C10 front end under an AD Chevy truck

[Steve@OldSub.com]

Winchester that is very kind of you.

Since mine is a 1-ton and yours a 1/2-ton and the frames are different, I don't think your spacers would work for me. However, I would very much like to see them, or perhaps see some close up pictures.

The primary difference in the frames is the shape where the IFS cross member hits the bottom of the frame. Where the 1/2- and 3/4-ton trucks are close to flat, the 1-ton has a much more complex shape.

I created a spacer or conversion mount by cutting a piece from a second 1-ton frame that matches that area, and then welding to that a piece that matches the flat IFS top. The two pieces are actually L-shaped and the two upright portions are my spacer on the sides of the frame.

They are not quite finished, but are close. Once I get back to that part of the project I don't expect it to take more than another day or so.

While I've put a lot of work into the sides of my spacers I think the primary design difference between what I have done and the others I've seen is the part that is under the frame and on top of the cross member.

My sides are designed to add strength to the frame and also to ensure that my steering box and idler arm are in the correct relationship to my IFS.

Where there brackets or spacers are in place, my frame is effectively braced by a piece of steel twice the thickness of the frame. Since I'm using this truck to pull a heavy trailer and powering it with a Cadillac 500 I'm aiming for overkill.