Dug's 1959 Fleetside

[55Cameo]

Looks good. Like what you have going, will keep an eye out for progress

[dug224]

Originally Posted by 55Cameo

Looks good. Like what you have going, will keep an eye out for progress

Thanks...need all the support I can get. Man...you are up early out west.

[55Cameo]

Originally Posted by dug224

Thanks...need all the support I can get. Man...you are up early out west.

Yeah I hear you on that. Actually wasn't that early lol. Its was night time here haha!!

[kgmunro]

What year trailblazer do you use for this conversion??

[dug224]

Originally Posted by kgmunro

What year trailblazer do you use for this conversion??

The one I bought is a 2002. Would have preferred a newer frame with lower mileage but I could not pass up the deal. I believe any year 2002 and later will work. If it is a short wheel base you may have to lenghten it and if you get a long wheel base, you will have to shorten....assuming you have a SWB truck you are putting it under.

[dug224]

The wheels I got on ebay Sunday arrived yesterday (Wed) new in the box! Mocked up some 245-45-18" tires which have a 26.7" O.D. using rigid insulation I painted black. After looking a little closer at it, I will probably go with a 235-45-18 in light of the fact that the sidewalls will be slighly more vertical. The O.D. drops to 26.3" which is well withing my mockup cutting tolerances and will appear roughly the same. There appears to be no interferance between the front fender lip and tire. Now that I have the tires correctly shown, you can see that the front wheel needs to move forward in the wheel opening 1" to 1.5" and the rear wheel needs to move rearward about 1". Next move is to buy the tires and start the do the frame stretch.