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I picked up a 550 parts truck yesterday that I bought near Houston. It has everything I need to convert a fire truck with hydraulic brakes to straight air and tractor equipped. I will probably cut the fire truck frame right behind the cab and do the same with the LCF and stick the two together.

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Are the frames the same width on the conventionals, & the LCF's on '55-'59 models. I know on the '47-'54 models the conventional frames are 36 inches wide, while the COE frames a 34 inches wide.

I measured last night and they are both 34". 34" is still the standard for larger trucks. 5th wheels, truck bodies etc. are all built for 34" frames. I have a 53 with a service cab on it and I recently got a 54. Both of them have grain boxes on them and I have never measured the frame width. The frame height on the 550 LCF and the 550 conventional is the same as the over the road trucks we use today so I will already have a glove for the splice. I may not even bother to Z cut it. I may just cut it straight and depend on the glove for strength. The gloves are 110,000 psi steel and thats a lot stronger than the old frames ever were.

Ken, thats how the shop that did my cut off did it. They do a lot of frame mods to working trucks so I am more than confident.
We need to see some more pictures of your project!