[68 TT]

Got the cab and front clip onto the K10 chassis and positioned the front wheels centered in the wheel arches of the fenders. This places the front cab mounts 3" forward of the square body cab mount points so the square body cab mounts all need to come off to make room for new cab mounts. The rear cab mount point is right at where the frame starts to step down from the bed area.

Without some minor frame notches it would require a 3" body lift on the bed to get the body lines to line up. I am considering stretching the frame under the cab to move the rear cab mount into the area where the frame is lower before it slopes up to the bed mount area.

I like the height the bed sits now with no lift so I am going to look into what I need to do to lower the cab as much as is feasible to limit the body lift.

To keep it a long bed I would need to shorten the wheel base by 4" so if I still end up doing the short bed conversion I will take 16" out of the straight section of the frame that is under the bed in front of the leaf spring hanger. Plenty of room to do that.

The next step is to get the truck into my driveway, on jack stands and level out the frame rails so I can make sure everything is true and level before I fabricate any frame mounts for the cab or notch the frame for the rear cab mount clearance.

I need to get the K5 shell off the frame and see if maybe the K5 front section will work better for a lower cab position.