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Old 11-17-2018, 11:07 PM   #51
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Lucky you! I wish I had 4 cabs to work with. I have looked long and hard for these 2 cabs. There is this guy in Hermann MO that I went to look at some parts at. He had at least 6 perfect cabs...and I mean perfect. He also had 3 primo Blazers. Dude wouldn't sell anything. I guess he just wanted to brag and tease me. I don't blame him, I am sure he has a lot of time in finding them. But why advertise and then not sell.
My wife doesn't share our enthusiasm, lol, and where I live it's hard to get a good one. I bought a k10, then another k10 frame with a rusty cab, then 2 c10s for parts, but decided the c10 was better to drive every day, then none were/are road worthy. So they are just waiting their turn, but I am slowly working on a c10 now. Project make it reliable is my build thread
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Old 11-24-2018, 06:27 PM   #52
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Got the front firewall of the crew cab portion taken off this weekend. Looks as clean as I had hoped. Started disassembly of the front cab to get the back panel, headliner, etc out. The front driver bottom door pillar is pretty rusty in places. You can buy front pillar replacements for C10's but they are not the same as the C50. I will have to get into it deeper. I was reading a thread earlier and have bought a "67-72 chevy assembly line instruction manual" to help me understand where all the spot welds are. Yikes.
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Old 11-24-2018, 06:31 PM   #53
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Re: 1969 C50 crew cab build

Some more info....a C50 cab sits off the frame about 2.5" higher than C10-C30 trucks. I will need to locate another set of C50 front cab mounts to get the 2nd cab on the same plane as the front cab. For the back mounts I will have to use the 2 most inboard set of cab mount holes that are already in the cab, and make another cross member and set of bushings like what I made for the front cab.

Anyone have a set of C50 front cab mounts handy??
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:56 PM   #54
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Progress this weekend. This is going to be the back cab.
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Old 12-02-2018, 02:01 PM   #55
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Sorry about the sideways picture. Not sure why it did that nor do I know how to fix it! Here is a cross section of the door frame/top sheet metal/drip edge, etc in case anyone wondered what all is in there. Also showing the joints where the head liner and the seam along the back top of cab in case anyone wants to have a reference.
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Old 12-02-2018, 02:06 PM   #56
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Old frame, motor and trans.
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Old 12-02-2018, 02:30 PM   #57
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Re: 1969 C50 crew cab build

Nice work on cutting the cab.
Thanks for the Pics.
I am a few weeks away from cutting mine.
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Old 12-02-2018, 02:40 PM   #58
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Nice work on cutting the cab.
Thanks for the Pics.
I am a few weeks away from cutting mine.
In your signature it says you have a C30 crew cab and are working on another? Can you post some pics?
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Old 12-02-2018, 02:53 PM   #59
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In your signature it says you have a C30 crew cab and are working on another? Can you post some pics?
Here is my build thread in the link below.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...63#post8395463
I working on getting it in my signature.
I have the instruction just need to try again.
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Old 12-16-2018, 09:52 PM   #60
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Here is this weekends progress. Got the 2nd cab positioned on the frame. The cab length is 95" from front door to back of cab. I want 4 full size doors so this will allow plenty of leg room. Now I will have to figure out how to marry the 2 cabs.
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Old 12-17-2018, 12:37 AM   #61
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Very Nice Progress
Are you going for this approach in the picture below?
If so will you have the other 10.5 inches as a filler panel?
Or will you lengthen the rear door?
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Old 03-03-2019, 08:04 PM   #62
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Keeping a eye on this one. Good luck
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Old 03-05-2019, 02:59 PM   #63
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I'm watching now too! Nice progress
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Old 03-09-2019, 03:30 AM   #64
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Have you thought about using a Suburban and then welding on the back of the truck cab behind the rear doors?

http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/che...-70-71-72.html
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Old 03-09-2019, 11:33 AM   #65
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Very cool build! I'm in
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Old 04-07-2019, 01:41 AM   #66
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Very Nice Progress
Are you going for this approach in the picture below?
If so will you have the other 10.5 inches as a filler panel?
Or will you lengthen the rear door?
Yes...kind of. The front door will be stock. I will take the back of the rear door channel for the passenger side and weld it to the front driver side to make it uniform front and rear. Not sure how to explain it until I cut and show a pic.
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Old 04-07-2019, 02:06 AM   #67
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Old 04-07-2019, 09:29 AM   #68
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Yes...kind of. The front door will be stock. I will take the back of the rear door channel for the passenger side and weld it to the front driver side to make it uniform front and rear. Not sure how to explain it until I cut and show a pic.
Sounds good.
A C-50 will look real good with (2) Full-size rear doors.
Edit: 4 full size doors
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Old 04-13-2019, 08:04 AM   #69
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Glad I found this build. Looking forward to it progressing.
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Old 04-13-2019, 04:40 PM   #70
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Lucky you! I wish I had 4 cabs to work with. I have looked long and hard for these 2 cabs. There is this guy in Hermann MO that I went to look at some parts at. He had at least 6 perfect cabs...and I mean perfect. He also had 3 primo Blazers. Dude wouldn't sell anything. I guess he just wanted to brag and tease me. I don't blame him, I am sure he has a lot of time in finding them. But why advertise and then not sell.
He probably didn't want them to get cut up.
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Old 04-19-2019, 04:52 PM   #71
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Awesome! Can't wait to see how the rounded rear doors look and how much room you have inside!
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Old 04-25-2019, 12:04 PM   #72
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He probably didn't want them to get cut up.
Mostly I was looking for non-rotted parts to salvage, and I got a couple of great deals along the way
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Old 07-10-2019, 02:05 PM   #73
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Hey gup1972,

When your able, could you take a couple pictures of how your ch465 is mounted to the engine? Trying to confirm if there is adapter in between the engine and trans. Thanks!
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Old 07-29-2019, 07:45 PM   #74
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Subscribed awesome!
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Old 07-29-2019, 07:52 PM   #75
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Just curious...can Dana 60 and 14 bolt swap in and bolt to the spring perches on the c50 chassis?
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