BillM
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53 chevy
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you can put a 302 gmc straight six in there for more power or if you look around the bellhousing from a 55-59 chevy with a v8 should let you install a 454 using stock parts.
you would need to fabricate some 55 chevy style front mounts to bolt alongsode th etiming chaincover (front of th eengine)
You might even find a 292 straight six to put in there.
Even so switching to an automatic and v8 isn;t too tough but swapping that body to a modern frame is a bitch and the end result is always some kind of frankenstein cobbled up
Im not saying you couldn;t do th ework good, Im saying the new frame under the old truck looks...not right.
something like a crown vic, plymouth fury torsion bar, or mustang II suspension fitted into the old frame looks 100 times more sano than a subframe job or a frame swap.
My brother just bought a guy out of a 56 chevy truck project it has the original I beam front axle but with disc brakes and power steering. it has a kick ass old chrome decorated tilt telescopign column from an old caddy
you would need to fabricate some 55 chevy style front mounts to bolt alongsode th etiming chaincover (front of th eengine)
You might even find a 292 straight six to put in there.
Even so switching to an automatic and v8 isn;t too tough but swapping that body to a modern frame is a bitch and the end result is always some kind of frankenstein cobbled up
Im not saying you couldn;t do th ework good, Im saying the new frame under the old truck looks...not right.
something like a crown vic, plymouth fury torsion bar, or mustang II suspension fitted into the old frame looks 100 times more sano than a subframe job or a frame swap.
My brother just bought a guy out of a 56 chevy truck project it has the original I beam front axle but with disc brakes and power steering. it has a kick ass old chrome decorated tilt telescopign column from an old caddy
