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03-13-2011, 09:31 PM

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ChevLoRay

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Re: our truck frames

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Originally Posted by WorkinLonghorn

According to the 1969 "Truck Data Book" ; " C-10...Frame: 39,000-Lb.-test steel.Section modulus 2.98".
C-20.. Frame: "All models except Longhorn: Section modulus 3.71. Longhorn:Section modulus 5.05.
Now if I just knew what a "section modulus" was.

When you look past the pages that contained that info, you'll find a fold-out page that also lists the thickness that I quoted. The charts cover every truck that Chevrolet offered in '69.

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