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I put 1973 GMC truck front end assembly under my 1965 Chevy truck.Has anyone else done this and how did it work out?

Every place that I've read about these conversions says it works great. You are now converted to 5 lug and disc brakes, right? You should use everything from the 1973. gear box, pitman arm, crosslink, spindles.

I haven't done the whole assembly, but I have done the conversion using the modern spindles, but using my old control arms. I've read that using the whole assembly works too. Mine is 8 lug, and I didn't know where to source a 3/4 ton front end, so I had to buy kits. I wish I'd known then what I know now, I could have save a ton of money.

I did it and worked well. You just have to change out your tie rods and ball joints for whatever year spindles you have and I took the steering linkage from the donor otherwise you have to use some tie rod adjuster sleeves. They are $50 bucks

On my 64' I used an 87' model, and it was a breeze. I now have disc brakes, power steering, and parts that are 20+ newer. Even managed to score the sway bar.

How the swap turn out?

I did a 91 Suburban suspension/cross member swap on my 66 Suburban and it turned out great.