Hi Jason;
Yesterday afternoon I went to a Cadillac dealer to get more info on the caddy. The car is parked in the weeds so thick, I could not determine that it is a unibody. Now that I know that, I am scrapping the Caddy idea all together.
I just got off craigslist a moment ago, I found some one with a GM van frame with 10 lug independant front suspension. He didn't give much description, so I am waiting for him to get back to my email sent. It sounds like it must be a 1 ton or bigger chassis? Most 1/2 & 3/4 ton GM vans are uni-body's? I have not seen any GM astro vans/mini vans. They probably have a unibody also? hmmmm
I have never done a car/truck from scratch before, so I am having a hard time figuring out what all I need to take in consideration to make this work. I'm sure that a COS would be harder than most? I may need to build a chassis from scratch for it.
I have seen photos of a few 39 era COE's sitting low like I want mine. But I have not gotten any info on what they sat the cab on to get the body on the ground. I have also seen a few photos of COE's with the motor behind the cab, but I really don't want that. Having the motor/trans up front probably will take up a lot of floor space & there isn't much floor to give up. So I probably will have a big doghouse in the cab? I may not be able to avoid that?
I will give an update once I figure out what this GM chassis on Craigslist is...
Thank you for your reply
