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Old 11-18-2014, 10:25 PM   #1366
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

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This is bad ass , pardon the French . Those body lines match perfectly . What a project , I can't wait to see more of this in the future . Very original

Did you use just the bed of the pickup mounted to the c50 cab or is it the c50 front clip mounted to pickup cab and bed or lol sorry does the c50 share the cab of the pickups already .

looks great so far nice job
The C50 cabs are mostly like C10/20/30's but the firewall is different and some of the floor but most all sheet metal parts are the same. Even the cowl is the same. The doors are the same but the leading edge of the door is cut at an angle to accommodate the C40/50/60 fender.
My C50 frame is stock but is cut right behind the cab and I welded on a 92 6500 Topkick frame to get the modern 10 lug rearend with disk brakes. This allowed me to mount the super singles.
The bed is supported by 8 2x2 square tubing about 6" tall with a 1/4" plate on top that the mounting hole is drilled in. I just installed my front axle from a Freightliner that I shorted 10 inches. Tomorrow I will remount the hubs and new calipers (same as the rear ones, dual 2.88" pistons) and hopfully mount the 22.5 rims and tires 275x70x22.5
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