Hi all, I’m looking at a 54 Chevy that i want to buy but it’s on a g body frame. I’m not sure it was channelled but maybe with a dark color the frame isn’t too visible and in the back with fender skirts it wouldn’t be too bad and or maybe adding a chrome strip at the bottom. However by the front wheels would drive me nuts. Do you think it would be possible to have a shop move the corner of the ch***is back so it’s not visible and it’s possible to cover that with sheet metal like with a stock 54? another option is to have a shop put the body on a stock frame and put a mustang 2 front end but then this project might get too pricey. I imagine moving the corner back towards the rear of the car would be a more cost effective option. Also I do want to bag it and perhaps I would need to put skinnier tires especially in the front so they don’t rub (hard to tell until I see the car but I know some have bagged the 49-54 front with a g body frame and been ok)
The 1953-54 Chevy sedan has a 115" wheelbase, the G-body El-Camino is 117", looks like instead of shortening the frame they pushed the front wheels 2" forward of where they should be, if the front wheels were in the proper place that would do a lot to hide the frame kickout.
thanks. What would the fix be at this point? Modify the ch***is to make that corner further back so it’s not as visible? It seems it would be too much work to move everything else further back as the engine/trans/steering column, radiator, etc would need work to fit it being shifted back. also I read online just now many of the g body wheelbases are 108 inches. Hmmmm
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