New rolling chassis for your old truck

   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #1  

bcp

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Get that rusted frame replaced. You can afford it if you give up everything else you like. :D


Bruce
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #2  
Get that rusted frame replaced. You can afford it if you give up everything else you like. :D


Bruce
:( Bummer no RAM nor Rampage frames. Had high hopes, but found nothing.

Ouch, the pricing is higher than finding a restored complete truck from the ground up.
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #4  
I would have to win the lottery... and even then, think twice about buying one of those...
What I find interesting is, they use the Dana 60 differential, one of the most widely popular and copied diffs in history. So why so much money for these retro truck frames is beyond me.

I mean, even AMC back in the day used them as the cost was so inexpensive to make.

Sure it's one of the best bullet proof axles ever known too.
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Here is a restoration from the ground up. It's almost $10K. Then move the truck cab and bed over.
Ford F250 with Dana 60 front and rear 4x4 and 40-inch tires.
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Ref: Extreme Capability: F250 with Dana 60 Swap and 40-Inch Tires - autonewscenter
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #5  
Get that rusted frame replaced. You can afford it if you give up everything else you like. :D


Bruce
Ouch!
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #6  
Yep, made especially for the person with more money than brains. Shoot, my fully-restored 1932 Chevrolet Confederate BA is only worth about $40k.
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #8  
My friend has been doing this. I'm not a big Ram fan, but he likes the old Cummins, so he has been buying RAM Cummins pickups and using the chassis to build other trucks.
He's got a 1950 Mercury truck he wants to put on a RAM chassis for me.
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #9  
:( Bummer no RAM nor Rampage frames. Had high hopes, but found nothing.

Ouch, the pricing is higher than finding a restored complete truck from the ground up.
I just sold my 74 bronco for those prices, and no I am not buying one of those new ones.
 
   / New rolling chassis for your old truck #10  
The fact is, no one is making any more of these (in some cases, that's a good thing :)) but Bronco, Scout, and some others are very desirable (and there are people that have that much extra cash sitting around - no one that I know...)
 

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