It may bolt right in but I think the track width is too wide. You need to
measure that first.
Terry Stellman
1949 3600
Missouri City, Texas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Byron Schluter [SMTP:b_schluter@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: Alan D. Gingles; N Baber
> Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] suspension swap
>
> Try out this web site. One of the people on this list
> found that a front suspension from 73-87 half ton
> chevy and GMC's bolts rite into the frames of AD
> series trucks. Maybe someone that subscribes to that
> site has the knowledge you are looking for. I hope
> that it does and would love to hear about it. Let us
> all know.
>
> P.S.
>
> Alan,
>
> I don't know if you remember me but we met at the Show
> in Spokane last summer (there were two of us, we found
> your web site through this list and were very
> impressed with your building of your 48 for 5K$.)
> Will you attending this years show? Hope to see your
> there.
>
> Byron
>
> --- "Alan D. Gingles" <agingles@nucleus.com> wrote:
> > Hello fellow Albertan! What part of the province are
> > you in? I'm in Calgary.
> >
> > I'm not sure about the swap, although I have my
> > doubts that it would work a
> > simply as he says. Just thought I'd welcome you to
> > the list!
> >
> > Alan Gingles
> > http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
> >
> > N Baber wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings to all from The Canadian Rocky
> > Mountains.
> > > I'm new on the list .
> > >
> > > I'm looking at purchaseing a 1946 1 1/2 ton dually
> > CDN built Chevy
> > > truck. The seller wants to include in the deal a
> > frame and suspension
> > > off a 72 C30 Chevy pickup. He says that the
> > suspension off the C30 will
> > > bolt up to the 46 frame with very minor
> > modification . He says the
> > > frames rails on both trucks are the same distance
> > apart thereby allowing
> > > the C30 's front suspension setup to be bolted
> > into the 46's frame with
> > > only 4 holes being drilled into the frame. This
> > would give the benefit
> > > of disc brakes .
> > >
> > > IS this swap possible?
> > > If the frames are the same size, is the C30's
> > track width wider?
> > > Would this result in the possibility of wheel rub
> > at the outer lip of
> > > the fenders on the 46?
> > > If there is the possibility of wheel rub, would
> > not the offset rims
> > > from a C30 dually fix this?
> > >
> > > Can anyone can help in this ?.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > D J Baber
> > >
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> > between 1941 and 1959
> >
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