Yard Art
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Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:26 pm
Location: Eastern PA/Central NJ area
D2 to KB frame swap? Help???
Anyone here familiar with both D2 and KB pickups? Do you think I could put my D2 sheetmetal and cab on the chassis from a KB that I might be able to get? I am hoping that the changes from 1940 D2 to the 1941 KB design used the same, or very similar frame design...most importantly cab and radiator U-support mounts. I only have the front sheetmetal and no bed, so I would be installing a flat bed and the rear mounts would not matter, nor would wheelbase.
Does anyone know if this is possible? Or would anyone be able to send me a frame layout blueprint for the D2 and KB models that I could check for myself? I am having a very hard time finding reference material on the D2. I bought the D2 instruction book thinking it would help, but there are not enough illustrations and mostly just parts numbers and descriptions which does very little for me. I would love to find an exploded diagram of all the cab and engine compartment parts so I can better understand how this all goes back together! Is there one out there?
I bought the cab already unassembled and am trying to find out how the parts go back and in what order. If anyone did a frame off restoration of a D2 and has photos of how to reinstall all the brackets and supports and in what order I would love to see them, or if you could explain it to me I'd take that as well. I am hoping I have all the parts!
Thanks for any help you might share with me.
Jim T