[JDS968]

This is so weird it's cool. I actually love it.

https://spokane.craigslist.org/ctd/d/gr ... 53456.html

[N_Jay]

I would love to know the "why".

[JDS968]

I would love to know the "why".

Me too. I suspect it may be 8-person seating.

[fpena944]

This is so weird it's cool. I actually love it.

https://spokane.craigslist.org/ctd/d/gr ... 53456.html

I like the idea of it but also wonder why and also would need to see photos of the build in progress. Just imagine the potential hack-job hiding beneath the new paint if this is done incorrectly.

Hit a big bump and the truck splits in half!

[N_Jay]

I remember the widened Dodge vsn Ambulances in the late 70s.
Pieces of crap!

[JDS968]

Widening the frame should actually be really straightforward. Use the same process as shortening or lengthening the frame. Stacy David has a great segment on this, if you can find old episodes of Gearz.

Widening the hood and roof would be a real craftsman's job of sectioning the panels, hand-forming extra panels on an English wheel, then welding them in place and smoothing them out. Plus fabricating a widened hood inner that reinforces the outer skin.

Sourcing a wider windshield...that's curved glass, where the hell do they do that???

[N_Jay]

Widening the frame should actually be really straightforward. Use the same process as shortening or lengthening the frame. Stacy David has a great segment on this, if you can find old episodes of Gearz.

Widening the hood and roof would be a real craftsman's job of sectioning the panels, hand-forming extra panels on an English wheel, then welding them in place and smoothing them out. Plus fabricating a widened hood inner that reinforces the outer skin.

Sourcing a wider windshield...that's curved glass, where the hell do they do that???

From the listing it sounds like they ended up with a two section windshield.

[amdavid]

Weird.....a lot of work for the end result.

[Gregs04.5]

If you use 2 trucks, both cut in half plus 6 inches, then it's just a lot of stitch welding (an awful lot)

Greg