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sailed2japan · 04-17-2011, 12:59 PM

I'm sure it's already here, but I couldn't find it.

Were any C30 cab and Chassis wheel bases the same as a long bed?

I'm looking at buying an 86 flat bed and it seems to be about the same as my 83 C20. I want to use the running gear on my 64, but I'd like to put the frame under my C20. I know that the springs are a different width, but I can overcome that by swapping the brackest on the frame.

Thanks

GM72K10 · 04-17-2011, 08:25 PM

Yes you could get a pickup with the cargo box deleted making it a normal wheel base Cab & Chassis

*C-10 simplex* · 04-17-2011, 09:10 PM

Mostly likely yes---however i find it all very confusing---some so-called "cab and chassis" models came with "wideside" and "fenderside" bodies which looked virtually identical to the the regular pickup bodies.

Some chassis/cab models where offered in 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton versions, but by 86 i think only 3/4 and 1 ton?

i think 117.5(1/2 ton only) 131.5", 135.5", 159.5" and 164.5"(crewcab only though)?

Probably best to use a tape measure to absolutely verify.

sailed2japan · 04-17-2011, 11:37 PM

I was trying to measure it out and they seemed to be a little off. That makes sense now, though. I think my wheel base is 131.5, so if it's a 135.5 c&c, that's where my measurements are off.

04-17-2011, 12:59 PM	#1
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Wheel base question I'm sure it's already here, but I couldn't find it. Were any C30 cab and Chassis wheel bases the same as a long bed? I'm looking at buying an 86 flat bed and it seems to be about the same as my 83 C20. I want to use the running gear on my 64, but I'd like to put the frame under my C20. I know that the springs are a different width, but I can overcome that by swapping the brackest on the frame. Thanks __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

04-17-2011, 08:25 PM	#2
GM72K10 Next! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 2,483	Re: Wheel base question Yes you could get a pickup with the cargo box deleted making it a normal wheel base Cab & Chassis __________________ 86 K30 CUCV M1028A1 86 K30 CUCV M1028a2 dually 86 K30 C&C 6.2 4:56s, 4M, 11,000 gvw, ex fire truck, now lowboy dump More square bodies and CUCVs than I care to admit to 2020 Silverado K3500HD Work truck

04-17-2011, 09:10 PM	#3
C-10 simplex Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: indisclosed Posts: 1,515	Re: Wheel base question Mostly likely yes---however i find it all very confusing---some so-called "cab and chassis" models came with "wideside" and "fenderside" bodies which looked virtually identical to the the regular pickup bodies. Some chassis/cab models where offered in 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton versions, but by 86 i think only 3/4 and 1 ton? i think 117.5(1/2 ton only) 131.5", 135.5", 159.5" and 164.5"(crewcab only though)? Probably best to use a tape measure to absolutely verify.

04-17-2011, 11:37 PM	#4
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: Wheel base question I was trying to measure it out and they seemed to be a little off. That makes sense now, though. I think my wheel base is 131.5, so if it's a 135.5 c&c, that's where my measurements are off. __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR



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