Posted by MoparNorm on Monday, February 02, 2004 at 8:10AM :
In Reply to: 71 van conversion to 4x4 posted by Steve on Sunday, February 01, 2004 at 10:14PM :
No, you can't put a W framw under a B van, the B van is a unibody with a front subframe section.
I put a W250 running gear under this one. The rear was a straight bolt-up, the front required welding skill and fabrication of steering cross over and front spring perches and the entire subframe and unibody had to be fish plated and gusseted. A cross member was fabricated for the transfer case.
It worked great, it could out climb anything because of the wheelbase lenght and I had it 4 foot airborne a few times! It took about 5 weeks to convert it and I drove it to work everyday until the last week.
MN
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