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Hey Everyone,

i came across this picture today,

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1484085114080251109nyGsXp

i belive it belongs to Grigg3?

Anyways, i was wondering, was this bed made for my truck, the 6400 2 ton? Just curious because i have not seen one around before. All i see with these trucks are the flatbeds and grain beds.Just tryin to find one.Thanks

Dan


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That looks like a 3800 series 1 ton to me. check out the links below, to the '50 model 1 ton I had. That's a 9 ft. 1 ton bed, in the photo you posted. There was never a '47-'54 1 1/2, or 2 ton pickup. However, there was a 1 1/2 ton pickup available through 1946.


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Yep, that's my 1 ton with a 9' bed.

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•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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does the 1946 long bed work for my 6400? you say its a 9 ft bed, im gunna go measure my naked frame rails now.

Danny

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6400 is about a 161" wheel base.
6100 and 1 ton pickups and cab/chassis used a 137" wheelbase.

No, you can't simply put a 1 ton bed on a 6400 truck, considerations are the extra 2 feet between cab and bed, fenders not fitting over the wheel or wheels, inside wheel may hit bed sides and running boards not lining up with the front fenders.

Grigg


•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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"First, get a clear notion of what you desire to accomplish, and then in all probability you will succeed in doing it..." -Henry Maudslay-
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Grigg, I think he may be asking if one of the Art Deco 1 1/2 ton pickup beds will work on his 6400. Those 1 1/2 ton pickups are so "RARE" it'd be a shame, (if you ever found one) to part it out, for just the bed swap.


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Where can i find measurements of a 1 ton bed for a 6100? i want to lengthen one and do some custom work to make the running boards and fenders fit in as well as making the bed sit behind my 6400 cab nicely. it can be done.is wheelbase basically the width from wheel to wheel?

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dantheman49-6400 Look at my photobucket pictures .I put a 8 foot bed on my 1953 4400 still working on the fenders .


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Wheelbase is from center of rear wheel to center of front wheel.

Dimensions can be found in the Salesman's data book among other places.
Try here
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/

Grigg


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•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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Check Johnnyc47's thread for info on the pickup he is building.


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