Hi,
I have owned my '90 V3500 crewcab for 15 years, it has seen our family grow up and the 3+3 seats were ideal. Now that the boys are off and doing their own thing, I would prefer a regular cab square body truck.
Now this is an unusual truck to have in England, UK and a 73-87 long bed regular cab 4x4 would be not impossible to find but not much choice in condition as good as my V3500.
Has anyone here ever cut the crewcab down to make a make a regular cab? I'm talking about the sheetmetal, removing the rear doors and cutting a section out of the roof and floor.
This may be unheard of in North America as it may be easier to find a rust free donor cab but maybe not as cabs don't come up on ebaa too often. The modified cab would be a little unique with the ribs in the roof.
My truck is will cared for so I see many benefits to doing a 4-door to 2-door conversion on what I have but I would like to hear about the pitfalls.
There is a spot-weld seam in the floor construction, is there a preferred location of cutting to reduce to regular cab length, maybe at this seam?