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Srpmstreetrods has the most parts I have found for the 39-47's. they are great to deal with too

MikeC Yes I set motor back 5 inches ( left it at that so I could just drop in a sbc). I also had to shorten drive shaft but didnt end up having to extend steering shaft. I just cutting the weld on the bolt flange to firewall and slid it up column about 4 inches and rewelding to column. It gave...

For the speedo I bought a GPS style new speedo from summit. Gutted old one using only face plate,glass and bezel.

ChrisC, I love the truck. It handles great and drives strait. It is such a fun truck to drive ESP with the 5-speed. The 2.8 has more guts then I thought. I know it's not a v8 but I can still spin both rear wheels pullin three gears. The truck doesn't weigh much either. The biggest tip...

Evil, I used a short box standard cab. I had to shorten my bed about 8 inches. 05 is correct on mounting fenders and wheelbase. I mounted fenders to the cab and fab'd up a rad support to frame. As far as mounting cab I used the rear original s10 mounts (cut off the back part of mount to...

Thanks Yes I was planning on a small block originally but the wife only gave a $3200. Budget. Once I got it on the road the truck I too damn fun to drive now to put down for an engine change. Lol. Anyway, I have never used an s10 under an old truck and wish I would have for the last couple...

Rear view

Cab and frt mounted

Some more build pics

Thank you It has a 2.8 v6 with the t-5. I only had the budget for the stock engine and trans. :)

My 47 dodge truck on top of a 93s10 running gear. Built in seven weeks on my back patio using junk I had sitting around.