Posted by Eric B. [162.158.214.199] on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 01:04:25 :
In Reply to: Re: Internal vs external measurements. I was right originally posted by Kaegi [162.158.106.27] on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 00:31:13 :
That's 11" not 5" like it would be after the wheel base increases when the bed changes in 1965 1/2.
Remember, the LWB 100 and 200 used a 7 1/2 foot utiline bed in 1961-1965 1/2 so the wheel well of the 8' sweptline bed was off center to accommodate a WB designed for a 7 1/2 foot bed. Starting in 1965 1/2 the utiline bed went to 8' in the LWB 100 and 200 so the WB was lengthened to 128" and the new sweptline bed had the wheel well more centered.
I don't see how the axle could be that close to the wheel well with an 11" difference, but only checking the wheel base of the truck would answer this question.
Thanks for pointing out my error on the bed length in the previous post.
Eric
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