o/t, anyone know anything about chebby frames?

[lightning_msd]

my dad has a suburban but he hit a lightpost behind the back door, all the frame and running gear is fine, just the body, so hes wondering... my grandma has a 93 chevy half ton that the frame is rotted out, the suburbans a 90, can the body from the half ton be switched over to the suburban with all the same running gear, also the half ton is 6 bolt 4x4, the suburban is 2x4 5 bolt. does anyone know anything about this or if it would work? the half ton is lwb reg cab, the suburban is lwb as well. thanks for any info in advance, just hate to find out the hard way

[bobbyinpd]

Chevrolet began changing their truck frames in the 1988 Model Year. 88 to 98 half ton pick ups have the same frame, but the suburbans ran the older truck frame until 92, when they changed to the 88-98 truck frames.

[lightning_msd]

i read somewhere in google that in 92 they added 2 inches in wheelbase, making it 133.5" instead of 131.5" thanks for the info, are you saying it wont bolt up?

[Ranchero50]

Probally not, the '96 burban I just put a rear in was different from trucks (2" wider at the flanges) so I had to swap the guts out.

Jamie

[bobbyinpd]

I'm fairly certain its a no go.

[lightning_msd]

alright, thanks guys, so if the suburban had the older truck frame, would an older style body work with it? from 79 to 87 i think?

[CA180]

Chebby half ton pickups all had the same frame frome 73-87. With obvious variations for short and long beds. I'm not sure past that, never owned one newer than 87 and didnt really research it much

[damassa]

lightning's daddy ...

screw it , ill just put lightnings 67 body on .... be the best lookin chebby i have ever seen LMAO

[damassa]

pretty sad that i got more input from here than off of the fullsize chevy forum

[CA180]

yeah, fsc seems to be a little slow at times. They dont discuss a whole lot. Plus they dont seem to venture out of there idividual sub-forums. You gotta pick the right sub to ask the question in.

[ezernut9mm]

pretty sad that i got more input from here than off of the fullsize chevy forum

if your set on parusing chevy forums, check out http://67-72chevytrucks.com/. it's pretty active.

[FormerMarine1981]

I personally hope that the knowledge about chebby's on this forum is learned from past mistakes

[lightning_msd]

dont get my father wrong (damassa ) by all means hes a ford guy, thats another thing he passed down to me. my brother bought a new car, a 79 chevette 2 door, i was thinkin, 350 FI in a chevette

[FormerMarine1981]

Yeah It was just meant as a slight jab. My dad drives a chebby too. In fact they have 3 GM vehicles now. Unless you count my sisters Mazda my brother and myself are the only ones with Fords in the fam

[gmcjimmy88]

Another good forum site to check out is www.coloradok5.com they are really knowlegeable about blazers but I have got a lot of great info from them about suburbans and trucks. it is a pay site but you can post free in most of the sub topics. Good luck.