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Offline gbskunk2006

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Van/Truck parts swappable?
« on: April 24, 2006, 10:19:00 am »
I have a 86 C1500 truck that I'm restoring as a daily driver.  

Can I swap any van parts/components (e.g. bumpers)?

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Offline Blazin

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Re: Van/Truck parts swappable?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2006, 06:44:00 pm »
I belive the vans unibody / frame rails are farther apart, there fore the bolt holes will probably not line up.

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bumpers
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2006, 09:36:00 pm »
Blazin is correct, the bumpers are different.  The mounting holes are different, thus not allowing the bumpers to interchange.

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Re: bumpers
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2006, 04:26:00 pm »
if you want to do some welding ,you could weld up the holes and cut new ones in the correct location.i did this with my blazer,when i put a step bumper on it.  

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