My 45 with a difference,xtra cab, coil suspension, 37's and more..
I bought this truck about 6 years ago, while searching for parts for the 45 I then had. I bought it completely stripped. When I got it I realised that this truck was in a real good condition and decided to rather build this truck. I got it with a H55f 5 speed and 6.2 GM diesel V8.
So I started to build this truck up the way I got it. It was about 99% finished when I had to abandon the project for a year to go away for work. When I returned I had enough time to make up my mind to know what I wanted to do with the truck. So The fun and games started!!
A quick summary on what I've done to it so far. Progress isn't real fast as I'm working on it in my spare time..
*Shortened the bin, till right behind the rear shackle points.
*Made the bin more 'shallow', cutting the bin at the top and bottom. The 45's bins look real deep.
*Replaced the stock diffs with 80 series units.
*Using 80 series raduis arms, panhard arms, stabiliser arms, I've replaced the leaf spring set up to a full coil suspension setup.
* Fitted an 80 Series power steering box.
*Replaced the 6.2 GM Diesel with a 350 SBC, wich I'll stroke to 383 @ a later stage..
*I'm still struggling with the H55f idea, Thinking of going to an Automatic setup.
*Cut out the complete 'dash' of the 45, and replaced it with a narrowed dash from a 75 series. Also fitted the tilting steering colom from a 75.
*After reading about D'Animals awesome truck, I've cut the cab behind the doorpillars and I'm busy extending the cab with roughly 10 inches(260 millimetres). Thanks for the ispiration, D'Animal.
Will post pics when I've figured out how to do it..
I bought this truck about 6 years ago, while searching for parts for the 45 I then had. I bought it completely stripped. When I got it I realised that this truck was in a real good condition and decided to rather build this truck. I got it with a H55f 5 speed and 6.2 GM diesel V8.
So I started to build this truck up the way I got it. It was about 99% finished when I had to abandon the project for a year to go away for work. When I returned I had enough time to make up my mind to know what I wanted to do with the truck. So The fun and games started!!
A quick summary on what I've done to it so far. Progress isn't real fast as I'm working on it in my spare time..
*Shortened the bin, till right behind the rear shackle points.
*Made the bin more 'shallow', cutting the bin at the top and bottom. The 45's bins look real deep.
*Replaced the stock diffs with 80 series units.
*Using 80 series raduis arms, panhard arms, stabiliser arms, I've replaced the leaf spring set up to a full coil suspension setup.
* Fitted an 80 Series power steering box.
*Replaced the 6.2 GM Diesel with a 350 SBC, wich I'll stroke to 383 @ a later stage..
*I'm still struggling with the H55f idea, Thinking of going to an Automatic setup.
*Cut out the complete 'dash' of the 45, and replaced it with a narrowed dash from a 75 series. Also fitted the tilting steering colom from a 75.
*After reading about D'Animals awesome truck, I've cut the cab behind the doorpillars and I'm busy extending the cab with roughly 10 inches(260 millimetres). Thanks for the ispiration, D'Animal.
Will post pics when I've figured out how to do it..
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