Re: 1949 Chevy with S10 swap. Beginner build with ambition!
here is what I did, make mounts off frame for a 1x1 frame to bolt to, it will come out. i also made tabs off that so I could bolt the bedsides to it. The bed itself was mounted to frame, but the stock strip that runs along the bedsides that connected to bedwood sits so low it had nothing to support it. I don't like welding much to the bed itself so it worked out well having the steel tubing frame inside the bed and the bed actually bolted to it and made the middle of the bedsides have support. if those bed isn't supported there it will wobble at high speeds. I have that problem on my 51' and I'm fixing it. Looking back even on this build I would have plumbed all my lines much better.
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51' 99toLife finished 2011,355 sbc,5speed, patina, redoing whole truck, inter, bags, etc
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49Hardtimes s/10 susp- bagged, vortec sbc, 5 speed, patina, sold
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Geronimo 54' LS engine, static drop IFS, Client build, just about done
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52' 3100 Slowly in progress, will be painted two toned, have 235 with a t-5, lowered OG frame
Other projects, 49' farmuse 3100, killer Patina, will be slammed, LS engine, full done interior up next!
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