Another 4x4 Crewcab Chassis Gone
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Another 4x4 Crewcab Chassis Gone
Check out this thread ( post #14 )
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603837
I just don't understand
Why not set the body on a different chassis if your just going to cut it up
I guess he has no clue how many people would pay good money for that original frame.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603837
I just don't understand
Why not set the body on a different chassis if your just going to cut it up
I guess he has no clue how many people would pay good money for that original frame.
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I agree - shoulda used one of the standard cab frames he had. Oh well it's jis truck to do what he wants with. I guess I'm a little more mellow now that I have the 4x4 home with me - haha
I think that guy is a member on this board too - I seem to recall seeing a pic of that roof somewhere.
For what he's doing he should have just dropped the body on a new dodge frame - that's what this guy did (bottom of the thread). Not my cup o tea - but then again it's not my truck
http://www.desertrides.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8385
I think that guy is a member on this board too - I seem to recall seeing a pic of that roof somewhere.
For what he's doing he should have just dropped the body on a new dodge frame - that's what this guy did (bottom of the thread). Not my cup o tea - but then again it's not my truck
http://www.desertrides.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8385
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I agree that it's a cool build, I wheel also and built mine so it seats 5.
It just upset me a little to see the rear of that frame torched off and laying on the ground. I looked a long time for a frame for mine and ended up making mine.
I've got mine and if I need another I'll make another. Which someday I will. I'm sure he and his family will have a blast in it. My family live to go wheelin and I wouldn't think of leaving them home.
Hope to get my 76 crew running yet this year.
It just upset me a little to see the rear of that frame torched off and laying on the ground. I looked a long time for a frame for mine and ended up making mine.
I've got mine and if I need another I'll make another. Which someday I will. I'm sure he and his family will have a blast in it. My family live to go wheelin and I wouldn't think of leaving them home.
Hope to get my 76 crew running yet this year.
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its like mine that is bedless. i doulbt he will be using it to haul much but recovert gear and such offroad.. not to haul lumber around.. its being built for offroad not the local lumbar store.
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yes you can. i carry spare drive shaft and transfer case , air tank, spare tire, ropes straps, savers.. 2 winches, a high lift jack, change of clothes. VHF radio, cb radio, GPS unit, and a buncha other stuff.. spare oil, trans fluid, power steering fluid. a set of tool, tool box, ether, tire irons, lug wrenches. oh and cooler with food and drinks. BBQ grill, propane tank.. torch
it is a shame to cut up a crew cab chassis from the 70's though, i cut mine up but its from the 80's and they are ugly anyjhow
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it is a shame to cut up a crew cab chassis from the 70's though, i cut mine up but its from the 80's and they are ugly anyjhow
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Quick question, but where do you store all of that stuff? If it's where the "bed" should be... it's not bedless... and if it's in the rear of the cab... doesn't that defeat the point of a crew cab?
Not trying to start anything just seeking the logic and reasons people do some of the things they do. I might learn something out of it. It is a shame to see one cut up... there was a guy on e-bay that sliced up two classic 79 crews to make a 6-door... someone should go teach him a few things...
Not trying to start anything just seeking the logic and reasons people do some of the things they do. I might learn something out of it. It is a shame to see one cut up... there was a guy on e-bay that sliced up two classic 79 crews to make a 6-door... someone should go teach him a few things...
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yup
no back seat! thats the way i go.. i like my parts nice and dry and not covered in snow and flying around in the bed when i need them.. to each his own.. but ive never had more then 2 people in my truck.. i still can carry 4 people in it on seats.. 3 in the front bench and 1 in a bucket in the rear crew cab.. never really needed to haul 6 people.... infact im going to take out the front bench and put 2 buckets in its place.. then i can only haul 3 people.
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A lot of that can be fit in custom boxes made in the back, or on a tray laid over the frame rails.
It seems trail guys and rock crawlers loose the bed and leave bedsides off for visibility or just because they would be destroyed if left on.
Us desert guys often loose the bed (too many roll cage tubes going through there), but we put fiberglass bedsides back on and fill whatever gaps we can with custom boxes, etc.
It seems trail guys and rock crawlers loose the bed and leave bedsides off for visibility or just because they would be destroyed if left on.
Us desert guys often loose the bed (too many roll cage tubes going through there), but we put fiberglass bedsides back on and fill whatever gaps we can with custom boxes, etc.
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Originally Posted by ChaseTruck754
A lot of that can be fit in custom boxes made in the back, or on a tray laid over the frame rails.
It seems trail guys and rock crawlers loose the bed and leave bedsides off for visibility or just because they would be destroyed if left on.
Us desert guys often loose the bed (too many roll cage tubes going through there), but we put fiberglass bedsides back on and fill whatever gaps we can with custom boxes, etc.
It seems trail guys and rock crawlers loose the bed and leave bedsides off for visibility or just because they would be destroyed if left on.
Us desert guys often loose the bed (too many roll cage tubes going through there), but we put fiberglass bedsides back on and fill whatever gaps we can with custom boxes, etc.
