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Drewbee · 08-11-2019, 01:11 PM

AJC,

I’m in the dreaming and planning stage right now. However, I’d love to build a 1972 crew cab K50 similar to the one rtech fabrications did, but instead of cummins, nv4500, and np205, I’d like to do a lbz duramax, Allison trans, and np205.

I have the axles, bed, and cab. If I buy a c50 I’d have the chassis and the second cab. I’d need some suburban doors to set the front and then I’d have four other doors to make the back two doors. The tricky part of all of this is the pillar between the front and back doors.

I’d also want to make a lot of it look stock with some minor modern updates such as interior, audio, and drivetrain.

Dreaming big I know but I don’t want to spend 70k on a new diesel when I could build me one and never need a new diesel. Also, it’d haul anything I ever throw at it. He most I’d haul is a fifth wheel with a tractor, or bobcat.

08-11-2019, 01:11 PM	#5
Drewbee Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Villa Rica, GA Posts: 330	Re: Duramax swap? AJC, I’m in the dreaming and planning stage right now. However, I’d love to build a 1972 crew cab K50 similar to the one rtech fabrications did, but instead of cummins, nv4500, and np205, I’d like to do a lbz duramax, Allison trans, and np205. I have the axles, bed, and cab. If I buy a c50 I’d have the chassis and the second cab. I’d need some suburban doors to set the front and then I’d have four other doors to make the back two doors. The tricky part of all of this is the pillar between the front and back doors. I’d also want to make a lot of it look stock with some minor modern updates such as interior, audio, and drivetrain. Dreaming big I know but I don’t want to spend 70k on a new diesel when I could build me one and never need a new diesel. Also, it’d haul anything I ever throw at it. He most I’d haul is a fifth wheel with a tractor, or bobcat.