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11-23-2004, 09:19 PM
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Will a 69 body bolt onto a 74 frame?
I have a good line on a 74 rolling chassis that already has an engine on it and is ready to go. Will my 69 body bolt onto it with no problems? I realize this may be wishful thinking, not sure though.
Also, I am still in need of the metal bed floor to fit my 69. If I took a LWB bed floor, could I cut off some of the excess to fit my SWB. I know that the bed floors from 67-88 are pretty much interchangeable with the exception of a few holes, but I'd love to know if this will work. Thanks all, Tom
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11-23-2004, 09:29 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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no. If you wanted to do a body lift, (kinda dumb on a 2 wheel drive) and modify the wheel base a bit, you could make it work, but your better off just pulling the engine off of it, and pulling the front cross member to easily swap the 5 lug/disc brakes. |
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11-24-2004, 03:47 AM
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No matter that it is 4WD?
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11-24-2004, 05:13 AM
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4wd you can do it. Talk to Mudder 67 he has the best example I have seen.
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11-24-2004, 10:57 AM
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Yep it'll work with a 4x4.
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11-24-2004, 01:42 PM
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There must be rolling 4x4 frames around. Do a search first unless you are in a hurry.
Too bad I am so far north for I have a couple, one 1/2 one 3/4. Good bodies are harder to find IMO.
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11-24-2004, 01:47 PM
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I wouldn't do it. You'll be reviled by the 73-87 guys and ostracized by the 67-72 crowd...the proverbial bastard child. Of course you'll have Mudder to pal around with...
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11-24-2004, 02:36 PM
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Lmao................
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11-24-2004, 07:03 PM
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Ok, so I really don't have a definitive answer yet. Mudder 67 has had success with it and is obviously a pro.......but throw me some bones here folks! Also, I never did here if I could cut down the long bed floor with relative ease to fit a short bed.
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11-24-2004, 08:01 PM
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Not easy at all
Unless you are ready to do a bunch of fabricating dont try it , you will have to fab up all the body mounts and raise the body well above the frame .
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11-24-2004, 08:11 PM
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Hmmmmmm, I knew someone than put a 67 on a newer chassis, wish I could remember who it was. For some reason, the name should be very familiar to me.
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11-24-2004, 07:58 PM
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Bleach check out this thread. Its right here near the top.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php3?t=128933 |
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11-24-2004, 08:14 PM
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Using the old body mounts, you attach them to the outside of the frame in almost the same location as the newer ones were on the inside. I actually used some of the same holes that were there. I have less than 3 inches of body lift on my bed. If i would have used a high hump I could have gotten away with no lift under the bed/2 under the front clip and about 2 under the front cab mounts. Very few people realize that my truck sits on a newer frame. When you put the cab on the frame you have to be very careful that you can get the distributor in and out.
Now cutting a bed is a different story........ 
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11-24-2004, 08:16 PM
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Thats a clean truck there Randy........
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11-24-2004, 08:43 PM
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Yeah, I heard that it gets around too.
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11-24-2004, 09:08 PM
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BLEACH where exactly are you located in southwest va,I'm in c-burg.
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11-24-2004, 10:52 PM
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I'm in Bristol........a tad more SW than you, right off ye old I-81.
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11-24-2004, 11:07 PM
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Cool,good to have another board member close by,
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