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Hot Rods '34 Truck/Pickup cab differences?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by garyv, Sep 5, 2022.

  1. garyv
    Joined: Nov 6, 2006
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    What are the differences between 1934 truck and pickup cabs? Dimensions? Will dash panels or windshield frames interchange?
    Thanks,
    gary
     
  2. 56don
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    No difference, same cab. The difference in the trucks is the frame, & running boards *& gas tank. Even the front fenders interchange except the wheelwell for the recessed spare is bigger from what I understand.
     
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  3. Taboo56Chevy
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    I know cabs are the same. I think some 33/34 truck cabs had in cab tanks like all 32's, but they are the same dimensionally as a pickup. The hoods and grille shells are the same as well as a pickup. I have heard the fenders being the same, but then have heard the opposite. Never have had a known truck fender next to a known pickup of the same year to truly check. I am pretty sure the headlight bar is different between truck and pickup.
     
  4. 56don
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    My avatar has the front p***enger fender from a big truck so I know they are the same. I once had a set of big truck fronts but they both had sidemounts and I didn't want to use them so I sold them. The wells looked like they would take a large tire but I never measured them.
     
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  5. garyv
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    Thanks for the replies. My truck cab has an under-the-seat tank. I don't need much for the cab, just the windshield frame, dash, and seat bottom. I have a grill, light bar, and front fenders. Frame and bed will have to be sourced.
     
  6. 56don
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    The seat bottom for the pickup is different from the big truck. Mine had a big truck gas tank in it under the seat when I got it and I changed it to the pickup truck position at the back and had to get a bottom seat frame from a pickup to use.
    FYI, you can use a p***enger car frame, just weld up the extra holes in the sides.
     
  7. HOTRODPRIMER
    Joined: Jan 3, 2003
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    The 33 Ford pickup has a bead across the back of the cab and a fixed firewall, the '34 Ford cab as a wide band across the back of the cab as a stiffener and also has a fixed firewall.

    All the 34's use the same cab regardless of a p***enger pickup or big truck. HRP
     

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