Don't make RODS out of one-ton dually's!! Stick to the 1/2 ton size for
that. I personally think you should keep it all one-ton and get the parts
truck to get the axle from. Should be eight lug, right? Or is that one of
those wierd sized wheels and stud shapes that you sometimes run into? If it
has 17 or 18" wheels, good luck. I just changed my Chev to 19.5 wheels from
delivery van trucks, cause couldn't find or afford the odd size tires. 16"
dually's fit on front, but not over my rear drums.
That's the way one-ton stuff is.....brakes are odd size, tires, sometimes
belts and other odd stuff. Course, if you ROD it, you'll probly remove and
junk most of the orig truck anyway, and then you will be a "Hacker"!
G. L. Perry
Huntington, IN 46750
glperry@fwi.com
Big AD trucks, COE
MM tractors and 1 Oliver!
----- Original Message -----
From: <STMSymank@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 3:17 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] 1940 frame: same as 41 to 47?
> Hey group,
> I recently bought a 40 one ton gmc. It has a dually rear end that is
stock
> looking, and a front axle that has ordinary style wheels and hubcaps from
an
> early fifties half ton gmc. The truck has a 248. the grille is a 40
chevy
> with a gmc grille shell. the hood is a chevy, and the truck is rust free.
I
> brought it home and put in a battery, and it started. Dang. It seemed
like
> it would make a great rod, but I hate to hack up a running ride.
> To make the case for rod or stock, I found a half ton 41 for three
hundred
> bucks (is the frame the same) and I found a one ton 41 where i could get
> the front axle for a hundred bucks.DEcisions are tough
> Stan the man
> Newberg )\Ore
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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