The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Needing some measurements !

Help! I'm starting to put my 1948 1/2 ton Chev. body on an S-10 chassis. I'd like to know some average heights for the frames.I neglected to measure the 'loaded' frame height of the '48 before removing the body and drive train. I bought the S-10 frame only so it is sitting rather high. I'm trying to determine how high I should mount the body above the frame. I want to lower the truck body by 3 to 4 inches, but don't want it down "in the weeds". Crawl under your trucks and give me some measurements please!

Okay, I'll drive downtown and measure someone's S-10, but I don't know of any '47 to '54 around here, sooooo maybe someone with one that is sitting on a flat surface could just stoop over slightly and measure the height of the running board (to the top surface to make it easy ) I can figure the frame height from that. anyone ?

what year S-10?

sometime in the '80, is all I know. The ones I've seen all look alike. On the S-10, I need to know the distance from the frame (bottom) to the ground and the approx. diameter of the tires would be handy.

I am using the long bed, standard cab frame but I don't think that would make a difference..

I think this is what you are looking for.

http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyresto/4955.htm

Browse around the online manual site when you get a chance. It's a great resource tool.

That is exactly what I need, thank you BUT I've tried both pair of grasses and still can't read the dimension , looks like 21 1/4 at centerline of the axle . is that right. And is that to the high point above the axle. Thanks again...

From the same Keith Hardy site, here are the 1953 truck dimensions. The numbers look a little clearer.

http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyresto/53060.htm

tooomany,, is that an ole' indian name? Your shots look good. I had about decided 4 to 5 inches might be about right. I had built my front mounts of 3X2 channel also. It looks like yours are tapered to fit onto an angled part of the frame ? why is that? Can't see in the pics. Is your cab sitting further foreward or is the cab mounts on the firewall? My S-10 is flat back where my mounts need to be. Glad I didn't make tne mounts permanent yet. Thinking the idea of setting it on the frame on blocks might be the better idea. I suppose the cab will be onn and off several times anyway. What year is "Marge"?

My 52 cab is 5 3/4 inches above the frame on my s-10 conversion. At this height the cab floor clears the 700r4 bell housing.

52, could you give me more info? I like the idea of clearing the trans., without cutting the floor. How does the firewall clear the dist? (I assume you have a Chev. V8 )How high are your runningboards above the ground? Got pics?