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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Awesome Thread! Cant wait to see end result.
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
That is awesome it is kinda like you have read my mind for my project. With the motor home axles I will be getting the disc brakes and 19.5 tires to get the lopro type look. The 19.5 tires are more plentyfull[ at least for me the motor home has 6 new ones with a great spare]and I have the chrome simulators to go on the wheels.
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Hey Richard, I was thinking about your project today, and about you lengthening a bed. Why not lets just say you need three feet. Is there not any reason to cut three feet from the front of a long box and just have it in front of the other bed leaving as small a gap as possible between the two bed pieces. That way it would be easily removeable if and when you started into the phase of the build where you are making the cab bigger.So if you can picture it it would be a separate compartment in front of the bed . I have a good picture of it in my head [in white? ]I think it could look goodand with you not grafting it into the other bed a lot less work when you do the cab
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Oh my God!
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
That bed on there looks great!
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Holy crap that thing looks AWESOME with that bed. Thanks, now you've got me in heat for a ton and a half up project
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Richard, there is a bus company in Oklahoma City (Ross transportation) that may be able to help you out on the rear end issue. I like the idea of stretching the bed I think it will look great, I have seen a couple with 8 foot beds and they look "stubby". I hope you are a pretty good body man or at least know one, its a lot of work splicing a bed. Good project, keep us posted. Coop
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
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Back to your suggestion on just moving the diff forward, I investigated that early on and found that the frame 'necks down' right behind the front spring perches, so just moving forward would tilt everything plus I want to leave my options open for an extended or crew cab at some point. BTW, your truck rocks! ![]() The other c50 (1967) is a rusty old grain hauler with a 292, 4 speed and a two speed rear axle, lots of fun to drive! The rust just ate too much of it up to be a valid candidate for this project. I can post pics if anyone wants to see it. -Richard
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Very cool beast, I like the box a lot better than the flat deck and also the extended cab idea, nice build, good luck and have fun.
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Regarding my body working skills, they don't exist yet. I've just always believed that you never find out until you try. That is why I started with a rough bed, I didn't want to sacrifice a nice one in case I fail at this. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I may go the longhorn route with a visible seam. In fact if I do that it also resolves having to weld up a floor as a wood floor would be 'correct'. -Richard
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Forgot to mention this week's "progress". It was almost none as we spent most of the weekend building fence to keep the cows out of the hay field. My minor accomplishments on the truck were to put in some CST front side marker lights, lenghthen the rear wiring on the bed to reach the plug on the truck (works!) and I half way installed my new dash pad. I didn't finish screwing it down because I'm just going to pull it back off to paint the dash. I'm trusting that it will lay down evenly once all of the screws are in. Anyway here are a couple of pics, one of the interior with the dash and flashback picture of the truck with the wood side boards on the flat bed that I had built a couple of months back to keep my dogs from falling over the side. I swear those dogs love this truck even more than I do! I liked the side boards so much that I almost decided against the pickup bed. Almost
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Re: Introduction (me and my c50 project)
Howdy!
Well it has been a long time (5 years) since I posted on this thread. I feel kind of stupid in that I had started this thread and literally forgot about it. ![]() ![]() http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=704713 and check out he progress. (A lot has changed) I hope you like what I've done, please post any replies over on the other thread! -Richard
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