http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/50ifsswap.htm
is a pretty good write up by Steve Andereggen Jr.
he talks of this space. --wayne
At 01:40 PM 12/2/02 -0600, Bobby D Keeland wrote:
>The articles on this that I have seen either used spacers to fill the space
>between the IFS and the frame (leaving the wheels too wide and outside of
>the fenders) or they chopped a section out of the crossmember (still
>leaving the wheels a little too wide I think). The other thing was that,
>if memory serves, they used the IFS from a mid-70s 1/2 ton, not a 3/4 ton
>pickup. Was I mistaken on this? I may be confusing the IFS install with
>the rearend pumpkin install . . .
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>BobK
>51 3600 5-window (still in pieces)
>Arnaudville, LA
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> <steve@oldsub.com> To: "Brad Kahler"
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> ox.team.net Subject: Re:
> [oletrucks] questions on a mid 70's 3/4 ton
> IFS swap into
> 1 ton
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> 12/02/02 10:10
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> Please respond
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>At least one of the articles I've seen about doing this type of swap showed
>narrowing the crossmember. You might consider that approach too.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brad Kahler" <brad.kahler@141.com>
>To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:56 AM
>Subject: [oletrucks] questions on a mid 70's 3/4 ton IFS swap into 1 ton
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> > Ok, we've made the decision to go with a 3/4 ton mid 70's
> > IFS in our 1 ton panel. After we picked up the assembly over
> > the weekend I started taking closer dimension checks and
> > am a little stumped on a couple of things.
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> > The one article I read on the internet about someone
> > swapping in a 3/4 ton IFS into a 3/4 AD truck mentioned that
> > the wheel spacing was 2" wider per side that stock. As near
> > as I can tell from my measurements its more like 3.5" wider
> > per side than stock. Its a little tough to get accurate
> > measurements and what makes it even more confusing for
> > me is the fact that our truck came with 8-lug ford rims
> > (around 1992 vintage). I came up with about 58" from face of
> > brake drum to face of brake drum on our 1-ton, where as on
> > the 3/4 IFS I came up with about 65" from face of hub to face
> > of hub.
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> > Am I missing something here?!
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> > If these numbers really are correct are there replacement
> > wheels out there (16") that have more offset to help tuck the
> > wheels back under the fenders some? If so, who sells them?
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> > Thanks
> >
> > Brad
> > 1953 1-ton panel school bus
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
http://www.chevytrucks.org
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