Saw an interesting truck today....

[72gmcshorty]

It was a shortbox, fleetside. It had factory 396 under the hood. What was interesting was the dually rear end tucked in under the box. The guy said he got the drivetrain from a '79 chevy one ton tow truck. These tires fit beautifully under the box. The only mods done were to the wheel wells (stretched out). Unfortunately the guy was asking $16,000 Canadian for it. From what I saw, not worth it.

[68_GMC_910]

heh, cool... never seen that before...

[XXL]

I saw the narrowed dually thing in one of the truck magazines a year or two ago. I don't have the issue handy, but it was a yellow truck with LOTS of mods-- later-model dash, fuel filler in the tailgate, boxed frame, late model (glue-in) glass, raked back glass, and so on. If I find the issue I'll post.

Kenneth

[XXL]

Originally posted by XXL
I saw the narrowed dually thing in one of the truck magazines a year or two ago. I don't have the issue handy, but it was a yellow truck with LOTS of mods-- later-model dash, fuel filler in the tailgate, boxed frame, late model (glue-in) glass, raked back glass, and so on. If I find the issue I'll post.

Kenneth

I found it. It is in the November 2000 issue of Street Trucks. It's also on the cover... 'kick you in the teeth' yellow and an injected 502 stuffed under the hood. It's got Alcoa dually wheels on the narrowed Strange Engineering top fuel rearend. It's quite a site to see this truck. I think that the lower control arms are mostly stock... but that's about it

Kenneth