Resurrecting Clifford the big red 87 R3500
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I think I'd certainly take a look at the heater core in the new cab before I put any sound/heat barrier and carpet in it.
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For sure! Also I don't use sound or heat barrier in my trucks for just this reason. That way I can easily remove all the floor coverings and keep an eye on things under there. The floors always seem to get moisture trapped between that stuff here. It gets a little warm in the summer but thats what the floor vents are for.
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I would like to find a bolt in hump rather than cut the one out of the old cab. I would like to try to sell the old cab cheap to someone who may want to repair it. I dunno but if I include all the repair panels I got for it I would let it go for $400.00 with the panels. The panels cost around $350.00 and it is a savable cab. But not if I cut out half of the floor to get the hump from it.
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Or you could do it your self and then it sell it as a mint cab. I really haven't seen very many with the bolt in hump over the years and I was really surprised to find one on my 83 so it might take some time to find one but if you do then you have saved a cab!
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I just found an 82 Chevy 3500 wrecker the guy says its a bolt in hump for a 4 speed so we will see. I have to look to see if it will fit or can be modified to fit. As far as fixing the old cab....Yeah I could fix it and then sell it but I really don't want to do that work.
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The same as in you believe the bolt in hump from the 82 3500 cab will go into the 84 low hump cab I have? Obviously I need to do some cutting tho. I will have to review the cab info and pics I have. Or just go look at it.
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Obviously you will need to cut the 2wd but just use the bolt in hump as a template and then cut 1 1/2"-2" inside that so that you have a lip to bolt the hump too. Its pretty simple aside from the labor involved.
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Yeah cutting one in should be a piece of cake. I am just trying to find a hump that will go in without too much modification. I see in this link there were changes over the years.
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=11838.0
So I want to find one that will drop right in the cab I have seen below. as well as be able to use the vinyl floor mat I have out of a 76 high hump truck. It wouldn't fit my 87 high hump properly.
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=11838.0
So I want to find one that will drop right in the cab I have seen below. as well as be able to use the vinyl floor mat I have out of a 76 high hump truck. It wouldn't fit my 87 high hump properly.
