How to do a Body Swap on a Budget - Vintage Chevy on a Dodge Cummins 4x4 Dually Chassis - Moose III 

Agreed..they are the coolest

I figure it might do pretty well.....Hopin' we never see that kind of mess....Im willin to do what it takes for peace and Love always

I believe this is the coolest read I've had in a long time!!! If you've followed the journey on the Nationwide Danger Ride on this channel .. You can see where and from who we actually bought this awesome truck from ...Concrete/Marblemount area ... We still enjoy #MooseTheManbuhlance so very much !!!

The things we do in my Merica....

Awesome man!!! Hope it helps !!

Yep...Me too...It was in my head so I went for it

Many thanks man...Would love to show this beast to you someday

"Dudes" not Duds Sorry, man typing with ten thumbs!

Glad you dig it man

Awesome man...Just measure the wheel bases of those rides and see if they're close before you go for it. Your 96 Dodge chassis will most likely be like my 95 if was a regular cab. As far as the 71 Burb, I cant remember how similar that is to my 62 body. Hopefully, you'll have a little more room in the engine bay too. Good luck with it!!! Will be cool..and thanks for watchin!!

Yes....they are the coolest ever

We had a ball doin this one....many thanks!!

That's awesome...best of luck with the project

Where are about a are ya

Agreed...nice lift...and a forklift too..absolute luxury for most for sure...agreed...was real nice to have those tools at hand!!

That's a big compliment...many many thanks..That's what I intend to do buddy

Definitely a rad group of dudes ... very fortunate to know them

Thank you so much for the kind words...really glad you liked it

Really really appreciate that ... Yes, some extremely cool and talented people worked on this rig.

YES!!! Absolutely...you'll see that in a future episodes!!!

Awesome...Sounds like you might be a Chevy man!! Appreciate you comin along for the ride...Many many thanks!!

@@ElReysGarage I was born with bow tie heart beat, that has blue GM bloodstream. How's that for a chevy chevy man. 12 rides in my life, I beleave 10 out 12, GM, one being a 1960 2 door Studebaker lark. Really a cool ride. Can't wait to get the 65 war wagon and get started. Some body work will be the longest and hardest part. Wish me luck George in Rye Tx. Keep on rolling, be safe and have fun.

Just pick up my 1964 1 ton 10.5' special order transportation bus. Found this truck first time in California, at lest 10 years ago. t was a crew truck for a timber company. Crazy still looking up info. Have to find ad again, but look at it a year ago as close as 30 miles from home. Now a month ago I found in10 miles close, but on the north of me now. As soon as I figure out how to post pictures I will. George in Rye Tx, keep on rolling brother. Have some pictures on chevy 60-66, black and white top.

Many thanks W Webb ... That truck is still purrin like a kitten and pullin like a beast .. Amazing piece of machinery. And still hangin out with those fellers too!! Lucky indeed

Yezzir...The Danger Ride lives!! Many thanks for this comment...Inspires me to get on with the editing...I been laggin'!!!

This makes my day man...That Travco gonna be huge/sick !! Lookin' forward to seein' that come together. Are you guttin' the inside and settin' it up for glamping and what not??

Many thanks man!!

Appreciate that so much..Makes my day readin' this.....Im always amazed when people see our grassroots car show!!! Where did you see it??

Pist-n-Broke

Yezzir.....Those guys (and girls) from the Pist-n-Broke CC are the best!!

I hope your son is into it..will make it fun to get it done together.

Thank you very much...has been a great truck so far!!

Many thanks....Definitely a pretty cool old piece of iron!!

Appreciated...Hope it helps others...Many thanks for watchin and the comment

Thank you so much...Has been a real workhorse for us!! Still purrs like a kitten

Was honored to hang out with Deboss .. I learned a lot from him when I was doing my research. Will be headed back out on the road with a newer trailer tomorrow....will definitely try to keep the emergencies to a minimum!! Many thanks!!

Many many thanks ... appreciate you my brother

It was nice work and turned out sweet!

It's true..that lift and forklift were a nice luxury to have! When I meant fancy..I meant..you know..indoor I guess...I was lucky to have those dudes and that area to work in for sure!!

@@ElReysGarage Seems like some good guys which reflects well on you too. Hopefully y'all are enjoying it!

They are the best...very grateful

So glad you dig it...has been a beast so far...first diesel Ive ever had..Im hooked pretty good!!

Many many thanks....You must be a real patriot to understand 4x4 dually Cummins action

Thats great man...I was hopin' that the tags would lead body swap builders to this vid....Im hopin' that it can help and also inspire to go for it. Much appreciated!!

Thanks so much...Honored to have you!!!

Many thanks for all of that!!!! Glad you dig it!!

Great question actually. I truly dont know for sure. For sure can be done with a little cut and weld here and there. I think that the steering linkage/box .. brake booster location and linkage .. would be the issues. .. I dont know Christine .. tough one that will definitely come with some research. Some Ford truck forums are great for that too ... I think that some research into 85 series chassis/wheelbase/dimensions will shed some light too. Cool project if you can pull it off ... Got yerself a possible side biz there too!!!

So glad .... Tryin hard to make decent content for sure!!

More to come...we're just warmin' up

Many thanks man...so far so good!!

Yep...that would be cool for sure

Really appreciate that

Thank you....so far so good!!

INDEED!!

Many thanks Gabe

That's right....every job needs a supervisor

Thanks man

Would be great to have you both in the cage!!

So thankful you dig this one!! Moose is a beast for sure

Much appreciated!!

Much appreciated!!

Appreciate that very much!!

Muchas gracias familia

Many many thanks Scott

That ol 95 body wasnt hidden too long....was sold to a guy that needed the body panels

@@ElReysGarage hell yeah brother !

I believe that is correct. I chose the 62 one ton panel because it was the same wheelbase as the 93-97 Dodge dually with the Cummins. I was also looking at finding a 59 one ton panel also. So...definitely do the homework on wheelbases out there. I believe at the time...I was centered on finding a 59 one ton panel because the wheelbase is exact. The 62 was 1.7 inches different as far as wheels centering up in the wheel wells. As far as if will work as easily...will everything fit the same...do not know for sure. We didnt have to cut the firewall....but did have to shave a little from behind the grill. We also had to shorten the brake booster bracket. The space in the engine bay for the Dodge/Cummins is just larger than what we had in the 62...You may find with the 59 that space may be about the same. No matter what...It can be done. And thanks for watchin this stuff!!

Well, to be honest...I dont know. I'd have to research that setup. But I figure, an automatic from the Dodge would be told what to do by a computer...a TCM...that TCM may also be communicating with the brains of the operation (The ECM) ... so there may be some sensors involved. Now, if you were to use all the Dodge sensors and wiring for the Cummins and the trans...You might be just fine. You will run into questions and problems to solve..BUT...THAT...my brother is part of the fun!!! You can do it

Much appreciated man!!

Sounds like a cool project

So when I’m asking how to bypass the safety position switch so the computer will send the signal to bridge the relay starter to turn

If I understand correctly, If this is a neutral safety switch or some kind of switch...I would say maybe a "bypass" would work...meaning, one wire goes into the switch with 12V power, and when the switch is activated by whatever it is that usually activates it , that power comes out of the other side wire (Im picturing 2 wire switch) ...So if that is the case, if those 2 wires are wired together (bybassing the switch altogether), the computer or whatever reads that switch now believes it is "safe" .. I hope that helps. Without being there to see it and figure it out, that is my best guess.@@illuminateBeats1

Never done that swap but seems pretty straight forward..where body mounts would line up I would think. You will have to figure out a few linkage issues with the additional shifter for the 4 wheel drive I would think...but seems to be a straight forward swap. I would definitely ask around, take some measurements...do some research..but in my optimistic view..seems like a nice and easy swap being the same year truck. Unless you have some kind of camper special where the wheel base is a different length. Better check that one..wheel base length..huge!!

I'd say if it's in your head to do it....Might as well go for it.....BUT.....I would check measurements of wheel base length and width before goin' for it......make sure you know what yer in for. Also, that Charger will most likely be worth more stock than tearin' into it...Just my 2 cents which aint worth a whole lot....about 2 cents I figure. I personally like to take beat up buckets with bad drive trains and upgrade the guts of em

@@ElReysGarage its a single cab short bed I'm gonna see if someone could make a fiberglass body. And I'm also gonna look at a 360 magnum with a carb convertion and long tube headers. There's a episode of the dukes of hazzard where they lift the general lee I'm aiming to make it look like the lifted general lee.

You are right...Im laggin' hard!! I been super busy

Yes, not for everybody...I built this to tow a travel trailer and haul a lot of weight. When you get into towing heavier loads, the dually is usually where you end up eventually. I think the addition of step side fenders from 55-59 cut and mounted correctly would be the right thing to do eventually....but....that would require to paint over the old ambulance patina hand painted telephone numbers....Just not ready to do that yet.

You just have to look up the wheel base dimensions on both trucks...that will help you in your decision making

@@ElReysGarage Thank you for the info..Big fan and much respect for your work and inspiration Ray...

I bought the used 95 Dodge 3500 truck for 2800.00 ... That truck had the 5.9 Cummins in it...but also had a bad automatic 47RH trans in it and the body and interior were next to junk. Another factor is that the old Dodge had 450+ thousand miles on the odometer!! The truck started but would not move under it's own power. I later bought a trans manual trans and Southbend Clutch from Summit and sold the bad automatic. I believe I spent about 2200.00 on the brand new trans and clutch assembly. So I'd say about 5k on the total underneath frame/drivetrain..something like that. I used some parts from a donor truck like the pedal assembly, bell housing, shifters and trans mount. Hope that helps

Many factors here...1. If you cant do the work yourself..then maybe not too much to ask for the job. 2. Could probably buy another complete running 94 Blazer for that amount? 3. Maybe check with other shops to see if they could do it and how much they'd charge?? 4. Also, how good / reputable is the shop...are they rated high??? Never forget...You can only pick two of these .. "GOOD/FAST/CHEAP"...of these three, one will have to go. It's a real gray area with many factors. Sorry couldn't give you more on that one.

@@ElReysGarage I’m only looking to do the swap because I have a huge 12 in lift on my blazer but someone rolled my truck over crushing the body up pretty bad. So I happen to have another blazer that’s just sitting there. The shop would charge me $7000 to swap the parts vs. $4500 to swap the body of the good on onto the lifted one. I’ve gone to this shop for a few years. Seems pretty good. Other shops are looking to charge me much more or flat out refused to do it. I’m pretty mechanically inclined but I don’t have the equipment to lift the body’s off the frames

You have a point....I figured because I swapped the automatic to a manual on the dirt floor of a barn, I was kind of on a low budget. But you are right...the lift, the fork lift and the extra help was a welcome luxury for sure!!

Glad you found it...what are thinkin bout swappin??