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Re: Newbie dropping 350/auto into my '59 chev
I assume it is a 6 cylinder so why not get the V8 front brackets and bolt them in using the stock V8 mount system. The stock radiator is the same for the 6 or the V8 and it will cool a stock 350 v8 fine. If you were going to modify the frame I too would get a second frame and start chopping that as they are around. A stock original big window fleetside shortbox is a rare comidity. I am building one from two trucks and still am having trouble finding a factory 59 V8 shortbox frame or just the title VIN plate from such just to make it numbers match. Good luck and let us see some pictures of what you have to start with. Mark
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Last edited by HOTFUN; 07-01-2006 at 01:09 PM.
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