor and then part of the bench frame bent, it scared the crap outa me, i diss=asembled that cab real quick like
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06-06-2008, 03:15 AM | #10 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
wowser
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06-06-2008, 06:35 AM | #11 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
that's minor compared to vermont truck's
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06-06-2008, 07:57 AM | #12 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
I was able to pull my seatbelts out of the floor with my bare hands... and my cab didn't look that bad...
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06-06-2008, 08:06 AM | #13 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
I had alot of people here in town said fix it. I knew before I pulled the cab its wasnt fixable...well yeah it could have but...without alot of time and money...it wasnt worth all that.
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06-06-2008, 09:20 AM | #14 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
Nice convertible.
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06-06-2008, 09:36 AM | #15 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
My friend and I went to go test drive a s-10 in Galveston a long time ago. The outside looked good untile you looked under the truck. The frame was all rusted and the body mounts were rusted out. We were young and stupid and decided to test drive it for fun. after a few corners you can hear and feel the cab landing on the frame. It felt like a roller coaster ride.
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06-06-2008, 10:28 AM | #16 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
arent they recalling a lot of toyota trucks (newer ones) because of the frame rusting? I think I've read something lately on that one..
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I agree - that is minor compared to the stuff up here in the northeast
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06-06-2008, 04:42 PM | #18 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
Go to HOme Depot, buy two rolls of Gorilla tape, and tape that B-word back up!!!
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06-06-2008, 05:35 PM | #19 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
ROTFLMAO
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06-06-2008, 06:11 PM | #20 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
yowzah!!
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06-06-2008, 11:32 PM | #21 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
I thinking at work today that I really need a trailer to haul stuff in since I got the stepper home. I decided to make one out of the bed of this truck. I am going to pull my 12 bolt posi out and replace it with the 12 bolt non posi that is under the other frame now.By sunday night...I will have a trailer.
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06-07-2008, 08:26 PM | #22 |
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Re: Holy Bad Cab! Batman!
I got to working on the trailer part. I have to find a hitch to put on it. I want one thats in a v shape. All I can find is ones that are for a 3 inch square.
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