Posted by BIO on Sunday, October 13, 2002 at 4:15PM :
In Reply to: Dana on 1/2 ton WC?? posted by D Collins on Saturday, October 12, 2002 at 2:56PM :
A buddy of mine has a Dana 60 in front and a Dana 70 in the rear of his 1941 WC 1/2 ton closed cab pickup. We think the axles came from a motohome chassis. They are six lug, not five lug. He's using non-dually rims, so they look normal. (I'd sure be careful to measure the distance from hub face to hub face for both axles to make sure they line up.)
As far as fitting the original spring perches, you'll have to fabricate and weld brackets on. In his case, I can't tell you what the layout is, because he built his own frame from 1/4" 3"x8" c-channel and he's using some other heavy duty springs.
(This truck is truly a "Dodgezilla". It's running a 440, 727 and NP205.)