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07-10-2013, 11:34 AM | #14 |
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Re: What Front clip fits 52 GMC
I had a rear steer Camaro subframe under my 48 for a number of years and it drove great but you do have to do a lot of mods on the front sheet metal to get any subframe or frame stub or later frame swap to fit. Even more with a front steer unit.
If you aren't a good fabricator the simple solution would be a bolt on Mustang II style crossmember http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Bolt-I...ber,50961.html It isn't that cheap but two guys with a 1/2 inch drill and a tape measure and hand full of wrenches can install it in less than a day pretty easily. They use stock MII, Pinto or Bobcat parts or tube A arms. There are also weld on units for a bit less. I'm following the travels of a guy right now who is getting ready to drive back down the Alcan from Alaska in a 52 Chevy ragtop with a Mii style crossmember with stock Mii suspension pieces on it. There are also the XJ6 Jag front crossmebers/ suspension units that come out of the Jag complete rotor to rotor with everything in one package and don't require a lot of hacking to get to work under a Chevy pickup. I wish I had gone that way and may still sell my aftermarket crossmember and tube A arms and pieces and buy one for my 48.
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