Cab 12 Alteration???

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Robert

Went out and took some pictures from two cab 12 ....one modified one pristine(big word considering the rust). My apologies if some are fuzzy I did a quick job using my phone instead of the my better Sony.

First the wheel..... I have seen numerous mod jobs some better than others some with CMP 20 in.rims others with Budd wheel 20 in.rims.

The best is using the inner half of the 16 in. rim welded to the 20 in rim. Seems they cut out the center of the front face of the 20 in. rim and weld in the 16 in rim using the rim mounting bolts as a form of alignment..... and apparently they were driven like that on the road.

I have attached a picture of a better job.

Now for the floor modification.

Will need to attach in two series as there are more than five.

I have tried to included right on the pictures as much explanations as possible.....if it is not clear please comeback with questions.

They really did a good job ofo getting the inner fender bulge out of the way and from what I can observed....unless the truck was driven on very rough ground doing a hard right turn.... the 20 inch tire does not appear to rub.
None of the pedal were relocated...in particular the gas pedal. From my experience unless you intend to use a modern throttle cable sued on hot rods there is no room to modify the linkage for the gas pedal.

They cut along the famous angle iron arches and only flattened the side peice of the toe board. I would gamble to say that given a spare inner fender I could reverse the process. They used stiff 1/8 plates fro the floor and the side vertical wall of the box.

All in all not a bad conversion. Why the h*** did the designer not think of that or the modification carried into the Service Bulletin?????

The next posting will focus on the truck with out the modifications and how they would cut.

Enjoy.

Bob C