Re: S10 frame conversion body mounts
The drawings you've seen here, I believe, are loosely based on the AD brackets, but modified to mount the cab lower (which may also necessitate raising the bed or the bed floor). They are designed to use the factory S10 body mounts.
I'm hopefully going to start my 49 in the next month, but I'm going at it a little different. Some other guys have used early Jeep CJ5 mounts (about $25 for the energy suspension poly ones), and that's the route I'm taking. I've cut some 3x5" rectangle tubing, which I'll cap and use for my "outriggers" from the frame to go out and capture the body mount at the desired height. I'll mount my cab as low to the frame as I can, with the stock S-10 gas tank being the expected constraint as to how low I can go. Mine is also a little different in that I'm using an extended cab frame and will have a longer box (approx 4" longer) than the standard short box.
I've also seen guys not use a bushing between the frame and body, so just about anything will work.
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