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Old 11-06-2016, 11:58 PM
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Hey guys new to the forum just wanted to share my project with you guys. It's a 00 Silverado started life as a long box. I shortened the wheelbase and put a crewcab 5'8" box on it. There's a lot of ways to do it but I chose to just move the rear wheels forward and cut the remainder of the frame off mainly because cutting the weld and a section off the front frame wasn't going to work for me. The truck has a wheelbase of 108" according to google that's the same as a RCSB s10 just for a size comparason ha .I still need to get a driveline, flare and connect my brake line, install a fuel tank not sure on what to run yet, and fully weld a few things. A few plans I got for it are swapping an lq9 I originally got for my crew cab but decided to swap it into this instead. Probably will just run a cam "package" in it for now maybe way later down the road ls3 heads and intake.

I tried to attach some photos not sure if they worked. If you wanna see in more detail I posted a few vids of it on YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCth-A0dNqBfB2dLwFzW7N6A

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That muscle car lean
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Antiwrap leafspring perches installed. As "flipkit" they still need to be fully welded


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Is it 4wd?

Do an all wheel steer swap and have the tightest turn radious silverado ever.
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Originally Posted by dantheman1540
Is it 4wd?

Do an all wheel steer swap and have the tightest turn radious silverado ever.
It's a 2wd with a 4.8. That would be cool. I wonder how it will be now as it sits
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Have you made any more progress on this?



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