Ideas needed for frame swap.

[welderman5033]

I'm going to do a s-10 swap on a 53 chevy. Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

[booger1949]

s10 frame works good but its alot of work can i ask why your goin that route instead of ifs frontend

[welderman5033]

I dont have the frame to the 53. And I have this s10 just sitting here
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[_Ogre]

have you tried reading the many s10 frame swap threads?

[lazerstrouts]

If thes s10 is anything but a long box and you want the 53 to be a short box it will be more trouble then its worth in my opinion. I went with a 2000-2007 tahoe frame for mine. I planned on doing widened fenders anyway but I can run stock wheels with a 235/55 tire and leave the fenders stock for now. I had the whole thing fabed up and mounted in a weekend with less then $100 in extra metal and I didn't need to change the wheel base or the 5.3l drive train.
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[solidaxel]

I would like to see a side view shot of your truck and one from the front also!

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by welderman5033

I dont have the frame to the 53. And I have this s10 just sitting here
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Now, that is actually a real reason to do a frame swap.

Check the build threads in this section as there are two or there good ones on doing that swap and one of the members was kind enough to share his drawings for the brackets you need to hold the cab up off the frame right.

As booger1949 said it's a lot of work to do right.

[RootBeer 6117]

These guys are the masters I learned from

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=384736
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=294539
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...=1#post3066383
http://www.killbillet.com/showthread.php?t=16296

[rollinrooster]

Here are a few pics of my project. I used a '89 long bed standard cab s-10.

[chinquipin]

Check out the links RootBeer posted, lots of good info there. This is my project, it's on mid 80's shortbed s10 frame with rearend scooted back 8in. I have a 95 longbed frame for project number two.

[lazerstrouts]

this is a front, rear, and side view of my 48 gmc short box on a 2000-2001 chevy tahoe 4wd chassis at stock ride height. i raised the box 5 inches because i didnt want to cut out the bed floor for the rear upper shock mounts. tires are 235/55/17s on 2008-up spares/cop truck wheels. i still need to do alot of work like running boards and cut the front frame horns off to get the grille in. attery mount is a temporary.