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08-10-2002, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posts: 73
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Body-Off Cab Stand
Ayone out there build a metal stand for their cab to do a full body-off restoration? Looking for ideas on how to build one including material used, dimensions and type of casters used for wheeling it around the shop.
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08-10-2002, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Urbana,Ohio,USA
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Hey. I have a cab stand. Its on loan right now to a buddy. But i called him and told him i needed pics.
Its got bigass rollers. I may be able to get you some wheels. I get them cheap. When i get some pics i will have them posted here.
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08-10-2002, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Bowie, Texas 76230
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Here is picture of mine. Made from extra frame I had. Same height as the running truck. More pictures in my photo album under 69 C-30 Restoration Pictures
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08-10-2002, 01:03 PM
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Flamin' Bass
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Galloway, NJ, US
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Fellow member Ken (sorry forgot username, but with the '69 Wallet Eater web site) designed this neat wooden model. I copied/stole plans and made my own. Worked great, easy to make and the price was right!
Following pics lifted without permission from Ken's site:
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08-10-2002, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Edge of the world
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Quote:
 BTW, I had a small "incident" with my stand this weekend. I've been tipping the cab up onto the firewall so I can work on the dash mods, and then tipping it back onto the wheels to do other things, back and forth, back and forth. Well... one of the uprights split in two and the cab fell off... oops. No damage to anything on the cab, but the other uprights ripped the screws out. Rather than rebuild it, I just set the top trapezoid (the part that bolted to the cab flooe) onto the bottom trapezoid (the one with the casters on it) and shot some screws to hold them together. Now it's a foot lower than before. Obviously it was not intended to be rocked back and forth a lot  Kenneth
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08-10-2002, 02:45 PM
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Jostrans68
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bloomington indiana
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I was at Wes's sthe other day he has one similar but a little higher and its is closed in like a box underneath and he uses it for small parts from the cab so if its in this box its for thiscab. I thought that was a great idea.. Great job WES
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08-10-2002, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Saskatoon,SK,Canada
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This is the best pic I have of mine.
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08-10-2002, 04:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SE NM
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I used 4x4s, lag bolts and wheels from harbor frieght.
Pretty cheap.
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08-10-2002, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Bowie, Texas 76230
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This is the first one I made. Was top heavy when loading on trailer.
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