Welcome to the site! Sounds like a fun project! I have no experience for you but there is a member here that I believe is doing something similar... maybe? But a Chevy truck body. j par Maybe along the way a few things might cross over from each of your projects.I have a 2000 Dodge Durango 5.9 that I want to put a 1957 dodge truck body onto. I was hoping to find someone with a similar project to toss around ideas with.
I have a 47 dodge truck on a 74 Ramcharger frame.
The Durango chassis is kinda wide for your 57, a Dakota chassis is about the right width.
I was wondering the same thing.FYI, not really sure why this is in the G3 Hemi swap section. All good, just a comment.
Just starting a project with my son to put 54 Fargo onto something. Sounds like Dakota is best fit. Was your donar frame an extended cab? Is that why you had to cut 23”?I am in the process of finishing putting a 59 dodge on a 2000 dakota chasis. Had to shorten the frame 23 inches and raise the bed floor a few inches to get the stance I was looking for. Other than that the swap was pretty easy. Here is a pic of the stance. Used a 5.9 magnum and 518 46RH trans. No cutting of the tunnel or firewall was necessary.
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Yeah it was an extended cab!Just starting a project with my son to put 54 Fargo onto something. Sounds like Dakota is best fit. Was your donar frame an extended cab? Is that why you had to cut 23”?