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11-26-2003, 10:53 PM
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Location: Jeffersonville, IN
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73-87 frame on 72
How difficult is this? I am thinking about making a 72 shortbed 4x4 and thought "hey, why not put the body on a mid seventies frame" Anyone here done this?
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11-27-2003, 12:22 AM
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Location: Lewisville, NC
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I want to say it should work fine, but i'm not an expert by any means. Seems like I have heard the frames are basically the same, thats just what my heads says I heard though, so we all know what that could mean.
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11-27-2003, 11:24 AM
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Location: Greene, Iowa
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Yes i have done this with my 70 4x4 on a 79 frame. the frame must be shortened behind the cross memeber and the body mounts just take a little fabrigating.
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11-27-2003, 01:05 PM
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nice truck, and thaks for the info. So it is basic enough where someone like me can figure it out (never dealt with frame shortening but moving a few body mounts no big deal.
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11-27-2003, 02:58 PM
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Ive done it!
 77 short chassis
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11-27-2003, 07:49 PM
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how bad was it on a shortbed mudder?
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11-27-2003, 10:40 PM
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Location: East Central, MO
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send me your email addy and I'll send ya a folder with pics of all the mounts, steering and a small description of what I did.
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