Any ideas for this beast?

[6 Door King]

Looking at doing some swapping to get hold of this rig, now I need ideas to aspire to! Thinking of ditching the utility bed, and getting it closer to the ground somehow. Anyone know the lug pattern on these things? I have seen them with ten lug Budds, but I am drawing a blank when it comes to the Dayton style wheels. Any ideas, no matter how crazy, shoot them my way! If you can photoshop your scheme, even better. Thanks in advance.

[dieseldawg142]

Sweeeet!

[motornut]

cool!....monster crew cab,pickup bed

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by motornut

cool!....monster crew cab,pickup bed

exactly!

[86454k30]

IMO, lose the utility bed, shorten the frame, install dually box, change the bud style wheels to regular and throw on some 22.5 alcoas!

[J Knight]

Put a dually bed on it, get rid of the Dayton hubs and wheels for 22.5 hub piloted bud wheels with 285/75/22.5 tires. Get a Peterbilt Low Air Leaf suspention for the rear and de-arch the front suspension and add helper bags(these guys can help you with the suspension/wheels www.4statetruck.com)

[N2TRUX]

I know, I know! Take a look at what UPNADM is doing to his. "1981 Chevrolet C50 Pick-up Conversion"

[bk2life]

flat bed car hauler. drive an equally awesome rig onto it and have a kick @ss tow rig

[cory d]

[meter swinger]

22" alcoas', alunimum flatbed.
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[86c20]

make it 4 wheel drive a big diesel twin scews with power thro and a longer dully bed. just like a dodge trex

[6 Door King]

Since I don't have the truck yet I am chomping at the bit for info and ideas. If it is not too inconvienent, could the owner of the yellow C-50 measure the distance from the top of the front axle to the oil pan, crossmember or other lowest point on the frame so I can have some idea of how much lower I could drop the front? Does anyone know if these frames are doubled like semi trucks? I am leaning toward building a tilt deck flatbed since it has an 11 foot box on it now, I figure 16-17 foot should fly ok, and give me plenty behind the axle to tilt to ground level.

[6 Door King]

Got to climb all over the truck today and really pick it apart. The wheels and tires are already 24.5s, and the seller has Alcoas in his shed but said the fronts would need adapters. Why would only the fronts need adapters and not the rears also? I know the hubs are different, but is the bolt pattern different front to rear as well? Has two bench seats and a five speed to fill up the floor. The roof must have doubled as a lookout point at races or something because both the front and rear roof panels are sagging/caved. Drivetrain seems solid with new clutch and pressure plate, and the body is overall not too bad. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get that huge utility bed off, and find a place to stash it til its sold. Hoping to offset the cost of the truck with the sale of the bed, so I'll have to be careful pulling it.

[6 Door King]

Thank you to Cory D for the visual of the truck dropped, that is close to what I have in mind. How do they drop the big rigs so low? Doesn't the front axle get in the way?

[J Knight]

Originally Posted by 6 Door King

Thank you to Cory D for the visual of the truck dropped, that is close to what I have in mind. How do they drop the big rigs so low? Doesn't the front axle get in the way?

Some big rigs use a "car hauler" front axle wich is the equivilant to a 2in drop plus they de-arch the springs and in some cases notch the oil pan. Other things they do is install drop fenders, bigger bumpers, mount the steps and fuel tanks a couple of inches lower on the frame to give the illusion of the truck being lower.

[JCampbell]

Originally Posted by 6 Door King

Thinking of...getting it closer to the ground somehow.

http://www.12gacustoms.com/part_gallery/air_ride