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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Cool! Let me know when it's up.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
will do, ill start one when we get started. we have actually been working on the truck over the winter for the past two years. last winter i compleatly replaced the floor, and built all new cab supports. the old floor was pretty much gone.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Well we had been kinda stalled with work and the weather but i actually made some progress today. boy shes gunna look sweet.
got the cab pulled of f the origional frame. its just sitting on the 3500 hd frame on blocks now but its close to where its going to end up. looks loke body mounts are not gonna be too bad to fab up. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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1987 Chevy 4x4, lifted 6 inches 35"BFG KM's My Baby 1988 Ford F250HD 5 sp 4x4 7.3L The Work Truck 1970 Chevy C30HD long WB Dulley, 4 sp 350...for now The Project If you cant dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with Bull$***
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
How are you planning on registering this so you can haul a load? Your current cab data plate shows a gross of what 10K? Thinking this may be a very limiting factor especially with a diesel and a 10 speed.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
in ohio it will be regristered as a 0ne ton Non Commercial truck. i do not have to declare a rated GVW on a non com truck. as long as i stay under 24K between my truck and trailer im legal. and i have never seen or heard of anyone around here getting busted for overweight in a non com vehical so i think ill be ok. i am hopeing i dont have to many issues ar the DMV titleing this truck though.
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1987 Chevy 4x4, lifted 6 inches 35"BFG KM's My Baby 1988 Ford F250HD 5 sp 4x4 7.3L The Work Truck 1970 Chevy C30HD long WB Dulley, 4 sp 350...for now The Project If you cant dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with Bull$***
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Hope this works out for you. But may I suggest starting on the process before you get in too deep to make changes. Hoping you won't have a problem and knowing where you stand can make a lot of difference. While your path is not quite what I want to build I very much want you to succeed in your project and be able to enjoy it. Right now I am trying to sort out the specifics here in California and pretty much the western states on what I can do without having to worry about scales.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
yea i do to. we have a valid title for the truck, and that part is checked out. i will have to get it inspected when i go to regester it again. thats the part that im a little concerned about. the truck must be 'roadworthy' for inspection so i pretty much have to build the thing and do all the mechanicals first. body condition dosent matter.
as far as ohio goes if i stay under 12 ton gross i dont have to roll across the scales. and with what i plan to do with this truck i dont forsee any issues with that. im just going to be pulling a few antique tractors to showes with it. it wont go much more than 70 miles from home. hope you can get a good direction on your project as well. it would be much easier if there wernt all these dang laws..lol
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1987 Chevy 4x4, lifted 6 inches 35"BFG KM's My Baby 1988 Ford F250HD 5 sp 4x4 7.3L The Work Truck 1970 Chevy C30HD long WB Dulley, 4 sp 350...for now The Project If you cant dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with Bull$***
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
I put a 1972 1/2 ton (5000GVW) body on a 2002 Dodge (cummins) chassis & just continued to use the 1972 registration with a 7000# plate. A very nice DOT cop pulled me over to check out my trailer a few years ago & I let him open the door to check my GVW rating. I had a hard time keeping a straight face when he looked at the truck chassis (a 3/4 ton) then the 5000# rating in the jamb. He looked at the chassis & the jamb 3 times, trying to make sense of it all- I just stood there quietly. He finally told me to have a nice day & let me go.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
hi, very interested in your build. Curious what your plans are about the front axle having such a wide track compared to original? I'm about to embark on a project for towing our race car from Texas to Bonneville every year, 1500+ miles with a 10k trailer....I plan on using my '69 Suburban and would like to use the I-beam from axle form the HD and well as the rear but using only the inner wheel. I would like the front to be tucked under to fender, so shortening the axle will likely be in the plans. The Suburban is sitting on a late 70s k20 frame so it has leafs up front already. it will be 12v Cummins powered.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
i hope you put a 2 stroke in it you cant beat the sound of em
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
only prob is without a load (light truck) youll probly wash the cylinders walls out
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Fuel dilutes the oil film on the cylenders and causes the cylenders to wear prematurly. this isnt a truck thats gunna get drivin everyday. its gunna be pulling a heavy trailer when it dose get drivin. not something im really worried about.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
we actually planned to do that if we couldent find an HD. it would actually be much easier to build a tube axle with D 60 outers than try to put this HD axle in another truck.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
well made some progress over christmas got the cab mounts more or less finished.
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Looking good! Yeah the tires look fine in the last pic. If you have time could you hang a string down to the tire outer sidewall and see where it would hit on the fender and post a pic? You have really good clearance as your trukket sist alot higher than Im planning. Just curious if i hit a huge hole or dip and the front end comes down enough to touch, where the tires would hit....thanks a ton!
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
My dad is planning a flat bed dually build, 72' cab on a 74' chassis. wouldn't mind coming down and seeing your work.
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oh and i got a really nice 70 C 30 long wheel base rolling chassis ill let go of cheap if your interested
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Sounds awesome i cant wait to see thos beast come together i thought my c20 4spd was tough but your will drag mine around like its not even there
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Re: my 1970 C30 HD project
Any progress or pics?
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