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12-22-2015, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Buellton, CA
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Frame quesition
are the 1947-1954 3100 truck frames all the same? i have a 1949 pickup with a scabbed frame, and i have a chance to get a nice stock 1954 frame. will it work?
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12-23-2015, 12:31 PM
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Hollister Road Co.
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Houston
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Re: Frame quesition
47-53 are interchangeable 54-55 are different
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12-23-2015, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oblong, Illinois
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Re: Frame quesition
Isn't the difference that the 54 rear frame rails are flatter than the 47 - 53 and the rest is the same?
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12-23-2015, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Marysville KS
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Re: Frame quesition
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12-23-2015, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Marysville KS
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Re: Frame quesition
It looks like the 49 bed should bolt right on the 54 frame.
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12-23-2015, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Canton, GA
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Re: Frame quesition
As mentioned, 54/55 frames are different and don't kick up as high over the rear axle to allow for a lower bed floor. You can easily put a 47-53 bed on a 54/55. You can go the other way but will require work to the bedfloor.
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