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Old 09-04-2015, 01:05 AM   #47
mattfranklin
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Re: PROJECT: How would a Chevrolet dealer build a shop truck in the early 1970s?

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Sorry if I missed it in the first set of posts, but why are you replacing the front and rear end? Just curious.

To get *stock* '72 disc brakes and the rear to get matching 5-lug wheels. I could have gone with just '71/'72 spindles, but then would have had to use custom brake hoses. With the complete '72 setup I can just walk into any NAPA store and ask for stock brake parts for a '72. It saves my feeble memory from working too hard trying to recollect which custom part went where. Stock is stock.
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(Very) Slow-Going Build Thread: Stock 1970 Short Step with Stock 1970 LT-1

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=567340

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