A few weeks ago I brought home a 55 Chev for the wife and I to restore for her DD and it got me thinking. I live in Ca. and have to deal with very strict smog laws which has been the main hassle and delay for getting my 83 P/U on the road. I was sitting there looking at all the work that needed to be done on the Chev and thought how easy it was going to be to get running with out all the computer and smog BS, then it came to me; Why not through all my running gear in an older truck that I don't have to smog...
I talked it over with the wife and she loved the idea,(as long as her's was done first
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So here's the plan:
Sell the complete body from my 83 (posted in classifieds) and buy a 51-56 Willys flat fender pickup, plop that body on my chassis and cut away 90% of the wiring/smog/vacuum equipment and make life a little easier.
And here is the Question:
Has anyone on here done this yet? If so, what are some of the issues you ran into with the conversion.
Tell me what you think and check out my posting in the classifieds for prices on parts.
I talked it over with the wife and she loved the idea,(as long as her's was done first
)So here's the plan:
Sell the complete body from my 83 (posted in classifieds) and buy a 51-56 Willys flat fender pickup, plop that body on my chassis and cut away 90% of the wiring/smog/vacuum equipment and make life a little easier.
And here is the Question:
Has anyone on here done this yet? If so, what are some of the issues you ran into with the conversion.
Tell me what you think and check out my posting in the classifieds for prices on parts.
