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RE: [oletrucks] S10 4X4 Frame

To: "Durwood B. Darbin" <dhckdkcsk@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] S10 4X4 Frame
From: zman <zman@gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:41:07 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Durwood B. Darbin wrote:
> Why would you want to put an old engine in a new frame swap?  I thought that 
> the beauty of the frame swap was the modern engine, suspension, 
> transmission, steering and other stuff in an OLD Pcup.
> 
> The frame swap donor would have to be have the same wheel base as the 49 (or 
> really close to it).

If it's the long wheelbase S10 it shoud be correct. It is for my '59. I've 
been debating it myself. 

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