has anyone put a 68 panel/suburban on an 87 suburban 4x4 chassis???
Don't want to have to reinvent the wheel. Can any one shed some light on putting my 68 2wd 1/2 ton panel body on my 87 straight axle 4x4 suburban chassis? I don't need a step by step , just any info that would make this REALY harder than it should be. For instance, how many of the body mounts do we have to move/ fabricate? I know there is 2 1/2 inches of wheelbase difference but I believe we can either lose part of it in the wheel wells and make up some on the center bolt to spring alignment or redrill the rear springs to make the wheelbase shorter. Do I need to hybrid the radiator support? Any help would be appreciated. We have done other body swaps( 54 Studebaker Lowey coupe on an s-10 chassis, 49 German Ford Taunus on an s-10 etc. )Those were hotrods and whatever worked was ok. This project is to be an every day work truck driver that shouldn't have too many features that don't operate as they should. Thanks for listening, hope to hear that some one has done something similar!!!!
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