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obijuan · 07-23-2016, 11:18 AM

I am planning to do just a body swap onto a cucv frame. My cucv runs and drives fantastic but is rusted worse than I have ever seen. I found a nice c10 diesel that I'm just gonna body swap it. I'll probably do the nv4500 swap at the same time. Since the motor is not out, I opted to body swap. If there was no motor, I'd bracket swap to the 2wd frame.

The 2wd engine crossmember is the biggest hurdle. It needs to be swapped for an oem 4x4 crossmember or the high clearance one from ORD and DIY4X. Then it's just punching holes for the new brackets. Which for me I feel is relatively easy. Your abilities may vary.

07-23-2016, 11:18 AM	#6
obijuan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: cibolo tx Posts: 1,033	Re: Gut swapping question I am planning to do just a body swap onto a cucv frame. My cucv runs and drives fantastic but is rusted worse than I have ever seen. I found a nice c10 diesel that I'm just gonna body swap it. I'll probably do the nv4500 swap at the same time. Since the motor is not out, I opted to body swap. If there was no motor, I'd bracket swap to the 2wd frame. The 2wd engine crossmember is the biggest hurdle. It needs to be swapped for an oem 4x4 crossmember or the high clearance one from ORD and DIY4X. Then it's just punching holes for the new brackets. Which for me I feel is relatively easy. Your abilities may vary.