bagged isuzu 47-54 ad swap

[sikwidit]

so first of all my names joe and have visited this forum on the daily for years to one day build a truck of my own and would love if i could get some great advice from anyone that is willing to lend some open ears

so first thing first my plan is to build a 47-54 chevy or gmc on top of my 1998 isuzu extended cab v6 4.3 bagged on the links with a wishbone and custom bridge work with air tank on a hand made fuel cell built to look like a coffin.
drive train everything from isuzu 4.3 v6 vortec auto trans
took every wire tail lights everything lol







so the frame is done ready for the fab my frame needs and i will not shorten the frame want to run big wheels and make my own bed

if anyone has any pictures of whats next that would be much help where to cut front how to make cab mounts and the most painful part all the wiring to keep all my isuzu aka all the same as s10/sanoma

thank you all

[iowaboynca]

For anyone in the peanut gallery that wants to blow a gasket w/ "Isuzu?!?"...its a rebadged S10...but you all knew that.

Welcome sikwidit!

You should be able to find most of your answers in the S10 how to thread. I linked it for convenience:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=632686

[mongocanfly]

^^^^haha^^^^..there'd probably be more gaskets blown at the word"s10" than it would for isuzu...that is until they realize its the same truck..

wlecome...nice project..
lots of build threads here doing what your looking for..use the search bar and it'll take you down that long road...

[joedoh]

I have done the 98-03 S10 "save every wire, use every part" swap, twice! a 99 sonoma under a 47 GMC and a 03 S10 under a 49 chevy.

the hardest part is building the mount for the steering column and pedal assembly. besides that though, it is as easy as any other s10 swap. on the main page is an S10 swap how to, I recommend reading up

[sikwidit]

ok guys might seem like a dumb question but is there anything left from the cab that i need to save to keep for the 47-54

[joedoh]

if you intend to use the wiring harness and steering column I would carve out the brake booster/steering column section of the firewall, and a second cutout of the main harness pass through.

You might also want to mock up a steering column/pedal mount while you still have the cab, so you can get the right relationship. reusing all the harness means you need to keep the column and switches and pedals, not much use in trying to make aftermarket stuff interface.

[sikwidit]

so for the past two weeks i was on a mission to find my self a cab and found a gem.
the paper work on it says its a 55 with a one piece windshield with the rear 3 window

clean title so happy. now to start cutting

[sikwidit]

as of now no cutting has been done just driving all over the place trying to find the remaining parts i need

parts left on my list

1. 1947-53 chevy grill
2. 1947-53 hood latch female part
3. 1947-53 chevy pass front fender
4. 1947-53 chevy driver front fender

if anyone around Fresno ca has any of these parts let me know thank yoi

[sikwidit]

so far so good found the parts i was missing just need the bed, rear fenders and tailgate but no rush.
i was able to cut the Isuzu in half no problem saved everything from the front removed windshield cut post and that's it now time to cut the 3100 floor board and Isuzu to fit and weld

[sikwidit]

got a little done cut the fire wall and took off cab mounts off frame just need to cut the fire wall to size from the hombre aka s10 and build cab mounts, progress