Rob--
I'd suggest you measure the width of an old truck
first, and see what width would be needed...my
feeling is that the newer trucks are going to be
quite a bit wider, especially the P series with the
8 foot wide (?) body.
We just got a 1975 Travco motorhome, it's on a D*dg*
M400 chassis. It has a solid axle, disk brakes up
front, a dual brake master cylinder with TWO
hydrovac units, and a drum brake Dana 70 rear axle.
It uses 8 lug 17.5" wheels, which I understand are
getting to be obsolete. We paid $2000 for the m/h,
and it's not in too bad of shape! so if you could
find a similar old Chevy based motorhome, it might
make a good basis for building an old cabover
truck...but the truck body may need to be widened to
fit!
Jim F
59s in AZ
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