MountainmanID
1/2 ton status
I know that '73-87 should be similar, but I'd be willing to bet there are some differences from year to year from tooling changes/wear at the GM factories over the course of 14 years.
I'm looking to buy a cab (bunch on CL) that is beyond saving with corner rot and/or front end damage. The purpose of this acquisition is to provide a matching section to be used to extend my K5 cab back 8-14" and to seal the cab while also providing a nice rear window that matches. The picture below shows approx what I'm gonna use to extend my K5:
The K5 bedsides will be cut off at the right spot to end the body at wherever the new cab rear is. The cab rear will (hopefully) match up pretty well with the existing K5 body and make body work fairly straight forward as I will be able to weld it to the K5 cab without having an overlap by leveling it in the relief area where the factory fiberglass top used to sit. At this point I plan to fill the sides with 16 gauge sheet metal although S-10 type pop-out windows aren't out of the question. I just haven't seen any extended cab square bodies with rear windows that looked like they really fit.... The bottom of the back of the cab will be cut out to match the contour of the K5 "bed" to include cutouts for the rear wheel wells as anything over about 8" extension will run into the rear wheel fenders. The back of the truck will have a sort of hybrid flatbed/rollcage with a ramp that can slide out from under the flat bed to extend the bed and also be used to load dirtbikes or dead animals (hunting rig).
Anyway, if I could get a few of y'all to measure your cabs real quick, I can get some idea of how much variation is out there and how well my idea will or won't work. The below image shows the measuring points (A,B,C,D). Dimension A is the widest part of the roof before it starts to radius down. This is the part where I'm most concerned about proper fit and look. I'd really appreciate it if you would take a quick second to measure your cab.
Thanks much,
MMID
I'm looking to buy a cab (bunch on CL) that is beyond saving with corner rot and/or front end damage. The purpose of this acquisition is to provide a matching section to be used to extend my K5 cab back 8-14" and to seal the cab while also providing a nice rear window that matches. The picture below shows approx what I'm gonna use to extend my K5:
The K5 bedsides will be cut off at the right spot to end the body at wherever the new cab rear is. The cab rear will (hopefully) match up pretty well with the existing K5 body and make body work fairly straight forward as I will be able to weld it to the K5 cab without having an overlap by leveling it in the relief area where the factory fiberglass top used to sit. At this point I plan to fill the sides with 16 gauge sheet metal although S-10 type pop-out windows aren't out of the question. I just haven't seen any extended cab square bodies with rear windows that looked like they really fit.... The bottom of the back of the cab will be cut out to match the contour of the K5 "bed" to include cutouts for the rear wheel wells as anything over about 8" extension will run into the rear wheel fenders. The back of the truck will have a sort of hybrid flatbed/rollcage with a ramp that can slide out from under the flat bed to extend the bed and also be used to load dirtbikes or dead animals (hunting rig).
Anyway, if I could get a few of y'all to measure your cabs real quick, I can get some idea of how much variation is out there and how well my idea will or won't work. The below image shows the measuring points (A,B,C,D). Dimension A is the widest part of the roof before it starts to radius down. This is the part where I'm most concerned about proper fit and look. I'd really appreciate it if you would take a quick second to measure your cab.
Thanks much,
MMID
