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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by gadget.35-06
This is gettin' about as outrageous as a car an old friend of the family, former pilot, and travel agent owned: a 1965 Pontiwreck Safari 8-door stretched station wagon airport limo. That car was nuts.
Can you get it from him?? We'll swap a cummins into it.
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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'Fraid t'was a lotta years ago; Lee crashed a Constellation not too far from the Cummins plant in 1980...one of the two crew that didn't make it.
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Old Aug 17, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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I think this was on Ebay some time back. Just need to add the ex-cab, if you have enough kids or friends............
Dude, I love that. Only problem is, I have trouble getting my club cab into my driveway to park, I'd have to take up most of the street out front with that thing......
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Well I got all of the spot welds cut and got the back wall completely cut off the cab. Ready for the club cab section.









What did you use to cut all the spot welds?
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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What did you use to cut all the spot welds?
Some are drilled all the way through and some are with a $7 spot weld cutter from harbor freight. It has 2 sides to the cutter blade and I'm still on the fist side after all those cuts.

If you notice on the left side "C" pillar there are holes.. Those were done with the drill bit.. The ones on the right "C" pillar and roof are with the cutter.


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Bristol race just got over.... I hate Cryle Busch.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Trooperthorn
Since you beat me to the crew club mega cab, I guess I will have to cut apart both my crews and my club and make a crew/crew/club/mega/giga cab six door extended cab
Maybe you could add a second axle to the back and have a tandem too, you might need it for a 40' pick up
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Still waiting for the cab donor truck to arrive... So just got the frame off the ground... 20' of goodness... If anyone wants ANY measurements from a bare frame, nows the time to ask!!



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Also if you have looked at these pics before hit refresh on your browser... I resized them to fit the screen!!!

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It's a 2WD? Are you going to box the frame for strength?
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mcmopar
It's a 2WD? Are you going to box the frame for strength?
Converting to 4x4 and boxing the frame....

The cab donor truck is a W200 so I'm gonna use the springs and hangers off of it.
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Hopefully the engine cross member as well, 2wd and 4wd are different.
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Originally Posted by Kansascrewcab76
Hopefully the engine cross member as well, 2wd and 4wd are different.
Actually the first three front cross members are different between a 2WD & 4WD. Also the passenger side brace on the diesel transmission cross member on the 4WD's has a notch stamped into it for what looks like exhaust pipe clearance.

ADMOPARMAN did you have any difficulty in removing the rear leaf springs?
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Old Aug 25, 2009 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Trebor
Actually the first three front cross members are different between a 2WD & 4WD. Also the passenger side brace on the diesel transmission cross member on the 4WD's has a notch stamped into it for what looks like exhaust pipe clearance.

ADMOPARMAN did you have any difficulty in removing the rear leaf springs?
Actually the I got the frame with no springs attached except for the rear shackles that were still bolted into the rear hangers. The shackles and bolts were rusted SOLID and we had to cut them out with the torch.
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Old Aug 25, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ADMOPARMAN
boxing the frame....
Get some good pictures of that!!
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BTT for everyone interested!
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