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| | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 66 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 66 | Hello all.
I'm looking for a late model donor truck to swap an AD truck body onto. I'm having some difficulty finding a damaged truck online. Does anyone have any good suggestions of where to search for whole salvage vehicles, insurance buyouts, etc?
Jon
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | Uhhhhhh, how about a salvage yard?? | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Salvage yards would be a good start, E-Bay is another. Totaled vehicles show up on there, usually you can get them cheap.
For your AD (I'm assuming it's an Advance Design '47-'54), you'll want a standard cab long bed S10. They're the best chassis for the modern chassis swap.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,317 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,317 | Just a suggestion....."Craigslists" for your local area might be a good place to put in a "Wanted" call. Most J-yards are connected together on a parts network.....give them a call. S10 trucks are common...I bought a whole running long bed regular cab truck with front sheetmetal damage for $150.
Online stuff will have you running all over the place....the Craigslists are localized and the j-yards will deliver for a price. Hope this helps. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 | In our area, there's an insurance pool accessable via internet. www.saisc.com Insurance companies usually send these things to auction. There are literally hundreds of cars & trucks on this salvage pool every two weeks here in Phoenix and in Tuscon. Check with your insurance company to see if they do something similar. Don | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | I would go to the bigger yards and to big event swap meets in your area,
Scott | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 66 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 66 | Thanks for the help. I'm actually looking at putting a big-bolt AD body on a full size 4x4 3/4 ton latemodel frame (88-06).
Jon
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 | Hey I have a 1992 4wd S10. Body is cancerous but the frame is tight. runs great has 21000 miles on rebuilt. Im located in michigan though and do not know if this will help ya. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | I don't know your neighborhood, but in mine (Seattle) there is a 4x4 swap meet coming up in the next few weeks and you might find such a thing somewhere like that. But I would bet you can buy one that runs and drives for $1000 if you look around awhile. The older ones are not very valuable.
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