I was ready to offer up one of mine till I saw the reminder of Christine
being a long bed.. all of mine are short beds.
I wish I had one to offer you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrible Tom" <silvereightynine@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Christine is off the road indefinitely.
>
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
>> Sorry to hear that Tom!! :-( On the plus side, the engine looks
>> nice. :-) Do the GenI and GenII use the same frame? If you can find
>> a rollover somewhere, that might be perfect. (Granted, an 8' bed
>> frame will be basically as old as yours so condition might not be much
>> better, but who knows...) You'd probably have better luck finding a
>> nice frame if you could use a GenII club cab, but it looks like they
>> are 131" vs the long bed's 124". I suppose you could use a club cab
>> frame (if you didn't mind the longer wheelbase) and build a 7" wide
>> toolbox running the width of the truck to fit in the gap between the
>> bed and the cab. (And/or run a set of exhaust stacks up through that
>> area?) :-) Another idea might be a custom roll bar which would tie
>> into the frame right there, the legs for the hoop could come right up
>> between the bed and cab, then the rear legs could bolt into the bed.
>> You might need to adjust the cab mounts and would probably need a
>> longer driveshaft (or grab the club cab's 2 piece) but it might be
>> doable?
>>
>> I notice that the GenIII long bed is also 124". Any chance the
>> GenII body can be shoehorned onto the GenIII frame? I don't see long bed
>> Daks very often, but I will keep an eye out
>> for you.
>>
>>
>
> Interesting thoughts Jon. I had thought about using a club cab frame,
> and finding a creative way to fill teh gap. Trouble is I'm not sure just
> where that extra space goes. The overall length of the trucks may
> actually be pretty close. It might just be that the rear axle is located
> in a different place. I'll have to check the FMS to see what the specs
> are.
>
> I have searched around on car-parts.com and even though I input the 124
> inch frame option - the salvage yards I called that listed them in stock,
> all said they were club cab trucks. Finding an intact 124 inch (reg cab 8
> foot box) frame is going to be a challenge.
>
>
> On that same note I'm going to ask those on the list to keep an eye out
> for a suitable donor truck for me. Basically 124 inch wheel base, 4x4.
> Engine/tranny options don't matter. Location is also not an issue at this
> point. I'll drive where ever I need to.
>
> I've located a few places that do custom frames, and I'm going to start
> looking into what that might involve.
>
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> "Man is the only kind of varmint [who] sets his own trap, baits it, then
> steps in it"
> -John Steinbeck
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