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Old 10-27-2016, 01:11 PM   #17
mr48chev
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Re: Chevy 250 swap into 53 pickup

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Originally Posted by Wrenchbender Ret View Post
If you can find a crossmember from a 54 it will fit the frame & accept the 55 up v-8 truck mounts.
I have a 54 frame under my 48 and that did make it a bolt in swap.

The 48 did have the stock frame and crossmember with the 194 and cast iron V8 truck bellhousing when I bought it but I don't remember if they had modified it. I don't think the mods are all that hard to do though to make it work.
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