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02-22-2018, 09:50 PM
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Adventures in truck hunting.
So today I found a 67 c20 on Craigslist that I really liked. It had some rust, but all in all, it is a pretty solid truck. And my instinct was to go buy it. It has coil springs in the rear. When I started looking really close at the pictures, something looked out of place with the rear axle. Then it hit me, the axle had been swapped to a semi-floating corporate 14 bolt. It looks like someone welded control arm and panhard bar brackets to the 14 bolt rear.
Once I saw that, I decided to pass. Has anyone seen a semi-float 14 bolt swapped into a coil sprung c20?
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02-22-2018, 11:54 PM
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Re: Adventures in truck hunting.
I could be wrong but I think C20's came with Leaf springs.
Ron
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02-23-2018, 08:09 AM
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Re: Adventures in truck hunting.
my 69 c20 has coils
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02-23-2018, 11:11 AM
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Re: Adventures in truck hunting.
I swapped in a 2002 14 bolt in my 68 C-20.If it was done right it is a great swap.Mine also has coils.
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02-23-2018, 03:10 PM
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Re: Adventures in truck hunting.
semi floating rearends are not nearly as strong as full floating axles, I would have walked away too
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02-23-2018, 03:55 PM
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Re: Adventures in truck hunting.
I agree with El Dorado. Plus I will add, when I see something I just assume it's indicative of the way the owner did everything else. A prelude to other things you find after you get it home. If you put in the corp14 why not go full floating. I'm missing the boat on that one!
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02-23-2018, 05:37 PM
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Re: Adventures in truck hunting.
Shows how much I Know.
Ron
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