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Re: [oletrucks] Advance Design front end mods

To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Advance Design front end mods
From: TORODRVR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:44:30 EDT
In a message dated 09/08/1999 12:32:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
bfischer@utm.net writes:

<< 
 >>>Good IFS subframe donor vehicles:
 >>> '73 thru '87 Chevy/GMC fullsize 1/2 ton 2wd truck (thru '89 Chevy/GMC
 >>>Suburban 1/2 ton 2wd) complete front suspension and steering. The later
 >>>truck suspension/steering just unbolts. The difference between the older
 >>and the later frames is the advanced design frame is .5 (1/2) inch 
narrower on
 >>>each side than the front suspension saddle and needs to be shimmed by a
 >>>spacer (the same for the steering). 
  >>

Just wondering if anybody has checked the track width on the later trucks and 
compared it to AD trucks. Seems like the later ones must be at least a little 
wider, which could make the wheels stick out too far.
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