Feel free to use the "Search This Thread" search in the red bar above this post to find what you want. There is a LOT of info here, and let's face it - nobody probably has time to read the entire thread. A lot of people ask me for specific dimensions and measurements, so I posted this at the top! You'll find those and SO much more HERE: Scroll down to page 51 and be enlightened!
Since this thread has started, it's turned into something of a vast repository of information, full of tech and how-tos, and other information specific to the S-10 chassis. If the mood strikes, feel free to add a pic or link.įor Ranger/Explorer Chassis swaps, feel free to visit our sister thread, here:įor Dakota chassis swaps, see this thread: If'n ya would, everybody post a few vehicles, year/make/model that they've either done or have heard of, and rate the difficulty from 1 - 5 (where "1" is easiest, and "5" is hardest). We cut off about 10 inches of the frame behind the rear axle. The S-10 has to be long bed, an extended cab might work, but no guarantees. I'd love to start one, if only for reference purposes, so it'll come up in searches or what-not, and has the potential to help a lot of people decide if they really want to do it or not. The wheel base OF A LONG BED 83-88 is about 3/4 of an inch different from the 1951’s. Using the S10 Frame Code504 Conversion Kits listed at the right: If you want your 1955, 56, 57, 58 or 59 Chevy Pickup to drive like a modern vehicle but don’t want to spend thousands of dollars for an aftermarket frame, our rolling S-10 chassis conversion is a great solution All of our S-10. Over all the 'net, I've yet to see a thread or post of a list of all the vehicles that have had S-10 frame swaps done. 1955-1959 Chevy TruckS10 Frame Conversion. Okay, okay - before you blast me for yet another S-10 frame swap post, I assure you: this one is different.
Please carry on the discussion for those, and for the Ranger/Explorer in the Definitive Chassis Swap Social Group. The paint and body show very well as does the interior, drive-train, and mechanical moving parts. THE S-10 and Dakota threads have been closed. Aircraft-inspired nacelles graced the hood of the attractively restyled 1960 Chevrolet C10, which now relied on independent front suspension (the pickup. This truck went through a partial frame up restoration a few years back.