I have a friend that put his 54 1/2 on a 70's 1/2ton vintage 4x4 frame. He shortened the frame 11 inches, and all he had to do was put the cab mounting brackets off the old frame under the cab and weld em on then add spacers and bolt it up. I think he tweaked the back mounts and the cab was mounted. He used the tilt column out of the later model. He also used all the wire loom and fuse block etc. Just food for thought------
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