Ken_Tremendous
Newbie
It's a long story, but I purchased an unfinished 98 1500 ext cab LS swap project. I was only interested in the drivetrain and I'm going to swap all of the drive train over to a 97 two door Tahoe that I have.
My plan was to put the rest of the truck up for sale. The issue I'm having is the truck is rust free and don't really want to just scrap it. I am in Minnesota Andrew Street trucks are in both impossible to come by. I found a '98 2500 (7.4) that has a rebuilt transmission and a new crate motor installed 3k miles ago, but is rusty. I want a truck that I can tow with when necessary. This price on this truck is about half of what the crate motor costs. I was thinking about just swapping the rust free body under the 2500 frame.
Anyway, to get to the main question. I know to check the frame where it curves under the front cab of the truck. Are there any other areas that I should check out? I just want to make sure that the frame is good before I purchase.
Thanks!
My plan was to put the rest of the truck up for sale. The issue I'm having is the truck is rust free and don't really want to just scrap it. I am in Minnesota Andrew Street trucks are in both impossible to come by. I found a '98 2500 (7.4) that has a rebuilt transmission and a new crate motor installed 3k miles ago, but is rusty. I want a truck that I can tow with when necessary. This price on this truck is about half of what the crate motor costs. I was thinking about just swapping the rust free body under the 2500 frame.
Anyway, to get to the main question. I know to check the frame where it curves under the front cab of the truck. Are there any other areas that I should check out? I just want to make sure that the frame is good before I purchase.
Thanks!