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I bought someone else's project and now I am in the process of picking up the pieces or lack of pieces. The cab is off the frame and the floor has been replaced in the forward section. I have the two front cab mount pieces that I need to weld in place before setting the cab in place. I cannot find measurements to locate the cab mounts. I have the assembly manual but somewhere along the line I am missing something. I would appreciate any help or direction. This is a 1952 1/2 ton.
Tom

First question is why are you welding them? They were originally riveted to the frame at these locations why not bolt them back in the original location with a high quality fastener? I think you are asking for future problems welding them in place. If it is the actual cab pieces and not the frame pieces you should be able to locate them from the replaced sections? There is a dimple in the floor correct? Pictures of exactly what you are talking about would help a ton with the diagnosis.

Sorry Brad, I was just taking another opportunity to display my ignorance. The LMC catalog part numbers are 38-8912 and 38-8913 and are discribed as cab floor supports left and right. I am away from the truck at this time and can't immediatly send a picture.

....bolting them on will allow you to make an easier adjustment if required later on. Mine were rotted away and I installed new floors but since mine is a PANEL I went ahead and "fastened" all the other mounts in place then did put the front mounts under it.

brassbolt

The cab supports get welded to the cab floor and rocker panels.

Putting them on right is critical for proper cab/front clip alignment.

Bolter Woody "Czechman" has an excellent website and documented replacing those supports.
Might be worth your time to browse his web site and pick up some helpful tips

as stated above Temporally fasten them in place before final welding

Hopefully the person who installed the cab floors targeted the mount holes correctly

Good luck

Brassbolt, here's a link to Woody's(Czechmans) comprehensive cab resto page.

http://www.pbase.com/czechman/cabrot

I think he covered every inch of that truck!

Good luck.

It's critical that your floor is level so that those brackets only touch the frame at the mounting bolt location. Also critical is the location of the mounting bolts. The hole in the bracket has to line up with hole in the floor. Once you have that established those holes should line up with the holes in the frame.

It's a good idea to check the fit of your doors to see how all that lines up. Test fitting will save you a TON of aggravation later on.

A lot can go wrong here so proceed with caution.