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    53 New Yorker frame swap ideas?

    The one that I miss most is a '53 Buick that I used to own. What a sweetheart!!
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    New old guy.....

    I thought I was all through, but my grandson wants to put a rod together, so we might dust off the tools and have another go at it. I was thinking something relatively cheap and easy.....maybe like this in the style of a Lakes Modified.... S10 body with the top cut off, leaving the windshield...
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    New old guy.....

    Yes, and Hotrodders.com
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    S10 front suspension lowered shocks

    Shame on me. My apologies. I had forgotten that the S10 shock attached to the spring and not the housing. And Undercover Customs, you are of course correct about the lowered spindles. Some days are diamonds and some days are stones. Mayonaise on your sammy?? I LOVE ANYTHING THAT TURNS MONEY...
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    New old guy.....

    Thanks Lawrence, appreciate the welcome. :D
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    Shake down

    Brings back memories. During my high school years, I used to date a girl whose father ran a team of bricklayers. He would work me on summer vacations and would come by the house in the mornings in his '59 to pick me up.
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    53 New Yorker frame swap ideas?

    I originally wrote that tutorial, then it was amended by several other members. jml, I might be lookin' at a Dodge Dakota, 1st Gen, '96 or earlier. There is some dissimilarity in the track widths that would make you get creative with wheel widths and backsets, but if you would like a frame to...
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    New old guy.....

    Hello fellows and gals, Richard here, with a brain full of automotive knowledge gathered over the past 75 years on this planet. I've done engine swaps, clip swaps, frame swaps, differential swaps, transmission swaps and just about any kind of swap you can think of. I've rebuilt motors...
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    Anybody love the old gassers?

    Pictures please !!!!!! [cl
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    S10 front suspension lowered shocks

    Ummm, yeah it does. Anytime you move the differential up or down, or the lower control arm on the front end, you need to compensate for the increased or decreased travel of the shocks. If, for instance, you are lowering the rear of the vehicle by 2 inches, you will also need to extend the upper...
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    I got a big problem

    FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. You have to keep after it yourself or it will go away. I would begin with finding out who is bringing this to the fore. These ideas originate somewhere, so find out who the person or persons are who are supporting these ideas. See if you can talk to them and find out what...
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