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    M1078 to M1079 Conversion and Build

    Sadly mine has the small windows (2 on each side) and so the wall plates were mounted flush to the wall like the floor and provided no such advantage for me. So they gone. Along with that ridiculously oversized breaker panel and next I'm removing the shore power connection box. At most I will...
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    M1078 to M1079 Conversion and Build

    Nice. I just pulled up all the steel plating on my floor and walls - about 650 lbs of 6" x 1/2" steel plating. Nice weight reduction. That takes my box down to about 2700 lbs. Gives me a bunch of ready made mounting points as well.
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    M1078 to M1079 Conversion and Build

    I'm just going off the GVW listed on the passenger door data plate. Not sure on my curb weight but the weight listed on the AAR van box is "Tare Wt 3,360", "Gross Wt 8,360", and "Net Wt 5,000" I'm sure the A1R truck weighs more than the A0 trucks by a fair bit. The high pinion rear axle, the...
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    M1078 to M1079 Conversion and Build

    My 2008 1079 A1R has 4 leafs in the front and rear springs. Also has front coil-over shocks for the never-installed armored cab. It may simply be that the A1+ trucks changed to a 4 leaf pack on all models. Might be a matter of the 3 leaf having thicker leaves and there not being any real...
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