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Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: poorboy] #2715852
11/14/19 07:18 PM
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I did my 54 C-series on a dak. It was a lot more hands on and involved than just dropping the body on!

You can read the whole saga on the flathead dodge site. https://p15-d24.com/topic/47345-512-cid-c-series-on-dakota-chassis-build-thread/

Poorboy helped me out a lot in the beginning too. .

I was posting there weekly or more for over a year- every system adapted & fabricated sometimes twice when an idea didn’t work!

Feel free to PM me any questions or to get my phone # here if I can help I’d be happy to.

Radar

Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: radar] #2822211
09/18/20 11:30 AM
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Just a short useless boring update. The rear wheel wells were rotten but repair panels are either not available or expensive, thinking outside of the box it turned out that early C10 are very close to the same profile and cheap. Only a purist might be able to see the difference.

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Turns out that my stubbornness and cheapness backfired, ... the diff is to wide and the wheels to big and I could not remove the wheels. So, plan "B", an added on latter model C10 panel. Cheap. Not so stock looking now.

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Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: Old Ray] #2822441
09/18/20 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Ray
Just a short useless boring update. The rear wheel wells were rotten but repair panels are either not available or expensive, thinking outside of the box it turned out that early C10 are very close to the same profile and cheap. Only a purist might be able to see the difference.

[Linked Image]

Turns out that my stubbornness and cheapness backfired, ... the diff is to wide and the wheels to big and I could not remove the wheels. So, plan "B", an added on latter model C10 panel. Cheap. Not so stock looking now.

[Linked Image]


As long as you never park beside an original one, only you and maybe 3 other people on the planet will ever know.

I think it's a brilliant solution.

Kevin

Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: Twostick] #2822443
09/18/20 10:10 PM
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The early one does look a little better tho. Could you have raised it an inch or so?

Did you jack the car up by the bumper or with a floor jack? I couldn't get the back tires off my 66 New Yorker unless the suspension was hanging.

Kevin

Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: Twostick] #2822455
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When I patched the wheel well openings in my son's 56 Dodge panel, I found a set of patch panels off a 65 Mustang worked nicely, they only had a single wheel lip that stuck out from the body sides almost 2" and looked like they belonged there. Sorry no pictures, that was almost 20 years ago!. 65 Mustang stuff was cheap at the time. Gene

Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: Twostick] #2822515
09/19/20 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Twostick
The early one does look a little better tho. Could you have raised it an inch or so? Did you jack the car up by the bumper or with a floor jack?
I couldn't get the back tires off my 66 New Yorker unless the suspension was hanging. Kevin

Thanks, I lifted on the frame so that the axle was hanging, undid the shocks, and had to use a bottle jack between the frame and the diff, to take the tires off. Not what I wanted to be doing on the side of the road at night in a rain storm.
The car is severely lowered with Dakota leaf springs. The wheel-wells might be ugly but it worksl. (kind of like a Nomad).

Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: poorboy] #2822517
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Originally Posted by poorboy
I found a set of patch panels off a 65 Mustang worked nicely, Gene

Yes, that's what hot rodding is about, thinking outside of the box.

Re: New Rotisserie and Plymouth frame cut for Dakota sub-frame. [Re: Old Ray] #2999981
12/30/21 03:14 PM
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So I see that I have not done a update for some time. Some small progress, maybe, I tend to get distracted with things that might be interesting. like door and wall panels and back up camera.
The front door window rubbers is another horror story. Gas tank filler is done and working on brackets for front bumper. Stereo sounds GREAT. Minus 25 Celsius this week, no shop work.

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