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Has anyone in here streached the frame on a W460 G?
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Posted 9/17/2006 9:55 PM
Merz-Ben
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Has anyone in here streached the frame on a W460 G?

I'm thinking of streaching the frame on a LWB five door and cutting out the cargo area in the rear in favor of a 6ft. aluminum 3 way dump bed; turning the G into a Crew cab pickup... Has anyone done this before? I've streached and shortened the frames on big trucks before and I know it can be done, but I don't know how sturdy the G frame is.

Any Feedback/comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben
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Posted 9/17/2006 10:30 PM
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RE: Has anyone in here streached the frame on a W460 G?

FWIW, here is a stretched G that looks pretty cool and is for sale.

http://www.finn.no/finn/car/object?finnkode=8118696&sid=9aLulhuxr52...

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Posted 9/18/2006 1:08 AM
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RE: Has anyone in here streached the frame on a W460 G?

Try the GWOA site in the UK there has been a few in our club "markvulture" did one last year
The chassis is a very strong and sturdy part of the G and lends itself very well to extending it is not easy nevertheless getting it alighned
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Posted 9/18/2006 12:49 PM
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RE: Has anyone in here streached the frame on a W460 G?

Greeney - 9/18/2006 7:08 AM

Try the GWOA site in the UK there has been a few in our club "markvulture" did one last year
The chassis is a very strong and sturdy part of the G and lends itself very well to extending it is not easy nevertheless getting it alighned


He certainly has... you can contact him through the British GWOA forum:

http://www.gwoa.co.uk

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