Eisenhower '59 Apache Build On A S-10 Frame

[tetfemal]

Originally Posted by Task Force Era

To make life so much easier with replacing just about every part of the 59 suspension I bought a 92 ext.cab S-10 off of craigslist that had been wrecked in the front a little for $500 bucks. Everything is there even a 4.3 V6 that fired right up! So with the S-10 frame I have updated brakes, steering and suspension. Many problems solved with this purchase...

Hated stripping it down. Coulda been a good little beater truck. But sacrifices must be made, haha



I'm no fabricator by no means and have no shop to work in so a good friend of mine (Nathaniel) is handling all the welding and technical ****...

Chopped down the frame 7 inches to get the wheelbase lined up and have the front wheels more centered and new cab mounts built. Just a rough pic, not finished

Thinking about buying an Apache. Should a single cab long bed s10 be used instead of the extended cab?

[55dude]

they made way more extended cab S10 trucks than long beds, you will spend less time cutting out 6" of frame than locating a long box S10.

[big_moss]

following and gonna use a lot of info from this thread. about to start on my girlfriends 59 32 series and wanting to do a later model frame swap. glad i found out that it is do able on an s10. i also have a 07 silverado front clip i was wondering if it would fir but it seems to be a little wide

[goathog02]

Originally Posted by 55dude

they made way more extended cab S10 trucks than long beds, you will spend less time cutting out 6" of frame than locating a long box S10.

Is the regular/long more of an exact match?

[ORBowtie]

Thank you for all the great information! This will be my winter project on my '59 3100. Only problem is I can't see any of the pictures s is there something I can do to see them?

Either way the info is still awesome!

Cheers!
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[gmoney38]

What he said. The pics are not there. What do we need to view the pics?