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I saw a mid-thirties Chevy at an ATHS show in Oregon two years ago that was sitting on a much later frame. The owner had widened the fenders to make them look right over the wider suspension. It looked like a lot of work.

The Advance Design era trucks ('47 to '54) are a little narrower than the Task Force trucks ('55 to '59) and the front axle from an AD might be easier to fit under the '34. There are disk kits available for the 1/2-ton version of either of those set ups, and the kits are basically the same so it really doesn't matter which you use.

I'm assuming (why did it do that?-- I typed '@ssuming' with an 'a' where I put the '@' in this one) you'll also want to change the rear axle. If you want to continue to run duals you may have a challenge here. I am not aware of a dual wheel setup that would use wheels compatible with any of the 1/2-ton disk kits.

For a hot rod driver you probably don't want to run the original rear. The gears are way too deep, and the available wheels to fit it are limited.

The 1/2-ton disk kits are going to support either 5-lug wheels like most Chevy cars, or 6-lug like many 1/2-ton Chevy/GMC pickups.

You can find dually wheels easily for an 8-lug setup, but then running matching wheels on the front means you are looking for 3/4-ton front hubs (and axle) and dealing with a do-it-yourself disk brake conversion.

My next question is the number of wheels you want to run at the rear. From that decision you can start working out the axle choices at both ends.