If you will use the bed boards and metal strips along with the cross supports under the bed from the 73up truck,,, but with 55/59 sides end and tail gate it will bolt right on except I would use the 1/2 inch bolts used in the later models
There is 1'' difference in wheelbase between the 80s short wheel base trucks and the 55/59 trucks you can either shorten the frame 1'' or cheat a little on each end
That is what I did the engine and trans will simply bolt back in fts hook back up
my preference in transfer caes is the NP 205 all gear drive because of strength and personally I like the 4spd
My white truck has a crate Ram Jet engine with NV3550 trans 5 spd and an Atlas IV transfer case 4spd (all fromAdvance Adajpters) with a true track posi in back and e locker in front
just to give you an idea of some possibilities
Gene Sharp
