[quote=ttexastyler]Hi fellas I have a 1950 3100 I'd like to put on an s10 chassis.
Having built both stock frames with MII conversions and S10 chassis swaps I still fail to understand the lemming rush to do S10s.
Jay Zed it sounds like you are a fan of the Mll conversion. I was initially leaning toward this as I would actually like to use and preserve as much of the truck/frame as I can. Believe me I'm not some punk [censored] hood rat that just found grandpas truck in the weeds and want to slam it and put a turbo and nos on it. I am very nostalgic about old vehicles.
In my initial assessment of my truck upon getting it home and in the shop is this- parked since 65, 216 may be seized, front steering components are worn, brake lines are broken,
I want to make this truck fun to drive with a small block Chevy(283 or 327) with a turbo 350 or maybe a 700r4 trans.
The truck needs all suspension/brakes/steering components replaced. I found a 99 xtreme s10 for $1000 with 94,000 km 10 miles from my farm so I thought it might be a good route to go being that the chassis has low miles.
I was looking at it purely from a dollar point of view, whole chassis for a grand or buy a m2 front end for more and still have a bunch of brake work and suspension to fix.
I want it to be a period correct hot rod type truck, a bit of an oxymoron i know when talking about putting it on a a newer chassis.
So I guess my question to you is what would you do If you were to do it again?
