How about some pics of '73-'91 Crew Cab Short beds?

[kevinr1970]

Originally Posted by Devillusion

...what size tires are you running? And what drop front/rear? I am doing the same thing to mine except keeping it 8 lug and using a cab and chassis 14 bolt which is narrower for a wider meat out back. Going to stick with widened stock steelies in a 16"...

nice ride by the way, build thread?

275/60-15 rear, 255/60-15 front

flip kit (6"?), 3" spindles, 1" springs - had 3" springs (first picture posted), but that was too much. Looked cool, but was not realistic to be driven regularly. That picture was when I had 235/75-15 tires on it, with the 255/60's it would have been probably 1" closer to the ground in front...

Back surgery on Monday 05/23 and then 2-3 weeks off work. I ought to have plenty of time then to go through my pictures and put a build thread together.

[kevinr1970]

Originally Posted by D.FENS

If I started with a 1ton DRW crewcab, what would the smartest way to get the parts needed for a CCSB conversion? Buy a 1/2 ton parts truck?

Don't light me up for axing a stupid question. Never really used my dually for what I bought it for and maybe this way I can actually get some use out of it.

Depends what your desired end result is; do you want to convert to 1/2 ton suspension?
If so, then getting a complete (as far as the parts needed) swb parts truck would be ideal.
- lower control arms (although I read that someone is making a 3"(?) drop spindle for converting 3/4 and 1 ton trucks to 5-lug rotors)
- rear-end
- short bed gas tanks (14 gal.)
- rear frame section if you choose that method, which I did because I had the donor and it seemed like the easiest most straight forward way to do it, but turns out that is not fool-proof either?
- most importantly, a short bed
- etc.

[Chevy_Crazy]

Cool pix

[freemoto_xxx]

heres mine

[joe231]

Originally Posted by freemoto_xxx

heres mine

NICE!!

what are the specs?

and what part of AK are you in?

[freemoto_xxx]

At the time it had a 9.5" lift on the front 11.5" in the back. 350 hp marine 6.5 turbo diesel th400 np205. Right now it's in the process of a 5.9 and Allison 1000 swap. I'm in anchorage btw.
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[joe231]

right on!
glad to see you post up....you been lurking since 2006?
you still have the 6.5?

[freemoto_xxx]

Yep I still have it but after running 20 psi of boost one of the pistons cracked. The motor only had 2000 miles on it.
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[joe231]

Oops!!
Lol
Single turbo?
How are the heads and turbo system?
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[freemoto_xxx]

Yea it a single turbo. It's the banks sidewinder turbo with a custom 4" straight piped exhaust. Only 1 head is good and the turbo system survived also.
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[coxey26]

start of my ccsb...getting ready for body work and paint very soon..

[coxey26]

Originally Posted by Devillusion

Doesn't seem to really make sense why the box doesn't line up though.

dont know exactly what you are talking about...but if you are talking about the bed, and you cut the frame to make a ccsb then you might not of got the frame square, we are doing two right now and on 1 of the 2 the bed wouldnt line up right and was sitting like the bed was tweaked...come to find out the cut that was made on the pass. side wasnt exactly right and it made the frame tweaked a bit.

[Devillusion]

Originally Posted by coxey26

dont know exactly what you are talking about...but if you are talking about the bed, and you cut the frame to make a ccsb then you might not of got the frame square, we are doing two right now and on 1 of the 2 the bed wouldnt line up right and was sitting like the bed was tweaked...come to find out the cut that was made on the pass. side wasnt exactly right and it made the frame tweaked a bit.

That is kinda what I was getting at....something in the bigger scheme of things is wrong.

[samuel.grinder]

1989 CCSB Air Ride Tech 20"x10" and 20"x8.5" Z cut the 1ton frame. 1/2 ton control arms out with 2.5" spindles.

[bustedknuckles]

lotta nice crews. here's my newest project. going 4wd.

[joe231]

Sweet trucks guys!!

Feel free to post more pics
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[rs72z]

Mines getting close so here's a few pics. I hope to get closer to wrapping it up this weekend.

[joe231]

[CHEESE]

Originally Posted by joe231

X2!! sweet!!

[rs72z]

Originally Posted by CHEESE

X2!! sweet!!

Thanks guys. Look for some new pics over the weekend.

[72longhornTX]

Well I just looked through this whole thread. I have to say some of y'all have some dang good looking trucks.
I did notice a picture of my truck back in post 15. That was way before I owned it though haha. It was this picture.


I have a lot more pictures but I have them in a large size and if I post them here it will distort the whole page. I plan to swap in a 12v Cummins I have. I am already collecting parts for the engine and the swap. I still need a transmission. Have been looking into the 6 speed Allison a lot lately. With my gearing I will be turning 1615 RPM at 70 MPH and 2087 RPM at 90 MPH. Should equate to decent fuel mileage.

[rs72z]

Here's a couple of new ones.

[1badgmc]

That is a sexy beast!

[mikev]

Short bed dually?

awesome

[rs72z]

Thanks guys.
Yes it's a swb dually