Hi Jon,
Hopefully, you have the space to keep both donor vehicles around until your project is at least near completion. It's great to have "choices" when it comes to steering collumn, pedals, motormounts, fasteners etc. You can do a lot on the cheap if you apply a little imagination to your 'recycled' parts. TooManyToCount's Large Marge project was a wakeup call for me to grasp just how straight forward such an op can be. One big swap and you get newer tech driveline, suspension, brakes, steering, etc. What vehicle is easier to find parts for than a 88-99 S10? The truck in my sig line was a shell, but with 10-20 hours of labor to rip into the donor vehicles, and test fit things, it's coming along surprisingly easy. I have three weekend i it so far. If your donor is a 2wd S10 you will most likely need a wider rearend. I used a AWD GMC Typhoon rear, which is essentially a the same as 4wd & AWD S10 trucks, and is approx 4 inches wider than the 2wd rear. Rumor has it that the C/K pickups are another 4 inches beyond that. You may be able to get away with putting leaf spring perches on the Impala rear. "Tape measure Please!" My garage is not heated and my bones can't take the cold weather, so my work stops pretty much in the winter time and I sit at the PC and get fat <grin>. All the best. Keep us posted on your project! Mike V - NE Ohio
