You can always MAKE it fit.
-----Original Message-----
From: MIKE BOTELER <FRVT83E@prodigy.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; STMSymank@aol.com
<STMSymank@aol.com>
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 10:08 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Internet Message
>>>does any one know whether a 57 nose from a 1.5 ton will fit a 59 2.
>5 ton.
>Did they actually make a 2.5 ton? I found a fellow who has one
>Thank you
>Stan the man
>Newberg, Ore<<
>
>Stan, I don't think the '57 1-1/2 ton (4000 series) front clip will
>work on the '59 2-1/2 ton (8000 or 10,000 series). The frame is
>taller (Heavy Duty) on the 2-1/2 ton. You need to find a '58 or '59
>1-1/2, 2 or 2-1/2 ton (series 4, 6, 8 and 10) because they will all
>interchange.
>
>Here is a quick break down of front clip match-ups:
>
>55-57 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton
>55-57 1-1/2 and 2 ton
>56-57 2-1/2 ton
>
>58-59 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton
>58-59 1-1/2, 2 and 2-1/2 ton
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Mike B. '56 8400 Wrecker :)
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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