Frame swap on a '77
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: McGrady NC
St. Jude Donor '15-'16
Frame swap on a '77
I preparing to swap frames under my '77. I have a great car with a bad frame and a great frame under a bad car. Simple.
My goal is to disconnect whatever needs to be disconnected, lift the body off of each frame, swap the good body's motor/tranny over to the good frame, and place the good body on the good frame. Then I will hook everything back up and swap over any better suspension parts as needed, although the good frame seems to have a solid suspension with new brakes and shocks which I very recently installed. From there I can take care of any residual details.
I just don't want to re-invent the wheel here or miss some simple detail. I'm looking for some fairly comprehensive instructions and as many good tips as I can get to make it go as smoothly as possible.
Thanks!
My goal is to disconnect whatever needs to be disconnected, lift the body off of each frame, swap the good body's motor/tranny over to the good frame, and place the good body on the good frame. Then I will hook everything back up and swap over any better suspension parts as needed, although the good frame seems to have a solid suspension with new brakes and shocks which I very recently installed. From there I can take care of any residual details.
I just don't want to re-invent the wheel here or miss some simple detail. I'm looking for some fairly comprehensive instructions and as many good tips as I can get to make it go as smoothly as possible.
Thanks!
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,503
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From: McGrady NC
St. Jude Donor '15-'16
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Oxford Ohio
Does it seem like brake lines aren't lasting as long as in the past. I had one with a small leak on my Lincoln and by the time I was done today, all the brake and fuel lines were in such bad shape that they all had to be replaced.
I gues when they go to brake by wire, that will be the end of it. I guess they're working on fuel by wire already.
I gues when they go to brake by wire, that will be the end of it. I guess they're working on fuel by wire already.
