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Originally Posted by mickeyt
Anyone know someone that is reliable and does this in New England? Please let me know. TIA
Mike Ryan
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Hi Mike I can't answer your question but I might be able to give you some information.
I did a frame swap on a 97 last summer. unless you have the skills to do this work yourself? I would tell you it really does not make sense unless you have a super low miles + mint condition body.
doing everything myself I spent close to $3000 on parts/fluids. yes I have a brand new drive train now.
the problem is your probably not going to be able to re-use any of the suspension, brakes and lines, sensors, fuel lines. exhaust is also something that is probably not re-useable.
just souring a good frame/blasting/painting it will run $800 min.
it makes way more sense to head south and source a decent truck used from one of those little road side auto sales places. spend $5K-$6K and you will have a mostly rust free truck in usable condition.
my 2 cents. if you have a more specific scenario I could maybe help frame it for you. hope it helps.