A wacky idea?

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Hey all. I haven't posted much here on my Suburban because my daily driver takes most of my play money. As you can see in the link below I'm into handling, and work for Speedtech Performance, a company that makes handling suspension parts for GM muscle cars and full frames for 67-72 C10s. Unfortunately there aren't any plans in the near future to do bolt on suspension for 73+ trucks, outside of a full chassis which has suspension unique to the frame. Here's a link to my daily driver- Click Here

I've owned my 77 2500 Burby for several years now and it's in need of some attention. I have been thinking of different ways to lower it, likely 6". 8 lug wheels all look too off roady so I want to convert it to 5 and the MB Old School 20x9s are what I've really come to have my eye on. So first off a 5 lug conversion is in order. My steering box is now leaking from the top seal so that's in order too. I also want to replace the "weak" 454 with a wrecking yard 6.0 and 4l80. The truck also handles like a wet noodle. Lots of room for upgrades.

Anybody ever hear of doing a 90's Caprice front frame graft into a square body?

I know that's a wacky idea but there are several advantages-

• Instant 5 lug conversion. 5 on 5 bolt pattern on most wagons and ex cop cars.
• Instant suspension drop without cutting springs or replacing spindles.
• Quicker ratio more responsive steering.
• The factory suspension geometry is based on 70 & up Camaros which is actually pretty decent to begin with.
• 12" brakes.
• Performance sway bars and shocks available.
• I can buy Impala SS geometry corrected upper and lower tubular control arms at employee cost for a really good price.

Best I can tell the Caprice track width would require a spacer to match the truck but I'm ok with that. I'd sure like to know if anybody else has done something this nutty and pulled it off. ...Or if I'm just up in the night and should stick to what works.

Open to ideas/ thoughts...