Has anyone done an Advance Design to Squarebody frame swap?

[Gregski]

not sure if this is sacrilegious to ask, but my '74 half ton short bed aint exactly the purdiest truck to look at, yet my knees get weak any time I see a bull nose '54 so is it possible to transplant the Advance Design fantastic body lines onto the 73-87 frame / chassis?

now I've heard of the S10 frame swaps, but I don't want to buy another truck if I aint got to, plus I got no place for two trucks let alone three

[dubds10]

If you can structural weld then anything is possible. Seen a few on C10 chassis but they do have a wider track width so the frontend is typically not tucked in the fenders depending on what tire/rim combo you use.

[mr48chev]

I'm not a fan of chassis swaps under 3100's unless you don't have a stock frame to work with but since you don't have an early truck to start with what about finding a 1-1/2 ton with a solid cab and good nose and putting the cab and nose on your square body chassis and then putting a matching short box bed on it and widen the rear fenders to match? Quite often a guy can find a pretty decent 1-1/2 ton with a good cab and nice nose and a very dead engine for a whole lot less than he would have to pay for a 3100 in the same condition. The fenders are enough wider that you don't have a tire sticking out problem and you can run as big a tire as you like.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by dubds10

If you can structural weld then anything is possible. Seen a few on C10 chassis but they do have a wider track width so the frontend is typically not tucked in the fenders depending on what tire/rim combo you use.

Thank you, so I am a newb but love to learn stuff, so what I am hearing is that the Advance Design trucks are narrower than the CK trucks, correct? The Wiki unfortunately doesn't give us the width measurements they do give us wheel base and length, so that's why I didn't know.

Do you know by how much they are different?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

... what about finding a 1-1/2 ton with a solid cab and good nose and putting the cab and nose on your square body chassis and then putting a matching short box bed on it and widen the rear fenders to match?

You know I haven't thought of that? I didn't even know 4100s and 4400s existed, dope, thank you for the idea

[dubds10]

The track width difference is roughly 6" if I remember correctly so 3" on each side extra. After 1Tons the bigger trucks have the wider nose but the fender wheelopening is larger as well so needs big rims or tires to fill it in.

[oossuuu754]

I would hit up Chris at Ole Sarge Customs - skymangs on the forum here. If anyone could do it he could or would have the idea how.