Stretch a cab?

[bigmoe]

My thoughts are wandering. My biggest complaint with my truck is the lack of leg room for my 6'3" frame. Anyone ever stretch a cab? Not a quad cab but 6"? 8"? How would one accomplish this?

[LostMy65]

Where are you thinking of making it bigger? The doors or the rear portion of the cab?

[bigmoe]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Where are you thinking of making it bigger? The doors or the rear portion of the cab?

Not my current truck but maybe a future project. I would imagine stretching the rear of the cab and roofline if even possible.

[mongocanfly]

i know on most of the AD trucks they stretch the door section

[61hawk]

[Mack B]

Originally Posted by bigmoe

My thoughts are wandering. My biggest complaint with my truck is the lack of leg room for my 6'3" frame. Anyone ever stretch a cab? Not a quad cab but 6"? 8"? How would one accomplish this?

There was a guy here that did it. “Bomp” I believe was his name. He had a build thread but the photobucket fiasco years back ruined it. From what I remember it was pretty labor intensive, but a great subtle mod.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by Mack B

There was a guy here that did it. “Bomp” I believe was his name. He had a build thread but the photobucket fiasco years back ruined it. From what I remember it was pretty labor intensive, but a great subtle mod.

Yes, I was looking for that thread. "Bomp"if I remember correctly, he was making his bigger for the same reason, was quite a big guy I guess. It's going to take lots and lots of spot welds.
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You might find one similar in this thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=358906

[ACK]

If the gas tank is located inside the cab, some have moved it to under the bed to gain a few additional inches of leg room. Don't know if they moved the seat mount back, too, once the tank was out.

[Getter-Done]

Here is a link to a Thread,
Member was going to go look at one to buy.

It's a Little more than 6 to 8"

Link:https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...hlight=ext-cab

Might give you some idea's









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[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by ACK

If the gas tank is located inside the cab, some have moved it to under the bed to gain a few additional inches of leg room. Don't know if they moved the seat mount back, too, once the tank was out.

I thought about taking the tank out, but I didn't think about moving the seat back. That may give someone just what they need.

[kaycee]

If you you remove the tank you really don't gain any LEG room ,the top of seat usually hits the top of cab above tank first. I did the tank conv. on my 69 and never gained an inch of leg room extra storage space is nice though.

[SCOTI]

Removing the tank doesn't really accomplish much if legroom is the concern unless you recess the seating into the inner cab sheet-metal. Problem w/that will be your noggin gets real close to that back wall/glass @ that point.

Options are moving the pedals/flooring forward or stretching the cab length the amount desired (or a combo of the two). This was something I wanted to do on my 67/68 project & a contributing reason it got moth-balled.

[LostMy65]

Here's one for sale:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...ok_story_share