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1947 Chevy 3/4 Ton flat bed farm truck
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I bought this 1947 Chevy truck for purpose of removing the cab and nose. The body is in excellent shape, has the original green
paint under the hood. The good news is it's pretty solid. Floors were patched with roofing flashing.
The plan is to do a Chevy S-10 frame swap. The 3/4 ton is a heavy duty 1 ton frame with 8 lug wheels. The six cylinder runs like
a champ but I have other plans. Going with a LS1 style fuel injected 5.3.
With all the economy in the tank plans are for a budget build. I may drive it for the summer until I get parts all lined up.
The 47 has arrived Bosley dog inside likes it so far! It runs and drives brakes aren't working other then that it's in decent shape. March 2009 |
 Just picked up the Engine it's out of 2005 Silverado 5.3 drive by wire motor. |
I picked up this complete running GMC S-15 for the frame.
My son is using it while I hunt for parts. Has a V-6 better
on gas then his other truck. It's a long bed, frame is good. |
Transmission will be a 4L80 4 spd auto from a 2002 GMC.
It's a bit of a beast 100lbs heavier then a TH400, it's heavy
duty should be fine for a small truck. |
My son ended up putting a few thousand miles on the
truck. I finally got it back with a flat black flame paint job.
I pulled the frame off with the tractor. Engine still runs
right on the frame. |
Here is a shot with the bed and front clip removed. |
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The frame back from the media blaster. It's a long bed regular cab 2wd which is best suited for this swap
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I notched the rear for max rear drop and added bag brackets. The rear is out of 99 Blazer 4wd it's
4 inches wider to fit under the truck better. I rebuilt the rear and put in
new bearings and 3:73 gears. I also had to replace the backing
plates and some new cross drilled rotors. |
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Here's the frame all painted up with black satin frame paint from Eastwood. Front Arms replaced with Tubular A-Arms. The bags have cups on the uppers only. |
All suspension components were replaced. The front calipers are SBBC aftermarkets with cross drilled rotors too. In the rear you can see the 5 Gallon air tank and compressor for air suspension. |
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I lifted the cab off the 1 ton frame then rolled the frame out |
 Next I rolled the S-15 frame under the cab then lowered the whole set with the jack in the front and tractor out back |
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The floors had some rot so I decided to install some replacement floors first the passengers side.
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Next the drivers side, now some solid footing to work with. Next I'll need to get the tranny in so I can see what kind of hump I'll need:) |
 Cab before in primer
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 Cab after some hot rot flatz fire while is a cream single stage gloss. |
 Cab going back on with help from the tractor
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 Cab back on, onto wiring everything up. | |
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