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Can any one help me with some information?
I ould like to change drums to disk breaks Whats intrechangeble in a1966 gmc |
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frame swap
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NOT much help as far as telling you what TO get (although most everyone uses the s-10) but i can tell you what NOT to use, and that's pretty much anything with a big hump in the frame like the 79 frame my 55 is on in my album.
volare is a great swap cause you can raise and lower at will, but from what i have heard, rebuild parts for them are non existant and they all need to be rebuilt as for tires rubbing i would get wheels with a different offset |
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Trader,
I feel your pain! I am trying to do the same thing to a '59 Chevy short bed step side pickup! I am new to the Hotrodders bulletin board as well. We can follow each others' listing. Hopefully something will turn up for what we are seeking. I too thought that I would find a knowledge source on this bulletin board for someone that has already completed such a project. Certainly it is much easier to listen to the voice of experience before replicating mistakes that someone else has already made. I have found some vehicles with the same wheelbase dimensions, but I have not been able to find any information regarding the vehicle track width. Someone gave me the advice of "getting-out the tape measure and start measuring in a salvage yard". Although this is practical advice it is probably not the most efficient. This is where the person that has already done this project, whether swapping rolling chassis or front clips, would be invaluable for their specific, experienced advice. Good luck in your quest and with your project. |
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It would have been nice to have searched the knowledge base before i had 3 piles in the shop.(Hind sight is 20/20.)however the piles are the original frame of my 55gmc 2nd series, a front and rear xjs setup,and the 81 gmc frame that i just removed from the 55 body due to its ugly looking suspension. The latest plan is a 2X4x1/8 wall steel tubing set of frame rails using the jag suspension front and rear. Drawing it up ahead of time would be helpful. Any tips would be appreciated. fivepair@hotmail.com
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well since you dredged up the dead
my post is so old i cant even edit it! but i have been told volare parts are Not unobtainable. so there!
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frames
RB'sobsolete Automotive,inc sells a frt bolt frame clip that uses 78-88 gm a or G body components Sherrill luck
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don't change!
bolt on,yes bolt on the front end from a 70's to80's chevy truck!!there's an article on it in this site on front suspension i think. do some checking ,might be a way to go and price is right!! JOHN
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Did you realize that the post that you just responded to is over a year old?
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My friend took a 1988 1/2 ton chevy step side,removed the cab and installed a 1958 chevy cab leaving the drive train and 88bed intact. It made a very nice truck.
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