S10 Frame Swap

[greg g]

Pictures of the current state of things.  Spoke to Mark last evening and he says he is awaiting his engine from the machine shop, and is refreshing bearings and seals in the fear

[greg g]

[MarkAubuchon]

Greg, thanks for posting.  Installed the under cab brake pedal, master Cylinder and booster.  The pedal and pad look just like the original. They also make a under cab frame mounted battery box, going to check that out. Next step is run the brake lines they offer the kit, going to check that out as well.  Must say the parts they make are high quality.  We will find out soon enough if everything fits.

[MarkAubuchon]

Over the weekend able to remove axles, replaced seals, cleaned up the emergency brake, refilled with lube and set the rear end.  Now I just need to prime all of the brackets and wait for the motor.  

[MarkAubuchon]

Update, Rear end is in, upper and lower a arms in, replace the stock s10 steering box 16 to 1 with a 84 camaro box 12 to 1,  After 6 months of no activity from the engine builder had to repossess, took it to another shop.  Initial tear down just a high mileage 360 motor that while worn, probably still had some life left in it.  Pulled all the parts out of storage. All the chrome, new glass, window and door seals, all of the gauges have been restored, cab, fenders and grill already painted.  Transmission is being built.  Probably by mid june Ill have the drive line complete, hopefully installed. We will then set the cab, fenders and grill. Since  I'm going to put ac and power steering in it, pretty sure modification will have to be made. Once that in will pull it apart and rework the cab, firewall, fill in the gas tank outlet and few other things.  No new pictures.

[MarkAubuchon]

Update,  installed motor and transmission last night.  360 dual plane intake, 650 edelbrock, electronic ignition, headers, rv cam, 347 HP and 410 # of torque.  As always, didn't have all the parts (transmission mount) to complete install.  With no body it was pretty straight forward.  Once we have the mount, we can than position ,adjust motor and transmission to get enough clearance for the power steering pump.  Then I will mount the cab, radiator support to make sure we have the clearances needed.