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Figured I'd post up my build here, it's based on a M1008 truck chassis, but with some major differences.
First, I went with cab and chassis dually axles-they should be 4:10, but I have yet to confirm.
I also did 63" Chevy 1 ton springs- almost all new trucks use this longer spring to help improve ride quality, without sacrificing load capacity. This will mean either 16 gallon side tanks, or a rear mount fuel tank.
Next, I removed the 6.2 and th400, I am swapping in a 292 in line 6, with an NV4500. I would like to think had GM not had the 6.2 diesel, they would have used the 292 in the CUCV models, as it is a great base engine, and widely used in fleet trucks.
Because of the unique motor mount set up, I had to modify the passenger frame mount-as over 2 months of searching and calling salvage yards yielded no results for the correct 292 crossmember and frame mount. I lucked out and three holes already lined up.
More to come later.
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First, I went with cab and chassis dually axles-they should be 4:10, but I have yet to confirm.
![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/bb752c7716647783df986e5af0a4c54a.jpg)
I also did 63" Chevy 1 ton springs- almost all new trucks use this longer spring to help improve ride quality, without sacrificing load capacity. This will mean either 16 gallon side tanks, or a rear mount fuel tank.
![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/62474a964b3e392c7fc5e807caca6440.jpg)
Next, I removed the 6.2 and th400, I am swapping in a 292 in line 6, with an NV4500. I would like to think had GM not had the 6.2 diesel, they would have used the 292 in the CUCV models, as it is a great base engine, and widely used in fleet trucks.
![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/f679ed3672bf8ea64fd4ce6aa9357d40.jpg)
Because of the unique motor mount set up, I had to modify the passenger frame mount-as over 2 months of searching and calling salvage yards yielded no results for the correct 292 crossmember and frame mount. I lucked out and three holes already lined up.
![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/e3525496177a2941b8ea3161bb505d3e.jpg)
![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/cd7fef22b473aba91294ef0b48d61285.jpg)
![](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/b7533dddf0d109e7aee78f201449f2fb.jpg)
More to come later.
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