[pickup67man]

Time flies with out updates. Got burned out on bodywork, then busy for the summer. Bought a donor vehicle from an auction to use. Not sure if it will yet.



Stripped and sold all the parts I didn't need then rolled the frame into the garage.


The wheelbase was 135" and I needed 127" so I took 8" out of the middle.




















Then I rolled the old frame out and the new frame under only to find the engine is set back farther in vans and it hit the firewall. So I pulled the engine out so I could position the frame correctly.


















Then cut off the motor mount stands and moved them forward 2 1/2" so the engine would clear the firewall. The drivers side had to be notched around the front differential mount.








After all that work I don't like how the frame hangs way below the body. Instead of being inside the body supports it is under them. Add to that the frame is 1 1/2" taller and it is very visible.






Any ideas to make it fit better would be welcome. Or I am putting the original frame back under.