[Marco Tahtaras]

Originally Posted by Purdy Swoft

Here is a picture of a december 1930 pickup body mounted on a november 1928 running gear. The 1928 front crossmember had the higher mounting pads where the radiator mounts, same as the earlier 1929 crossmember. I did have to elongate the mounting holes where the radiator mounts. I also had to drill for the relocated hood latches but this was no big problem There was NO modifications needed for the front fenders. The body only had to be shimmed up a small amount and had NO real side effects. The early radiator mounting pads are only a fraction of an inch higher but the body does require shimming for alignment.

Are you saying that your frame has the radiator mounting bosses like the '29 frames instead of the slightly lower ones found on most 1928 frames? Those '28 frames buy you about another 1/8" which could almost clear if you don't put anti-squeak pads under the radiator and use thick anti-squeak frame webbing under the fenders and aprons.

I didn't think of a pickup cab which buys some additional flexibility. With a passenger body it's a little tougher (but doable) to raise the front only and have the body taper down to normal at the rear so the rear fenders still fit up snug to the body when bolted to the running boards.