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**aerotruk63** · 10-15-2010, 05:26 PM

Does anyone have the difference in height between the front and rear cab mount for a 63-66 C10-C20 frame? I've looked in the shop manual, chassis builders, parts book, truck data book to no avail.

padresag · 10-15-2010, 06:04 PM

perhaps you just use shims to make sure that everything is in alignment. they may not have had a static measurement
ron

**aerotruk63** · 10-15-2010, 06:15 PM

The dimensions I do have are incomplete in this area. I'd like to build a jig for replacing the bottom end of the cab.

jonzcustomshop · 10-15-2010, 09:27 PM

could you just build the jig off your frame?

padresag · 10-15-2010, 09:47 PM

By rondavid at 2010-10-15
I take it that this is the area which you are asking about. what are the figures there at the area of the rear mount. hard to define from your drawing
ron

**aerotruk63** · 10-15-2010, 09:57 PM

I was thinking someone might have those crash sheet specs, you know to straighten a frame. I think I could level out my frame and take an uneducated guess, but, I was hoping for something along the lines of a spec.

I have the book in front of me Ron, but it has no dimensions for the height of the frame brackets, just the location of the holes.

SCOTI · 10-15-2010, 10:14 PM

When I built my rear cab brackets, I believe the dimension was ~1.00 above the frame rail @ the bushing 'platform'. I used 1" tubing clamped to some angle steel to square, tack, & weld everything.

I got my dimensions off of a 65 swb frame that was tweaked too much (for my taste) to cut & modify.

CSoliz · 10-15-2010, 10:41 PM

I just went out to the garage and measured mine. I stuck a piece of EMT across the bottom of the frame. Measuring from the top of it, which would be the bottom (underneath part) of the frame, the front measures 3 3/4" to the top of the mount where the bushing goes and the rear is 7 1/8". Hope this helps some.

jonzcustomshop · 10-16-2010, 08:28 AM

I thought 1bad62pro/street posted some crash sheets once, but I couldn't find them in the thread I thought... so they could be anywhere!

**aerotruk63** · 10-16-2010, 08:40 AM

I went out and measured mine after leveling it off. Assuming the top of the frame is a level plane I measured and got 3 1/4", 1" from the top of the rear mount to the top of the frame - 2 1/4" down from the top of the frame to the top of the front mount. Which if you do the math, measurements provided by CSoliz, you end up with 3 3/8". Both within range. As padresag mention a little shimming required.

10-15-2010, 05:26 PM	#1
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Elevations between front and rear cab mount. Does anyone have the difference in height between the front and rear cab mount for a 63-66 C10-C20 frame? I've looked in the shop manual, chassis builders, parts book, truck data book to no avail. __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1

10-15-2010, 06:04 PM	#2
padresag Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sidney,b.c. Posts: 4,425	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. perhaps you just use shims to make sure that everything is in alignment. they may not have had a static measurement ron

10-15-2010, 06:15 PM	#3
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. The dimensions I do have are incomplete in this area. I'd like to build a jig for replacing the bottom end of the cab. __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1 Last edited by aerotruk63; 10-15-2010 at 06:42 PM.

10-15-2010, 09:27 PM	#4
jonzcustomshop 1961 crewcab Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 6,164	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. could you just build the jig off your frame? __________________ 60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955

10-15-2010, 09:47 PM	#5
padresag Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sidney,b.c. Posts: 4,425	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. By rondavid at 2010-10-15 I take it that this is the area which you are asking about. what are the figures there at the area of the rear mount. hard to define from your drawing ron

10-15-2010, 09:57 PM	#6
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. I was thinking someone might have those crash sheet specs, you know to straighten a frame. I think I could level out my frame and take an uneducated guess, but, I was hoping for something along the lines of a spec. I have the book in front of me Ron, but it has no dimensions for the height of the frame brackets, just the location of the holes. __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1

10-15-2010, 10:14 PM	#7
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 22,031	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. When I built my rear cab brackets, I believe the dimension was ~1.00 above the frame rail @ the bushing 'platform'. I used 1" tubing clamped to some angle steel to square, tack, & weld everything. I got my dimensions off of a 65 swb frame that was tweaked too much (for my taste) to cut & modify. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.* Last edited by SCOTI; 10-15-2010 at 10:17 PM.

10-15-2010, 10:41 PM	#8
CSoliz Torn between 66 and 78 Join Date: May 2008 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 253	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. I just went out to the garage and measured mine. I stuck a piece of EMT across the bottom of the frame. Measuring from the top of it, which would be the bottom (underneath part) of the frame, the front measures 3 3/4" to the top of the mount where the bushing goes and the rear is 7 1/8". Hope this helps some. Last edited by CSoliz; 10-15-2010 at 10:43 PM.

10-16-2010, 08:28 AM	#9
jonzcustomshop 1961 crewcab Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 6,164	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. I thought 1bad62pro/street posted some crash sheets once, but I couldn't find them in the thread I thought... so they could be anywhere! __________________ 60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955

10-16-2010, 08:40 AM	#10
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: Elevations between front and rear cab mount. I went out and measured mine after leveling it off. Assuming the top of the frame is a level plane I measured and got 3 1/4", 1" from the top of the rear mount to the top of the frame - 2 1/4" down from the top of the frame to the top of the front mount. Which if you do the math, measurements provided by CSoliz, you end up with 3 3/8". Both within range. As padresag mention a little shimming required. __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1 Last edited by aerotruk63; 10-16-2010 at 08:45 AM.



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