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| | | | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 144 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2002 Posts: 144 | Are the frames for the Panels and Suburbans the same? and will a pick up frame be the same as well? etc...
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Ter | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the pickup frame should have different cab mount points, but the panel/burb are the same, and if you've got the old panel frame you can cut off the body mounts and move'em to the pu frame
Bill | | | | | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 | Originally posted by Ter:
Are the frames for the Panels and Suburbans the same? and will a pick up frame be the same as well? I have a 1951 pickup frame and want to put a panel body on it.
Thank you Here are some differences that I know of......Cab mounts (from the rear of the front seat back), rear bumper brackets/bumper and the gas tank location. I think the 49 also had the drop down tire mount. I believe 49 was the last year for knee action shocks, 50 was the first year for tube shocks so the mounts will be different. Running board mounts will be the same and the front sheet metal supports will also be the same.  .....g | | | | | Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 379 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 379 | What about the '54-'55e trucks? Does the 47-53 frame carry over for those or did they use the same frame as the pickup? My hunch is that the early frames were still used, maybe the motor mounts and crossmembers were different. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | The '54/'55-1st 1/2 ton frame is different from 1953 in the following ways:
- no frame cross bar for a rear transmission mount/support
- the frame cross bar for the rear motor mount is a different shape and location (with six rivets instead of four)
- frame side members are lower on the rear of the frame (lower platform to ground height)
- rear spring axle-bumper is in a different location
- different and lower rear cross member
- different fuel tank mountings on Panel Truck, Suburban, and Canopy Express
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