Posted by Caleb in Manhattan KS [70.184.232.53] on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 14:35:47 :
In Reply to: Re: Custom Transmission Cover - Allison 1K in Carryall posted by Alex J [205.129.10.198] on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 14:05:52 :
I have been following your build since you posted the first few pictures.
I personally picked up a basket case '42 carryall body from VPW and I have a '42 Ambulance which was bastardized into a pickup truck but has a near immaculate dash, floor, and overhead. The doors even open and close like new. My plan is to graft the ambulance portion on to the carryall to replace the swiss cheese dash and shot floor. I'm entertaining re purposing the decent door and frame from the carryall into a 3rd door option but that is far from an actual plan.
I was going to put a 6BT in it originally, but didn't want to lose that much space so I went to 4BT until the prices went stupid and it didn't make sense money wise. Wanted something else not so mainstream without going to a 6.2 or 6.5 and ended up getting a '93 F350 with a 7.3 IDI. It will be a squeeze up front but I think it will work out if I shift the motor back a couple of inches.
I will not be using any period correct interiors, I have a full set of leather seats from a 90's Suburban. In my opinion, only Lazy Boy makes a more comfortable truck seat than GM.
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