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Working on a Nova.
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Delays, Delays, Delays
I got my wonderful SWB truck stripped to the frame!
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Keepin an eye out
Join Date: Feb 2003
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I would get a different frame, plenty out there.
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Working on a Nova.
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On your side of the country yes! They are hard to come by out here, at least good ones people are willing to sell off at a reasonable price!
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You can try a wanted ad on the parts board, you never know. Good luck anyhow.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Carl Junction, Missouri
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you could shorten the lwb frame like someone would converting a longbed to a shortbed, there's tons of diagrams, faqs, and measurements on the board.
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I think your trying to avoid swapping the disk/drum front suspensions??? I'd go with the others and chop the lwb frame and put it back together. The front suspension can be taken off as a unit, rolled under the new frame, and bolted back up. Good luck!
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If I do it I would like to keep it better hidden. Also I do not have a perfectly level floor and the common shortening method requires that. For some reason it slopes toward a hole in the center in my garage. The front suspension is already completely dissassembled from the 71 and it was a drum set anyway. I bought a disc brake spindles already. Right now the 71's frame does not have a bolt left in it only the rivets are holding it together. I was going to take the frame out and have it sandblasted and epoxy coated until I started my measurements and found out it was bent. Good thing I checked my measurements first.
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Why not check a good frame shop and see if they can straighten it? It could be blocked up and tied down I would think! Unless it's really bad. Being naturally lazy and thinking about all the work involved in the direction you're talking about taking. I would see if it can be straightened. Just a thought.
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Working on a Nova.
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I already looked at that and they will not give me an estimate, but they say it can range from $300 for a simple pull to $2000 for more intensive work!
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