Kfgk14
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Hey guys, I'm sorta new here, and I haven't found anything on here (or anywhere) pertinent to this concept, so I'll just toss it out to you guys and see where it leads:
I need a crew cab truck on the cheap. Seating for at least 5, potentially 6, and I must have 4wd. It needs to get places off road (meaning, I want solid axles) and that also eliminates dually trucks. Finally, I need a diesel, WVO and such is in my future. My current truck (2500 chevy 6.5td, 1994, 4wd) is slowly falling apart around me, and lacks true second row seating (extended cab). So, while the current chevy limps along, I thought, why not buy a M1008/M1028, then find a dead crew cab square-body chevy, remove my bed and put the crew cab on? Then, flat bed on the back, and we're all set. I think.
I know, I'll need to add body mounts, I know, it will be more expensive than I think it will be. But, are there any glaring issues with the M1008/M1028 frame that will make this somehow impossible? Aside from the body mounts for the rear end of the cab, is this going to require massive fabrication that I'm not thinking of? Will my dashboard out of the CUCV be impossible to retrofit into the crew cab of my choice?
I'll be driving this daily for the time being, and eventually I'm gonna put a banks Turbo kit on it. 700R4 too, as it needs to make highway speed comfortably.
Ultimately, it'll be a dedicated off-road truck, but for now, I want a crew cab I can drive the family around in and make incremental modifications to. Am I crazy for trying this, would I be better off restoring a crew cab truck instead?
Thanks.
I need a crew cab truck on the cheap. Seating for at least 5, potentially 6, and I must have 4wd. It needs to get places off road (meaning, I want solid axles) and that also eliminates dually trucks. Finally, I need a diesel, WVO and such is in my future. My current truck (2500 chevy 6.5td, 1994, 4wd) is slowly falling apart around me, and lacks true second row seating (extended cab). So, while the current chevy limps along, I thought, why not buy a M1008/M1028, then find a dead crew cab square-body chevy, remove my bed and put the crew cab on? Then, flat bed on the back, and we're all set. I think.
I know, I'll need to add body mounts, I know, it will be more expensive than I think it will be. But, are there any glaring issues with the M1008/M1028 frame that will make this somehow impossible? Aside from the body mounts for the rear end of the cab, is this going to require massive fabrication that I'm not thinking of? Will my dashboard out of the CUCV be impossible to retrofit into the crew cab of my choice?
I'll be driving this daily for the time being, and eventually I'm gonna put a banks Turbo kit on it. 700R4 too, as it needs to make highway speed comfortably.
Ultimately, it'll be a dedicated off-road truck, but for now, I want a crew cab I can drive the family around in and make incremental modifications to. Am I crazy for trying this, would I be better off restoring a crew cab truck instead?
Thanks.
