Can you put a rear end from a 54 Chevrolet into a 49/51 GMC??? If they are all 1/2 ton? What if it is 3/4 ton? Does it make any difference? Will the U-joints line up? Do Chevy/GMC have different wheel base lenghts?? My 51/49 gmc's are 116" and 125" respectively. Are the cheverolets different by something weird like 1.75" or something to where I can't swap thhem out??

AND--on my 49 GMC which is 248-I6, 6-lug-1/2ton, 125-1/4" wheel base, 4-speed truck, can I put a 56 Chevy 4 speed tranny with a PTO into the same truck? I want to turn the flat bed on the truck itno a light duty dump bed. So could I use a 56 Chevy 4speed with PTO as part of that project?? AND--what else would i need in addition to the PTO unit to make it a dump bed? Hydraulics, bracing, etc... I have seen some homemade type dump beds, but i would like to find some orignal factory made stuff just to make it easier. Thanks.

Whether you think you can or can't, you're right.

Also--in 2004, I invented the spotting alert network in stovebolt after seeing so many trucks when driving around. So that means I am cool.