new look for my 1031,

[army98]

Well I did it, found a 84 and stripped it , too bad it was not a mv but it looks ok guess kind of like a backward mullet , party front businss in rear..... oh yes there is pic,s. before and after.....

 

[army98]

oops here they are

 

[NDT]

Confused . . . did you put the civy cab and clip on the mil chassis to get the A/C or did you put the SECM bed and mil front bumper on a civy truck??

 

[SETOYOTA]

what he said

 

[Ken_86gt]

I am guessing that he took the fenders, hood and wheels off the civy truck and put them on the MV.

 

[MARCO1031]

Looks to me like he transplanted the SECM body and bumpers to the civy truck.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Naw, just doors and front clip. The cab has no drip rails, it's a mil cab. Oh, rolling stock was changed too.

 

[MARCO1031]

Ah...good eye Kenny. Ok probably a basic CUCV question...Why are the drip rails gone? Is it to help with decon washdown?

 

[Recovry4x4]

Sounds good but I can't answer with certainty.

 

[Ken_86gt]

Well the M1009s still have the drip edge.

 

[MARCO1031]

There must be some specific reason to have removed the drip edge on these trucks. From the looks of the civi trucks the drip edge is the point where the roof is joined to the rest of the cab structure. To remove the drip edge and join the roof in a different way seems like a lot of labor just for a smoother look.

 

[army98]

I think it was cheaper for chevy, I thought about installing the ac but too much work I only had a small amount of time to do he switch. I replaced doors, fenders hood grill .... only sheet metal. I do have a crome bumper but probaly will not put it on.

 

[acmunro]

The drip edge on the civilian trucks of the CUCV era are just screwed on stainless steel.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

No, they are not unless GM took a lot of time to cover up the screws. My '89 K5 has the infamous peeling paint of the era and there's not a screw to be seen.

 

[Recovry4x4]

The drip rails on blazers are part of the top, that is why the 1009s still have them. Drip rails on pickups are bolted in place IIRC.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Ah. Have to look into that then. Never have owned a civy pickup myself. Grew up with K5's and the odd Suburban but no pickups.

 

[acmunro]

No need to look into it. Its the truth. I thought this discussion was about trucks ie M1031. As I said in my post "trucks of the CUCV era". I have a M1009 and realize they are steel and part of the roof.