What older truck bodies will be easiest to put on a square?

[Truck Guy99]

I would like to see everybody's opinions and ideas for this. I have been looking on the old interweb and there are TONS of old square bodies duallys with big blocks within2-3 hours of me with nice running gear. Some of them recently rebuilt under the hood. I have found several with fairly good bodies for $2500 or less with titles. My neighbor has several old trucks from the 40s-50s. I was thinking about putting a square and one of these truck bodies together. I was wondering if anyone knew of any particular year range, make, and model of trucks from the 40s-50s that is relatively close in size that would be less challenging to make mounts for. I want to temporarily run a cab and chassis setup until a flat bed could be arranged. And for those of you wondering, I would like something I can tow with and drive often with power brakes, power steering, and the capability of highway speeds. Old truck bodies are everywhere around here but finding a complete one with a trustworthy frame is another story.
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[BigBlocksRule]

Most of the old stuff fits on something along the lines of an S10 chassis. The front ends of the old stuff were narrower than the rears, that's the kicker on most of these swaps including a square body frame. Tires will stick way out of the fenders in stock trim.
They work well on a lifted 4x4, though, since most folks set 'em up wit a big body lift to start, you can't tell what fits in the fender and what doesn't.

[dubds10]

47+ you'll want a 2-ton truck. They have bigger fender wheel openings and are a bit wider than 1t and down trucks. The 73+ track width is wider than most of the older stuff. Not sure how your State works, but it's usually more important to have the title to the body vs the frame.

Anything can be made to work though with enough cutting and welding
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[74 stepside]

Heres a perfect example of a older truck (COE) on a later model dually chassis. I saw this at a show and building one of these is on my bucket list..

[74 stepside]

A couple more Ive seen at local shows sitting on dually chassis. The white 54 is a stock 1 1/2 ton that I restored for a customer. It could also be used on a squarebody chassis.