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Old 12-03-2015, 08:57 PM   #368
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Re: 53 Surburban "Family Truckster"

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Originally Posted by youngrodder View Post
You could. I'm also using the back of the frame. Keep in mind you would need to add your body mounts and running board mounts. To me you are taking a stock frame and just improving on it. That is different than making a totally custom frame.

Again there is a bunch of different ways to go about it. This is the route I chose since I don't have experience setting up a chassis from scratch. I would rather pay PB for their engineering...ha ha

Marc
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Originally Posted by reaper71 View Post
You are right on that Marc!
If the frame is not broke don't fix it kinda thing, simply box in the remaining portion of the frame and will be way stronger than O.E.

Mark...
Cool sounds good. Can't wait to see this thing put together.
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