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Originally Posted by jkeating1
Pages 126-131 of this Chevrolet 1953 truck specifications guide give most if not all the answers: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/doc...olet-Truck.pdf
Looks like that's where your numbers came from, though. They match I believe.
1954 and 55 first series would be a little different than the earlier AD's on the light duty dimensions because of the rear of the frame being different |
I had a few different sites open to get the numbers, that looks like the manual.
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Originally Posted by mr48chev
The 3000 series trucks are the smaller trucks while the 4000 series and up starting with the 1-1/2 tons are the larger wider trucks.
I can't really see using the wide front end with an S-10 frame simply because the S-10 tread width is already too narrow for the 3000 series front end. Maybe if you are going to run some 20's that are ten inches wide. It's all about the look you want when you are done and if it looks right to you that is what counts.
Hoods have to go with the fenders because they are quite a bit different but the big truck hood has a better slope to it. Grill bars will swap but you have to use a bar for the exact position you need it for. Each bar only fits in one spot in the stack.
You have to look close but just to the right of the center bar you can see the notches in the back of the grill bars that show which spot in the grill they go in.
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Wow thanks that's good to know the bars are the same, I never knew they had notches like that. The fenders seem to be the same length small to big, how is the big front end hood so much bigger?