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Originally Posted by JJorgensen52
That's normal 
Are you planning to fish-plate that area before you install the shackle carriers? |
No the plan is to just weld it up and then punch some more holes for our 67-72 style hangers.
Some ongoing research (aka obsession) did yield another Longhorn that was converted just that way 30 years ago. Pretty neat old time capsule, had some serious thoughts and correspondence with the owner about buying it! All in all the old truck looks to have held up very well with these mods and is very, very similar to my build. It’s mostly 67-72 with some square body stuff (Front & TC cross members, front sway bar) the only part I really don’t like is the rear suspension, those are some really loooonnnggg u-bolts! The rear sway is a super stout motor home piece.
If you haven’t seen it yet here’s the latest eBay auction for the truck this one ends Thursday.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221772717514
So enough about that craziness my plan is to stay the course and build our truck.