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1950 Chevy 6400
mr.mindless:
Looked at a '35 Dodge 2.5 ton yesterday. needlenose trucks have really caught my attention...
Talked the seller down to a grand, after telling him I thought 6-700 was fair. he thinks he's got 800 into it but has no time for it and knows it's coming close to scrap time. so I might be able to work him. No one else has looked at it yet.
Around the rain gutters and above the windshield there are issues with the cab skin; the crank-out windshield frame is hopeless and $$. Door jams are in bad shape all the way around. Most of the trim and small pieces including hood and side panels are there though, the grille is in great shape, the frame is excellent. The running boards will need to be rebuilt, big holes but the edges are all there. all the structure at the [wooden] floor is close to gone to the point of the cab sagging. Would need to make new structure at all the cab to floor structure tie-ins.
This is probably a bad one to be a first. And probably a bad one to try to do cheap. I did find a perfect chassis to put it on that's also too expensive and too old: '91 Chevy 4x4 3500 with a plow and 13' flatbed with lift gate. Asking $4k for it. frame looks great from limited pictures, cab corners present - might be southern originally? Haven't talked to them.
Otherwise I'd want to look for a crew cab long box to give nice long bed length.
To keep width close to original, it needs to be a SRW width front axle with dually wheels. outside of tire measurement is 63-64"
I don't have another set of 19.5 8 lug but there are several options there, but 34x9.5 on 16 could work pretty well? I bet that '91 is on 16.5 though.
Bad idea all around.
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mr.mindless:
and as smike pointed out, just maaaaybe I should work on a backhoe first ::)
mr.mindless:
Oh, and the door hinges are cracked off on one or both sides.
mr.mindless:
Last on the road 1986
M:
Dont bother IMO. There's better bodies out there.
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