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| | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 | My son's '46 Chevy 1/2-ton will soon start it's road to resurrection. I'm looking for a good IFS swap for the '46 that's proven and won't bankrupt the project. Ideas?
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | I know a guy who has swapped an entire S-10 frame under a '39. I believe the '39 and '46 are similar enough underneath that it shouldn't be too difficult. He is about 600 miles from me, so I can't just drop by and take pictures...
I've seen a couple of Art Deco trucks with Corvair IFS underneath. I'm told its a pretty simple project, and likely not very expensive. If I remember right the Corvair Greenbriar van IFS is supposed to be the best one for this. They were not available with disk brakes, though I know some conversions were available for the cars.
Another idea might be to grab a Toyota pickup frame from the years when they used 6-lug wheels. I haven't looked at one with out a body, but from underneath they look easy to work with. You'd then have modern suspension and the ability to run stock looking wheels.
I toyed with putting a 4x4 Toyota under one of my trucks. The wheelbase was short, but otherwise the measurements all seemed doable for a '54 Chevy.
Obviously I'd rather think up answers for your truck than work this afternoon. I'd better focus on getting something done!
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It's true. I really don't do anything but browse the Internet looking for trouble... | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4 | Originally posted by patrick66:
My son's '46 Chevy 1/2-ton will soon start it's road to resurrection. I'm looking for a good IFS swap for the '46 that's proven and won't bankrupt the project. Ideas? Hi, I have a 39chevy that I put a sub frame under it out of a 78 nova ,wasn't a hard job at all some welding and some bolting up ,made one heck of a differance in ride and handling,and a plus is disc brakesan power steering, have fun Slim ps older camaro's are the same ,
Slim "Chevys are Forever"
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