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Re: Give me a heads up...
I picked this 51 1-1/2 ton up ten years ago (time flies) along with the cab that is going to be part of my 48 in a buy two truck deal.
My 41 year old daughter has laid claim to it and my plan is 77 Chevy dualie front suspension, rear suspension and axle and a small block with automatic. It will be a run and drives truck that needs finishing when I turn it over to her and her soon to be hubby. She wants a truck that still looks like a work truck. I'm not sure how long we will keep the wheelbase but it will get a flatbed.
A guy could stick 1/2 or 3/4 ton front and rear suspension out of a 73/88 fairly easily and then run larger diameter wheels on it to keep the big truck look but be a bit easier and possibly safer to drive. Shorten the back end of the frame to run an 8 ft flatbed and it would make a pretty decent truck that could be daily driven.
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club.
My ongoing truck projects:
48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six.
71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant.
77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.
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