Definitive S-10 Frame Swap Vehicle List

i don't know how much a stripped cab would weigh, but i don't think it could possibly weigh as much as an engine could it?

 

maybe iexpplane it wrong a 1ton = 2000mm long a 2ton is 2500mm long and that is maybe important for the height...???

 

I think either would do. All you have to do is get the cab an inch or two above the frame in order to get it off/on. And both cranes would do that.

~Jason

 

Drive it back!



More here:
http://www.floatingcubans.com/

~Jason

 

i life in germany in the near from wiesbaden there is a us-army base.. i realy enjoy when i drive to work to see al these guys with the big suv. but what suprised me is realy a lot of these soldiers are driving audi and Vokswagen..

 

just for fun sompthing else http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh7SdIBz-cM

 

To increase the front track without replacing the wheels I wonder if metric chassis GM stock or aftermarket control arms would be any longer or even bolt up?

 

Hmmmmm... that's a good question!

~Jason

 

i beleve the mertic gms have the same basic stuff as an s10 i know that the donk guys put 2wd s10 lift kits on to fit the rediculis wheels on them

 

What are donk guys?

 

You probably don't want to know, I wish i didn't know. You'd be best not to know.

 

I refuse to post a picture.

But a "donk" is an 80's full-size car, usually GM, with like 21" + wheels on it. Imagine an '85 Caprice Classic that sits 3' off the ground on really, really goddamned tall gold wire wheels.

~Jason

 

I'm in love!!

 

OH. MY. GOD.

I'm going to go take a shower now, and cry in a fetal position on the floor...

~Jason

 

Ok me and the Boss just picked up a 98S10 ext cab with a wheelbase of 122"to throw under my 48 F2 Trucks (wheelbase of 122").... details and pictures to follow

new here and LOVE the board

 

hey scott48f2

nice too have you here please send the pics..

 

I believe the control arms and spindles are the same between the G-bodies and the S-10's. I had a 79 malibu, and I used S-10 drop spindles on it. I think the width difference is in the frame width.

 

Maybe we can help you out! And ditto what bigtumtum said!

~Jason

 

Anyone have pictures of their cross members under the radiator?

 

sounds like the combo to use us s10 back half of frame and gm a body front half because of the track width being closer to stock. and all this time i thought "donk" was a outback term. that is some funny shit!

 

this weekend i have mountend the cab-brackets to the frame and i installed the engine here are the pics

 

Wow!

You've been working really hard on that! And... is that SNOW on the ground?

I must say, the fit of the brackets is really nice... nicer than the factory! You're really coming along!

And because of this forum, and the progress pictures you've posted, this makes you as famous as that Lakota guy who did the first well documented S-10 swap, as this project will consistently come up in Google searches!

Awesome job, man!

~Jason

 

I still give Clark credit for that...

 

you guys should start a group forum for this off topic stuff,
no other thread has been so off topic and lasted for so long.

 

Not sure if I ever posted this how-to:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8491

It was done by these guys:


And yes, those were all S-10s at one time!

~Jason

 

Sorry, Paul - is there a way to clean up the thread to remove the unnecessary BS so we can retain it? It really has helped a lot of folks out.

I mean, I'd even be willing to take the time to do so, if granted temporary powers to do so.

~Jason

 

I am serious,
but mean no offence
this particular build technique is street rod building
not that there is anything wrong with it,
but it should never be confused with traditional hot rod building
and therefor I have serious doubts as to whether it belongs on the main forum.

 

My 54 Dodge sits on the 117 S10 frame. Hacked a little off the front and rear of the frame to get it to fit along with some new frame mounts. I even used the factory GM wire harness, fuel lines, and tranny lines. I used Advanced motor mounts for the Pontiac 350 and TH 350 trans. A fuel cell and Belltech suspension.

 

that would be Clark, used to be SoWhat.

I would also beg to differ on your "those were all S-10s at one time!" coment. Not one of them was ever an S10, they were all old trucks. They merely used an S10 frame. It may be semantics but like my Int'l, it was never an S10.

 

You said "but it should never be confused with traditional hot rod building" Please define this as the original HAMB folk or folks meant it to be? I have seen a few other posts with someone saying that the thread or car was not a "traditional hot rod"