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Is there any chance that I can get a 1953 Chevrolet COE truck through an 8x16 garage door (wihtout flipping it over)? Inside my garage is high enough. How high is a 1953 Chevrolet COE? Would it help to take off the front wheels and put the drums on roller skates?

On a '53/110wb the height from frame to top of cab is 64.5",Now depending on tire size will determine total height,with the 7.50-20-8pr and 8.25-20-10 dual rr, Height from ground to top of frame is 34.75"

Letting most of the air out of the tires, will do it most of the time. Depends on your tire size also.

I had the same issue with my 1950 COE and 8 foot garage door. I researched this issue carefully (but apparently not carefully enough) and when I arrived with my COE on the trailer, discovered that I forgot about those TALL gorgeous cab marker lights on top!! Even after removing them, I discovered that the cab rose as I removed items in the process of dissassembly.

As C. Andyman suggested you could remove the wheels and place the drums on dollies, but that is not practical for a running truck that you want to move in and out routinely. Or as Spanky suggested, you could let the air out of the front tires to get the truck in the garage, but if you have the original split rims, you don't want to be airing up your tires with low low pressure without a cage or other safety precautions (again, not practical for routine use).

Weight (or lack thereof) on the front axle will vary the height of the truck, so we cannot give you a precise answer. I ended up raising the door 6 inches, which was a big construction project and I had to add panels and longer vertical tracks on the door itself.

Bottom line is that it may, or may not work; it's that close.

my 1950 gmc COE was 4 inches too high on the original frame before I changed the frame and now I have 1/2 inch to spare on my 8 foot doors.