'38 Ford Pickup

What sort of frame mods are needed when running a chevy 350/turbo 400 in a stock 38 frame? How about sources of parts (fenders, running boards, bed parts, etc.)?

Lets see those 38/39 ford pickups. Here is mine, just picked it up on Sunday...

 

Looks like a good starting point.

Check out Ch***is Engineering for info on the engine/trans swap.

http://www.ch***isengineeringinc.com/page55.html

Basically you need to take the centre out of the x-member to allow
the trans to slide through and split the wishbone so that it clears the trans-pan.

The ch***is on the 38 1/2 ton pickups are basically the same as the 35-40 P***enger frames, so there is a heap of information out on the internet and here on the HAMB.


Here's a pic of my old pickup from about 10 years ago ...