CrewCab thoughts

[Project]

Its late and I should be asleep but...Would it be any eaiser to use a 73-91 CrewCab structure and skin it with with the body of your choosing.

It would give you a pre-built A/B/C pillar. Crew cab floor and a inner roof panel. just cut out the firewall, outer roof and back wall, outer rockers and stitch your favorite body back on. I know this would be a huge undertaking but so is building a crew cab.

So what do you guys think?
Do I just need to go to sleep or would this be a viable option?

[65Pickup]

Probably not...

[Project]

Originally Posted by 65Pickup

Probably not...

Whats you thought behind "probably not" ?

Just curious?

[65Pickup]

no started an answer and changed my mind, good luck with the project.

[BrianS]

Option.. Yes. Easy.. No. Easier.. Maybe. I'm in the same boat as you, just a different direction.
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[Project]

This is what I would call an "internet build" for now. I don't have the funds or the time right now. I simply asked because from what I read the driver rear door and the proportions of the rear door seem to the harder/time consuming parts. So if you started with a truck that had nice proportions and the structure for four doors, I would think it would give you a leg up. But then again, maybe not.

[Project]

Originally Posted by BrianS

Option.. Yes. Easy.. No. Easier.. Maybe. I'm in the same boat as you, just a different direction.
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What direction are you looking to go?

[WAAF]

get a burb and cut the back off and stich in the rear of a cab

[stsalvage]

boy i tell ya when you come across 79,000 that you don't mind spending then do it But look at the bigger picture now days the easy times are over.The retirement is over SSI or any government pay out when you hit 75 Ya it will get there soon.And the cost of buying parts for these trucks are sky rocketing.Best off thinking about feeding your children having a warm place to live and food in the house and keeping some sort of normal life.If you have a old truck that is running and you want to do a little up grades to it grate But do not get into a project that you can't finish.20 years ago you could build a 1964--72 chevy truck with all the goodies for 30,000 Now its like 60K to 70K and the repop parts suck Just my 2 cents

[Project]

It was just one of thoughts ideas that I have that keep me up at night pondering and trying to visualize how to do something like a 60-72 CrewCab.

[cleanfreak]

Thanks for the open minded idea , have you measured any of this? Hey , leave the roof , back panel , firewall , re-skin the lower half of the doors , mount the front clip , and throw in a 59 pass car dash while your at it. The impala wagon posted lately with the 69-72 clip is a good(?) example of thinking outside of the box. Good luck

[feller]

im not sure the body lines will match up even if you "reskinned" the whole thing. the newer body style has sharper corners, therefore im thinking that the skeliton will be different. so you might have just as much time/ money wrapped up in making it all fit right as you would if you just built the drivers side rear door. way to think on your feet but i would imagine if it would work easier "your way" then someone would already have done it and everyone would be doing it this way. no offence meant just what i think on this idea, not a bad one but mabey flawed? if you take it on id love to see it.

[Project]

The rocker is two or three inches longer on a 67-72 than a 73-91 CrewCab. The back door wouldn't matter on length.


Ok let me see if I can explain this idea in my head better-

CrewCab body from 73-91

Remove doors and full interior
Cut the firewall out
cut out the A pillars
leave the roof
leave the floor
weld 67-72 A pillar in place of the CrewCab A pillar
Reinstall the 67-72 dash and colum and heater and what not
bolt 67-72 door onto new A pillar


Kinda see how the wheels are turning in my head

Just use the CrewCab as a floor and proportion donor

[feller]

it will get you there but you realize the roofs are diffrent and like i was saying earlier moldings and body shapes change so im not sure the drivers side b pillar will work for you anyway

[Number98]

Originally Posted by WAAF

get a burb and cut the back off and stich in the rear of a cab

Save the Burbs!!
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[Dano69c10]

I was going to do this same thing, but I was just going to mod some '69 doors, hang the '69 front clip on, install a '69 dash, and add the '69 longbed and call it a day.

Didn't want to cut up a burb.

[Dano69c10]

hmm.....
might be easier to mod the '73 - '91 doors

[Pop's C-10]

Only thing that could be used from pretty easy is some on tha 73& cc firewall & floor pan..then sat to other body down on that..

[Project]

Originally Posted by feller

it will get you there but you realize the roofs are diffrent and like i was saying earlier moldings and body shapes change so im not sure the drivers side b pillar will work for you anyway

The roof being different, I think would be pretty cool.

What do you mean by "moldings"? Are you refering to the trim?

I hadn't thought about the "B" pillar being all that different, but I would think one could use the part of the door that strikes the B pillar and weld it into the 67-72 door.


I am by no means trying to say that this kind of conversion would be easy, I know it would be a pain in the a**. Still thinking outloud.

[mcbassin]

If your serious about building a crew cab, HERE is a step by step blueprint. (WARNING: it will take some time to get throught the thread)

It won't be cheap and won't be easy no matter what chassis/cab you decide on. Good luck

[Project]

mcbassin - I have read through that thread many many time and his craftsmanship is amazing.

[feller]

by moldings i meant the factory original body lines, i guess working on a roll line at a factory has ruined me, molding there is the shape the metal ends up being in this case i meant body lines. i could be wrong but if you look at the b pillar in my 08 silverado versus a 73-91 cc they are totaly diffrent, (hang on!) i know its apples and oranges, but if you look at the 99-07 b- pillars they are diffrent too, as well as the 89-98's. plus if you look at rockers, and door jambs they are all kinda tweaked and made to fit there respective body styles. not saying it cant be done but there will be alot of figuring it out, when the pass-side b-pillar is made to fit corectly and if you were to find someone who had all the right tools they could just make the drivers side exactly opposite of the pass- side. then decide wether you want burb front boors or truck front doors. the overlap of outter body skin is greater the newer the truck is, like at the top of doors, sides, bottom. thats the way im seeing it.

[Project]

Originally Posted by feller

by moldings i meant the factory original body lines, i guess working on a roll line at a factory has ruined me, molding there is the shape the metal ends up being in this case i meant body lines. i could be wrong but if you look at the b pillar in my 08 silverado versus a 73-91 cc they are totaly diffrent, (hang on!) i know its apples and oranges, but if you look at the 99-07 b- pillars they are diffrent too, as well as the 89-98's. plus if you look at rockers, and door jambs they are all kinda tweaked and made to fit there respective body styles. not saying it cant be done but there will be alot of figuring it out, when the pass-side b-pillar is made to fit corectly and if you were to find someone who had all the right tools they could just make the drivers side exactly opposite of the pass- side. then decide wether you want burb front boors or truck front doors. the overlap of outter body skin is greater the newer the truck is, like at the top of doors, sides, bottom. thats the way im seeing it.

Ok. that makes sense.

[feller]

or thats what im thinking, not saying its right thats just my $.02

[Project]

The idea in my head was to use the CrewCab floor and "B" as a guide for proportions and then build the 67-72 around that. Not saying it can't be done. ANYTHING CAN BE DONE WITH ENOUGH MONEY.