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Hoosier · 09-21-2005, 05:12 PM

Hi, first post

I have the chance of picking up a 66 3/4 ton for cheap. I wanna use the frame to get a bagged, z'ed chassis going then switch my 1/2 suspension and body over to it.
Are there differences in the frames as far as suspension goes?
Thanks
Shane

bpmcgee · 09-21-2005, 06:11 PM

If I recall from previous posts (hint hint), there's no frame differences between 3/4 and 1/2 ton, just between 2wd and 4wd.

Brian

El Caballo · 09-21-2005, 06:40 PM

I tried to use the archive function and it doesn't work. Shane, sounds like you want to radically lower your truck if you are going to Z the frame. Be sure to give yourself some leeway with a scrub line. You don't want to tear out the bottom of your oil pan, even if the sparks would be neat....

bpmcgee · 09-21-2005, 08:18 PM

Shane,

Hmm. Didn't you already get a perfectly reasonable answer over at chevytalk?

http://www.chevytalk.org/threads/sho...gonew=1#UNREAD

magooster · 09-21-2005, 10:51 PM

I'm not sure on the 60-66's but I did a frame swap on a '72 3/4 ton onto a '71 half ton, and the only difference was the cab mounts.

Hoosier · 09-22-2005, 11:43 AM

I guess asking questions in two forums is not allowed. Sorry I'm new to the internet rules.

Hey magooster, I'm just across the line from you. Used to be up in Surrey before the big D.

bpmcgee · 09-22-2005, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I guess asking questions in two forums is not allowed. Sorry I'm new to the internet rules.

No, asking the question in two forums is fine. But asking the question in one forum AFTER you got the answer in another seems like a waste of peoples time

Most people here also read chevytalk and stovebolt.com, so your best bet is to ask just one place, and only ask at another if you don't get a strong answer.

Welcome to the forums, btw!

Brian

El Caballo · 09-22-2005, 04:52 PM

Seems kind of pedantic...

I'm with Hoosier, check out info in several different places, I call it due dilligence. It isn't that you doubt anyone's sincerity, merely confirming facts.

BTW Hoosier, I was up in Kennewick for three years, now that is wine country!

bpmcgee · 09-22-2005, 06:01 PM

El Caballo,

Maybe you missed what I said -- the people who are answering here are the same ones answering on the other forums. You're not checking out different places, you're just asking the same people to answer twice.

Go ahead and do it, if you like, though. People around here are pretty nice and will probably just smile to themselves about it. Other places they'll go off on ya!

Brian

chevy283 · 09-22-2005, 06:15 PM

agree with bpmcgee. no offence.

Frizzle Fry · 09-23-2005, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bpmcgee

No, asking the question in two forums is fine. But asking the question in one forum AFTER you got the answer in another seems like a waste of peoples time

Most people here also read chevytalk and stovebolt.com, so your best bet is to ask just one place, and only ask at another if you don't get a strong answer.

Welcome to the forums, btw!

Brian

If you don't want to answer the question then don't waste your own time... Not everybody surfs all the forums.

El Caballo · 09-23-2005, 03:29 PM

Friz nailed it.

magooster · 09-23-2005, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I guess asking questions in two forums is not allowed. Sorry I'm new to the internet rules.

Hey magooster, I'm just across the line from you. Used to be up in Surrey before the big D.

That's cool that your so close. It would be pretty handy if we had to swap some parts one day. BTW what's the "Big D"?

El Caballo · 09-23-2005, 07:04 PM

divorce... some call it parole.

magooster · 09-23-2005, 07:29 PM

oh....that makes sense now

Hoosier · 09-27-2005, 11:14 AM

Parole

09-21-2005, 05:12 PM	#1
Hoosier Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Blaine WA Posts: 11	Frame Differences Hi, first post I have the chance of picking up a 66 3/4 ton for cheap. I wanna use the frame to get a bagged, z'ed chassis going then switch my 1/2 suspension and body over to it. Are there differences in the frames as far as suspension goes? Thanks Shane

09-21-2005, 10:51 PM	#5
magooster '65 GMC Project Join Date: May 2005 Location: Abbotsford, BC Posts: 653	I'm not sure on the 60-66's but I did a frame swap on a '72 3/4 ton onto a '71 half ton, and the only difference was the cab mounts. __________________ Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder 1965 GMC project 1999 GMC Safari (daily driver) 2005 Scion XB (Wifey's car)

09-22-2005, 06:15 PM	#10
chevy283 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: wilson oklahoma Posts: 367	agree with bpmcgee. no offence. __________________ 65 c10 tore apart 70 c10 305/350th

09-23-2005, 07:29 PM	#15
magooster '65 GMC Project Join Date: May 2005 Location: Abbotsford, BC Posts: 653	oh....that makes sense now __________________ Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder 1965 GMC project 1999 GMC Safari (daily driver) 2005 Scion XB (Wifey's car)

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09-21-2005, 06:11 PM	#2
bpmcgee Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 2,181	If I recall from previous posts (hint hint), there's no frame differences between 3/4 and 1/2 ton, just between 2wd and 4wd. Brian

09-21-2005, 06:40 PM	#3
El Caballo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Borger, Republic of Texas Posts: 65	I tried to use the archive function and it doesn't work. Shane, sounds like you want to radically lower your truck if you are going to Z the frame. Be sure to give yourself some leeway with a scrub line. You don't want to tear out the bottom of your oil pan, even if the sparks would be neat....

09-21-2005, 08:18 PM	#4
bpmcgee Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 2,181	Shane, Hmm. Didn't you already get a perfectly reasonable answer over at chevytalk? http://www.chevytalk.org/threads/sho...gonew=1#UNREAD

09-22-2005, 11:43 AM	#6
Hoosier Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Blaine WA Posts: 11	I guess asking questions in two forums is not allowed. Sorry I'm new to the internet rules. Hey magooster, I'm just across the line from you. Used to be up in Surrey before the big D.

09-22-2005, 04:52 PM	#8
El Caballo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Borger, Republic of Texas Posts: 65	Seems kind of pedantic... I'm with Hoosier, check out info in several different places, I call it due dilligence. It isn't that you doubt anyone's sincerity, merely confirming facts. BTW Hoosier, I was up in Kennewick for three years, now that is wine country!

09-22-2005, 06:01 PM	#9
bpmcgee Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 2,181	El Caballo, Maybe you missed what I said -- the people who are answering here are the same ones answering on the other forums. You're not checking out different places, you're just asking the same people to answer twice. Go ahead and do it, if you like, though. People around here are pretty nice and will probably just smile to themselves about it. Other places they'll go off on ya! Brian

09-23-2005, 03:29 PM	#12
El Caballo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Borger, Republic of Texas Posts: 65	Friz nailed it.

09-23-2005, 07:04 PM	#14
El Caballo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Borger, Republic of Texas Posts: 65	divorce... some call it parole.

09-27-2005, 11:14 AM	#16
Hoosier Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Blaine WA Posts: 11	Parole



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