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Originally Posted by padresag
this is one of those frame swaps and t he other is in the build section but haven't seen anything on it for a while and cannot remember the members name
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=533641
there is a lot of work to these swaps and getting the w/b correct sometimes gets sluffed on these types of operations.and if they ever have to get inspected and certified for the road a lot of them fail. he talked about all this stuff in the car books; yes they look wonderful, but how many of them ever get really driven on the streets(trailer queens)
I live in B.C. and he lives in Ont and we get lots here that come from there and a lot of Alberta vehicles. the funny thing about B.C, that any older out of prov. vehicle has to go through inspection before you can get them registered here. it has been the death of more than 1 vehicle.
if I was building a vehicle with a 14 rar old I would want to build it with a positive success scenario for when it was finished and not the possibility of being burned out by the detours in the build and giving up in the end
ron |
Thanks for that link Ron, very helpful although it will take some time to get through it all. I know a guy up in Winnipeg who is a professional hotrod builder who just completed a build like the one I'm suggesting. The wheelbase is within 3/4" of a SWB truck. He lopped a big chunk of the back of the Buick frame and moved the gas tank forward a few inches. He lopped a bit off the front as well. He used the Buick steering column and even the cluster, which was mounted in behind the factory dash opening. Much like the Suburban project, he had to notch the cab supports, but really he said it was pretty decent. They worked on it eves and weekends, started in Nov and were driving in the spring. Put it for sale in this fall and it sold in a day for $13K - said it was pretty near the first time he made his labour back on a 'fun build.' So I guess what I'm saying is that this is all really doable.