B_to_C, my father-in-law, and I are converting his '90 K5 to a flatbed pickup. His K5 body was getting so rusted that the rear quarters had bowed out enough the tailgate wouldn't latch and the tailpan had even buckled some. The pillars at the rear of the cab area were rusted out too. It was a North East truck.
So we started with this 85 CUCV pickup cab (only $20).
Then we used one of our "big toys" to get his body off the frame.
That was the end of Day 1.
Day 2 we went to work mounting the pickup cab on the frame.
We had to fab up the mounts for the rear of the cab. The front mounts to rear mounts on the pickup cab were about 43.5" center-to-center and the K5 mounts were about 42.5". Also the pickup cab's rear mounts were inside the frame rails and the K5 mounts were outside. So we used some pieces of 2x4 rectangle tube to span across the K5 mounts on the frame and then mounted the crossmember from the pickup chassis on the 2x4. The distance from the K5 frame to the bottom of the pickup cab in the rear was 9" so we had plenty of height in there to make up. The mounts worked perfect on the front of the cab.
End of Day 2:
So we started with this 85 CUCV pickup cab (only $20).
Then we used one of our "big toys" to get his body off the frame.
That was the end of Day 1.
Day 2 we went to work mounting the pickup cab on the frame.
We had to fab up the mounts for the rear of the cab. The front mounts to rear mounts on the pickup cab were about 43.5" center-to-center and the K5 mounts were about 42.5". Also the pickup cab's rear mounts were inside the frame rails and the K5 mounts were outside. So we used some pieces of 2x4 rectangle tube to span across the K5 mounts on the frame and then mounted the crossmember from the pickup chassis on the 2x4. The distance from the K5 frame to the bottom of the pickup cab in the rear was 9" so we had plenty of height in there to make up. The mounts worked perfect on the front of the cab.
End of Day 2:
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