The "Tan Brick" aka my 1997 Express Cobra conversion

[1project2many]

Nice. I wonder how many of us there are that appreciate what you're doing with your van. Our cutaway chassis vehicles don't have any resonators. FYI if you decide to do a "Rear disk swap" to the van rear there are some special gotchas. That axle is known in the 4X4 world as "the bastard rear" because the axle length, hub depth, and bearing to bearing dimensions are different from most other 14 bolt axles.

[Fast355]

Nice. I wonder how many of us there are that appreciate what you're doing with your van. Our cutaway chassis vehicles don't have any resonators. FYI if you decide to do a "Rear disk swap" to the van rear there are some special gotchas. That axle is known in the 4X4 world as "the bastard rear" because the axle length, hub depth, and bearing to bearing dimensions are different from most other 14 bolt axles.

No idea on that one....Same idea can be applied to a pickup truck or SUV or any car for that matter.

[JeepsAndGuns]

Nice deal of the parts van. That's going to be quite the undertaking swapping the frames. How do you plan on lifting the body? I can't imagine its lightweight.

[tayto]

Nice deal of the parts van. That's going to be quite the undertaking swapping the frames. How do you plan on lifting the body? I can't imagine its lightweight.

Access to a 2 post lift with enough overhead would be quite painless. Have done a few frame/body swaps this way on a handfull of fullsized 60s cars. I thought these g-vans were unibody? I know the previous body style was.

[Fast355]

Access to a 2 post lift with enough overhead would be quite painless. Have done a few frame/body swaps this way on a handfull of fullsized 60s cars. I thought these g-vans were unibody? I know the previous body style was.

Express vans are body on frame. I actually got the donor van running today without spending a dime. No knocks, no ticks, runs smooth.

[Fast355]

Here is the reason for the 1-ton frame.

[Fast355]

The frame donor fading fast!