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Originally Posted by rodstored-72
huck , it is for my current daily driver (wanna be) it's a '86 C10 with a GEN IV 5.3 - fact. harness, fuse box and is AZ emmisions compatable. the corvette yellow '72 is long been sold and I miss it alot... LOL!! The front tires are 245 50 20 with BT static drop (spindles), it rubs pretty good, so just looking into ways to stop the rubbing. I have a build thread here if you ever feel like scanning thru on your "often free time" ..LOL!!!
... I believe I have been told that early models (73-79ish) have wider inners and might solve the issue????
P.S. agree mike is a super nice guy! while at the reunion show here in chandler I talked to him about the truck board and then my issue & he told me to take a set home get them installed & then just pay him the show fee in a few days!!! I kick myself for not taking him up on it!!! 
... I have read in here..... "a poor man buys it twice!" aaaaannnnddd hhooowwww |
Like SCOTI said, that's an extremely tall tire, I'd put smaller tires on it before I did anything else. But yes, '73-80 trucks have a much more "bulbous" inner fender that gaines you a good bit of room compared to the '81-up trucks.
Our friends at Harrison's Rod Shop did an article with Classic Truck Performance about retrofitting the earlier inner fenders into a later truck for more clearance:
https://digital.classictruckperforma...nder-retrofit/