At least one of the articles I've seen about doing this type of swap showed
narrowing the crossmember. You might consider that approach too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Kahler" <brad.kahler@141.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:56 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] questions on a mid 70's 3/4 ton IFS swap into 1 ton
> Ok, we've made the decision to go with a 3/4 ton mid 70's
> IFS in our 1 ton panel. After we picked up the assembly over
> the weekend I started taking closer dimension checks and
> am a little stumped on a couple of things.
>
> The one article I read on the internet about someone
> swapping in a 3/4 ton IFS into a 3/4 AD truck mentioned that
> the wheel spacing was 2" wider per side that stock. As near
> as I can tell from my measurements its more like 3.5" wider
> per side than stock. Its a little tough to get accurate
> measurements and what makes it even more confusing for
> me is the fact that our truck came with 8-lug ford rims
> (around 1992 vintage). I came up with about 58" from face of
> brake drum to face of brake drum on our 1-ton, where as on
> the 3/4 IFS I came up with about 65" from face of hub to face
> of hub.
>
> Am I missing something here?!
>
> If these numbers really are correct are there replacement
> wheels out there (16") that have more offset to help tuck the
> wheels back under the fenders some? If so, who sells them?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad
> 1953 1-ton panel school bus
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