Shortened 3/4 ton longbed

[davepl]

I'm looking at a '72 Sierra Grande that was originally a 3/4 ton lonbox. A previous owner made it into a shortbox by having a shop cut and graft a 68 C-10 rear frame onto it.



Unfortunately, it was done as a straight vertical cut, rather than the stepped cut I would have done. They added a fish plate and boxed that section of the frame, so in reality its probably decently strong if the welds are good.

It currently has a 92 stepside box on it (yep, its quite a Frankenstein), so I'm going to try to get ahold of the shop that actually did the work to confirm what dimensions they used (ie: did it go to 67-72 shortbox specs?)

Anyway, I'm wondering what are the other implications of the truck having originally been a 3/4 ton? From the photos, it currently has 5-lug wheels. It has a front stablizer bar. What else would be different?

Thanks,
Dave