Unless some very creative body work has been done, there's not much way to make an early 50's cab and fenders fit over a 70's frame and running gear without looking really strange- - - -the track width is all wrong. It's the same reason putting the later IFS crossmember under an early straight front axle truck is difficult. The tires stick out from under the fenders too far, and if altered-offset wheels are used to correct the track width it screws up the steering geometry and makes the rig handle like a rhinoceros on a wet clay bank. Buyer beware!
Jerry
Thanks for all the replies...I am still considering this project but thinking really hard on it too...I like the coils springs in the front and the back on this chassis set-up...I know my quad leaf truck that I had was a bear to drive and riding in it would shake your teeth loose too...and yes the track width does look wider in the pictures I have seen of it too...
scratching my chin again for sure...
MikeC
