buds truck Posted August 10, 2008 Report Posted August 10, 2008 thought I would update you guys, I got this 53 less than 2 months ago and now it resides on a S10 frame with a chev V8 mocked up in it. long ways to go,, but it has come a long ways in a short time. Front fenders go on tomorrow for fitment. Bud Quote
Merle Coggins Posted August 11, 2008 Report Posted August 11, 2008 You've got way too much time on your hands to be makin' that kind of progress already. Keep the progress reports coming. I'm lookin' forward to the finished product. Merle Quote
woodscavenger Posted August 11, 2008 Report Posted August 11, 2008 Do you have any particulars on the swap? I would love to hear them. What S-10 model (long/short/2wd/4wd)? Did you fabricate your own mounts? If so did you take any pics/notes/drawings? I think the S-10 swap would be great. After seeing yours I am thinking about just getting my rig on the road and keeping an eye out for a donor S10 that I could swap into. I am really troubling myself right now trying to figure out if I should do a tranny swap or axle swap or both. Quote
buds truck Posted August 11, 2008 Author Report Posted August 11, 2008 Do you have any particulars on the swap? I would love to hear them. What S-10 model (long/short/2wd/4wd)? Did you fabricate your own mounts? If so did you take any pics/notes/drawings? I think the S-10 swap would be great. After seeing yours I am thinking about just getting my rig on the road and keeping an eye out for a donor S10 that I could swap into. I am really troubling myself right now trying to figure out if I should do a tranny swap or axle swap or both. I have been keeping a detailed pic account of how I am doing this swap, I used a 93 S10 frame with a 108 inch wheelbase although my truck was a 116 inch wheelbase. I will shorten the bed to make it fit. I took half inch conduit and made a jig that fits on the cab and core supt mounts on the old frame and that will give me the correct mounting areas for the S10. I will use some of the mounts off the 53 and may have to fabricate some too, I am not at taht point yet. my truck will be quite low to the ground. Some of the pics are too large to fit on this site, but if you pm me with your e mail address, I would be happy to send them to you. I also have an old thread from the hamb that deals with putting an early (48 thru 54) chev truck on an S10 frame which provided numerous good ideas for mine. I could send you that also. Bud :D Quote
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