front crossmember

[jyaughn]

will the front cross member out of a 64 chevy work on my 62? the reason im asking is cause my friend is givin me his 64 long bed

[aggie91]

I believe that the 62 is the torsion bar front suspension and the frame is wider. So NO, I do not believe it will work.

You could shorten the 64 frame and change our the hole frame, but that would be a lot of work and the cab & bed mounts might not be the same...

[KruizerKing91]

it will fit, the 4 of the the 6 holes along the bottom of the frame rails should line up. If your gonna go through that trouble though, you might as well get a 73-87 truck for 5 lug and disk brakes. its the same amount of work with more benefits. i picked up a 74 complete for 180 bucks and had the front crossmember bolted in under my 60 in just a couple late nights after work..

[Ghostwhite]

I absolutely do not wanna threadjack but is it worth keeping a 60-63 frame under a project truck? Overall goal is slammed.

Thanks a bunch

[Slow Build]

Good place to get info on it.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=366850

Sorry Mark. You must have been in the garage again (it's Mark's thread).

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by Ghostwhite

is it worth keeping a 60-63 frame under a project truck? Overall goal is slammed.

Thanks a bunch

If slammed is of primary importance you'll be much happier in the long run getting rid of the torsion bar suspension. The problem being when the t-bars are unwound to drop the front, the adjusting arms under the cab hang down further and further the more it is lowered until they become an obstruction to safe driving. There's no reason to get rid of the entire frame however, just the 60-62 front suspension.

[Ghostwhite]

Originally Posted by Slow Build

Good place to get info on it.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=366850

Sorry Mark. You must have been in the garage again (it's Mark's thread).

Originally Posted by markeb01

If slammed is of primary importance you'll be much happier in the long run getting rid of the torsion bar suspension. The problem being when the t-bars are unwound to drop the front, the adjusting arms under the cab hang down further and further the more it is lowered until they become an obstruction to safe driving. There's no reason to get rid of the entire frame however, just the 60-62 front suspension.

Thanks for the info guys.

I do plan on ditching all of the factory front suspension for later equipment or a porterbuilt member. I know it will fit, I have just debating the rear and the 63-66 seem more mod friendly with bolt-ons available where-as the 62 would require more straight custom suspension work.

Edit: I will formulate some good questions and dig up my old "build" thread for posting in. Thank you for your patience