In the January issue of Classic Trucks there is a 55 GMC in the Classic
Cruisers (Readers Rides) that shows a clip job with a Camero subframe and
the setup was not moved forward any. Don't mean to ditch anyones trucks but
kinda looks a little funny. Took a look at yours Jim and it looks great and
would worry about it at all. Great job!! Wayne
At 10:36 AM 12/10/00 -0700, J Forbes wrote:
>Hi...
>
>I did a bit more tinkering with my 57 Suburban (which will look
>like a 59 when I'm done with it, as I'm swapping front
>sheetmetal from a 59 onto it to make it look like my other
>trucks).
>
>I put a Camaro subframe on the "new" frame I'm building. I set
>the height so that the back of the front fenders will be about 7
>or 8" from the ground, which is several inches lower than stock,
>but not in the weeds (it's gonna be a driver, tow vehicle, etc).
>
>I've heard horror stories about folks lowering their TF trucks
>several inches, and having the front wheels look like they're
>too far back. I didn't plan for this when I put in the
>subframe, it's at the stock wheelbase.
>
>Yesterday, I got around to seeing how things fit on the chassis
>(the body is nowhere near ready to put on it yet). I bolted on
>the radiator support, and discovered that the stock radiator
>will clear the power steering box, but the heavy duty (as used
>in 1 tons) radiator would hit. I also trimmed the left inner
>fender to fit over the susupension...had to take quite a bit out
>of it. I then bolted on the left front fender, to see how it
>would look. I took a pic of it at what I think is the correct
>ride height, with a tire that's pretty close to the size I'll
>run.
>
>http://www.primenet.com/~jforbes/
>
>I guess it'll work ok. If I were going to lower it any more,
>I'd have to fix it, but I think it's close enough that no one
>will notice. Opinions?
>
>Jim Forbes
>59s in AZ
>
>ps if you follow the link on that page to my "57 Chevy Suburban"
>page, you'll see a shot of the front of the chassis from the
>other side...you can see the inner fender, brake master cylinder
>adapter/pedal, etc.
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/wayne
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