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  1. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    Here's the old girl in all her glory. Fixing it up with my older boy. Actually a lot better than it looks, floor, sills and scuttle all rust free. Just some in the roof on one side, and all the doors ( ? ! ). Maybe a bad day for steel on the line that day ...
  2. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    would be interesting to know what year they changed. Yeh - decent parts are hard ( ie. almost impossible ) to find over here. Last tailgate I found I pulled from Sun Valley Auto parts in L.A. when I was over visiting family. Think I paid $20 for a rust free one, and took it back on the...
  3. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    OK - cool - guess I can just buy the tailpan then and catches and swap over to doors. Just need to find doors now !!...
  4. Fat 454

    barn door conversion

    So I have a '76 sub with a factory tailgate, that I want to convert to barn doors. I have been researching this on the net for ages and collected all kinds of pics and articles. A couple of U toob vids show folks cutting and welding the captive nut plates into the C pillars and all kinds of mods...
  5. Fat 454

    '75 top not 'fitting'

    Hi - Not sure on the blazer, but the sub tailgate has adjusters for the winding mech in the tailgate. There are two small panels in the base of the gate that have to be removed to access. If you search for threads around converting barn door to tailgate, these are sometimes mentioned. Also make...
  6. Fat 454

    C20 8 stud to 5 stud conversion

    Hi, I have a '73 C20 454 burb, 2wd. It has the full float 14 bolt rear end with LSD. I want to lower it about 3" ( shackles ? ) and put AR classic 5 spokes on. Does anyone sell 5 stud hub conversions for a full floater? or will I have to swap out the full axle for a 1/2 ton? Also I have been...

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