1965 frame swap into 1956?

[octanejunkie]

I've looked into doing this too, but I wanted to lift my truck and that's not as easy as lowering the truck with IFS and trailing arm rears. You can always modify the rear trailing arms and springs and get drop spindles to lower the truck.

Raising the cab to match the bed is pretty standard when swapping frames, the earlier frames were almost straight, imagine a ladder lying down. The later frames have contoured notches to match the suspension travel and optimize geometry - this is the main reason to consider this swap, IMO. Your get improved suspension and controls and more modern parts without interchanging with several different vehicles.

Persoanally I think it's a worthwhile journey for you if you don't have a OE frame for your truck. Don't sweat the details of how, that's all been documented, just start assessing your truck and start making lists of things you can use, things you can salvage from the donor vehicle and things you will need to buy so there are no major surprises during the build.

Have fun and start a build thread!