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#10041 10/19/2003 5:07 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 | I am contemplating on buying a'50 Chevy half ton p/u and the guy will throw in a '75 silverado so I can transfer the suspensions over. Is this possible? would't the '75 be too wide?
Any info or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Gabe :confused:
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#10043 10/19/2003 6:15 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 | Thanks for the info Hedgehog. I appreciate the link to your project site it will be very helpful. TD
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#10044 10/20/2003 5:10 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | There are other ways to perform this swap. The link above shows how to narrow the crossmember, which addresses the width problem. Other's have made spacers to mount the crossmember, using about 1/2-inch on each side, and used the same spacers to mount the steering components.
Using spacers it does end up pretty wide unless you use wheels with lots of negative backspace.
Another common IFS solution is to use a Camaro or Chevelle subframe. These are too wide also, and I've seen one guy who widened the front fenders to get a wide low look and to cover his front tires.
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