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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 | ok, well I just bought a rusted up truck, 56 chevy stepside, I'll be fixing the body but the frame is badly bent/cracked. I would love to be able to buy a suburban/blazer/s10 or something and just put the body on it. that way I'd get the engine, tranny, axles, power steering... is this possible, I've heard of it being done with a 52 truck to a s10 longbed, but this is a tf so quite different. Anyone know what fits? Easyer the better as I know nothing about this stuff. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx. :confused:
Al
56 Chevy stepside 1/2 ton
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 72 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 72 |  howziit Alain! i also have a '56 half-ton, aka THE PINK LADY. my frame seems to be okay; if i had discovered any major damage, at most, i would find an identical frame, and replace/repair my damaged one. JMO, that would be the simplest solution to a frame swap.
Myron
1956 chevy 3100 stepside, Pro-Street stance, mild 454 BBC/350/9"/13" M/T'S, daily driver, aka THE PINK LADY
1957 Bel-Air coupe, 500 HP blown sbc in progress, aka LANI
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 81 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 81 | My advice is to take measurements of your wheelbase front to back. Measure from the middle of the wheel. Also measure your front and rear axle from brake drum to brake drum. Now head out to your local car lot and take some measurements! It can be that simple!  Once you have an idea of what will fit, spend some time at an auction and pick up something with body damage for cheap! Don't limit yourself to trucks. Try looking for a car with a frame under it. I'm putting a 1989 chevy Caprice under my 1963 chevy shortbed stepside project. A lot of early american cars from the 60's and even as late as the 80's had full frames under them. You can obviouly use earlier stuff, but parts are easier to locate for the newer stuff.
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.
1941 Pontiac business coupe
1947 Chev Coupe
1969 GTO ragtop
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 | The chevy/geo restoration pack the I received had all the measurements for the wheelbase etc. you can maybe get one and go from there and the best part all the material they send you is FREE! I love free so try that | | |
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