Re: Makin' some progress on the COE
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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08/17/09 09:36 AM
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It's feels good to get some progress done again. Ron....
Good for you.
Keep posting your progress.
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Re: Makin' some progress on the COE
[Re: bohmer2]
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08/17/09 10:53 AM
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Maybe my sense of scale is way off, but that looks like a really short 26" cut out of that COE Ron.
and you forgot to "cut here"
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Re: Makin' some progress on the COE
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08/17/09 11:11 AM
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Maybe my sense of scale is way off, but that looks like a really short 26" cut out of that COE Ron.
The frame started out at 132" wheelbase and I was going to take it down to 100" but my son talked me into keeping it a little longer so I want to 106" that will give me a 8ft bed.
the way I cut the frame worked out pretty cool,
I cut and bent the original factory seam and then cut out the 26" and put the rear frame section back into the stepped down front section and took my measurements and weld it back up just like original then bent the inside piece back in and welded them.
it worked out great and looks stock Ron...
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Re: Makin' some progress on the COE
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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08/17/09 02:15 PM
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Maybe my sense of scale is way off, but that looks like a really short 26" cut out of that COE Ron.
The frame started out at 132" wheelbase and I was going to take it down to 100" but my son talked me into keeping it a little longer so I want to 106" that will give me a 8ft bed.
the way I cut the frame worked out pretty cool,
I cut and bent the original factory seam and then cut out the 26" and put the rear frame section back into the stepped down front section and took my measurements and weld it back up just like original then bent the inside piece back in and welded them.
it worked out great and looks stock Ron...
Thanks for posting that pic. I'm gonna cut mine in the same place when I do my frame swap.
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Re: Makin' some progress on the COE
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08/17/09 03:31 PM
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It actually came apart and went together very nicely an I had no help around here yesterday so I did it myself. I have the air out of the rear tires to get the frame down to ride height, it would not move so I rolled the front of the truck and frame back to it and used some hold down straps to hold things into place and then when "ALL" the measurements looked good I tack it together and measured again and then welded it up. it was tougher to get the engine and trans back in, it kept hanging up on the crossover pipe after trying for about a 1/2 hour I just removed the pipe and my son came home and it went in I just need to figure out how to fit a radiator in it now Ron...
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Re: Makin' some progress on the COE
[Re: kams]
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09/07/09 11:11 PM
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Are the cabs the same basically for the coe's and regular trucks from the 40's as i want to make coe truck but cant find one but can find a lot of 40's trucks?
Yes the cabs are the same except for the triangle area just in front of the door and the nose fenders and the lower skirt.
but I have plans to do a radical COE using a regular cab and fenders ans splitting the nose down the middle and shortening the fenders, "BUT" I will have to modify the front of the door to look more like a ford or chevy coe here is my mock up
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