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02-22-2010, 11:25 PM
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1966 Chevy 4x4
Well i figured beings im getting ready to final build my 66 ive been driving to school for a year now i might as well start a thread. I bought a 1966 chevy 1/2 ton lwb with a 250 straight 6 and a 4spd for $400 last spring. When i first bought it it was only running on 2 cylinders i rebuilt the head and fixed all the wiring to get the lights and signals to work and havent done much since then. This past summer i ran onto a great deal on rockers cab supports and fenders and i bought it all. So now i have everything to fix it but then i ran onto a 1977 shortbed 4x4 for $300 and so im going to part the body out. Ill keep the frame and axles it has 3.08 gears which helps because i am considering putting a cummins under the hood. Im hoping the body swap shouldnt be too hard but the end result should be a sweet truck and i love being different. I am the only one at school that drives anything older than 1975 and i love it.
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02-23-2010, 12:05 AM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
My 66 which will hopefully be 4x4 soon
  The 4x4 donor 
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02-23-2010, 02:05 AM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
You'll have to do a bit of fab work to put that '66 body on that '77 frame BTDT. IMO it would be easier to use your '66 frame and just adapt or build spring mounts utilizing everything from the '77 except the frame.
Either way you go there will be help available here, just ask.
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02-23-2010, 01:36 PM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
Welcome to the forum- sounds like a good project you got there.
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02-23-2010, 01:42 PM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
Putting a Cummins under the hood.... Sweet! My only concern would be the strength of the frame and axles. If you are looking at doing any pulling with it, maybe upgrade to a 3/4 ton frame and axles. Just a thought.
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02-23-2010, 04:14 PM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
ya i considered doing that but from everybody ive talked to its gonna be easier to build body mounts on the 77 frame for the 66 cab then put the 4x4 under my frame and im not putting the 6bt thats found in the dodge trucks im putting a 4bt in it so it should be fine
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02-24-2010, 03:53 AM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
right in the middle of doing the same!
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02-24-2010, 10:50 PM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
sweet are you using a 70s frame?
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06-13-2011, 12:01 PM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
Updates?
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07-03-2011, 10:26 AM
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Re: 1966 Chevy 4x4
sorry eveythings been kinda crazy the last 4 months or so with graduating finishing up baseball season and getting a new job but i ended up buying a 62 4x4 and im going to use the frame from it and the axles from the 77 but beings i missed driving my pickup so much i had a 350 laying in a 1 ton and decided to rebuild it and put her into my pickup ill try getting pics tonite and keep this updated
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