------------------ Yeah, I agree - an early model C.O.E truck cab would seem to be a natural to swap onto an Econooline ch***is. I was going to suggest the same thing, but you type faster and beat me to it! Perhaps though, rather than cutting an early model COE cab 'front section' and grafting it onto the existing Econoline B-pillars, it might be easier to find a 'short-nose' style COE cab, and use the whole thing 'as is'. Mart3406 ===========================
I have another van cut up in the garage. I was thinking of building a hotrod. I was going to chop narrow section and channel a 76 ford pickup cab. I junked it. I cut the entire roof off the van 2" in from the drip rail I cut through the roof side beam behind the front doors and a few inches behind the driver's door down to the floor and then cut the step and rocker away from the floor up along the inside of the kick panel and a few inches short of the bottom of the cowl, across the cowl to the other side. I now have 2 door frames with the side cowl and each has half of the upper cowl where the wipers go. and half of the upper window frame. I'm thinking of (no committments here) welding them back together. it would have about 2' removed from the center and after squaring them up I'd chop the top4-6 inches and build in the rear of the doorframes like an extended cab and fab a floor and firewall. I might section out the side body indent as well. [/QUOTE]man if you get this thing going we need pics man oh man i love the way ya think but **** theres gota be easyer ways to build cars hahaaa keep it up yep the coe looks to be the right way to go but there isent that many of them here and when ya do find one there huge dollors but who knows what tomorrow brings ill have to check it out thanks for that i seen this thing on the other van thread looks very cool it should be chasing mad max through the out back thanks for that what ever i build i wont be using any of the van it will be striped from the ch***is up but i think everyone likes the coe idea thanks for your input everything here in australia is expensive and a bedford is an english truck there everywhere here and at great prices. heres one i found on the net i hope nobody minds me using it
man if you get this thing going we need pics man oh man i love the way ya think but **** theres gota be easyer ways to build cars hahaaa keep it up yep the coe looks to be the right way to go but there isent that many of them here and when ya do find one there huge dollors but who knows what tomorrow brings ill have to check it out thanks for that i seen this thing on the other van thread looks very cool it should be chasing mad max through the out back thanks for that what ever i build i wont be using any of the van it will be striped from the ch***is up but i think everyone likes the coe idea thanks for your input everything here in australia is expensive and a bedford is an english truck there everywhere here and at great prices. heres one i found on the net i hope nobody minds me using it[/QUOTE] That Bedford would make a cool rod. Check out the HAMB for a '41 Diamond T double cab" or something like that. On the other hand, your current progress is definitely interesting. I guess its a win-win situation for you. Keep us posted either way!
I just picked up a 77 1 ton van, I'm planning to put a 41 chevy COE on it. Haven't decided to put a extra long stepside behind or a stakebed, Jay
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