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mr48chev · 06-09-2018, 07:35 PM

There was a guy here in the PNW who ran a 47/53 Chevy truck sitting on a late 60's 70's Jeep Wagoneer chassis in the 80's. I used to see it at Vintiques every year for several years and you didn't know it was a 4x4 if you didn't spot the front hubs.

In the mid 70's they had a kind of funky transfer case but used a Turbo 400 so a swap to a Chevy trans case and V8 Chevy or even late Chevy six would be somewhat simple.

I scrapped out an 86 S 10 Blazer a few years ago and rolled the body of the frame in the process and that chassis is pretty well worthless or an AD frame swap. I tried to figure out how to use the front section of the frame to subframe and early chassis and even after a guy removed all of the 4x4 pieces there was a ton of brackets that had to be cleaned off. It wasn't worth the effort even though it was free. I drug it home because I wanted the rear axle and the gas tank. Rear axle had 5 teeth missing off the ring gear and two off the pinion and the gas tank was long gone.

06-09-2018, 07:35 PM	#6
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,345	Re: S-10 4x4 chassis swap? There was a guy here in the PNW who ran a 47/53 Chevy truck sitting on a late 60's 70's Jeep Wagoneer chassis in the 80's. I used to see it at Vintiques every year for several years and you didn't know it was a 4x4 if you didn't spot the front hubs. In the mid 70's they had a kind of funky transfer case but used a Turbo 400 so a swap to a Chevy trans case and V8 Chevy or even late Chevy six would be somewhat simple. I scrapped out an 86 S 10 Blazer a few years ago and rolled the body of the frame in the process and that chassis is pretty well worthless or an AD frame swap. I tried to figure out how to use the front section of the frame to subframe and early chassis and even after a guy removed all of the 4x4 pieces there was a ton of brackets that had to be cleaned off. It wasn't worth the effort even though it was free. I drug it home because I wanted the rear axle and the gas tank. Rear axle had 5 teeth missing off the ring gear and two off the pinion and the gas tank was long gone. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around. Last edited by mr48chev; 06-09-2018 at 07:42 PM.