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Thread: 1956 buick frame swap or fatman frame stub?

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    1956 buick frame swap or fatman frame stub?

    has anyone done a frame swap on the 55 or 56 buicks?
    im looking to upgrade my car for spring,
    fatman also has a mustang 2 frame stub, has anyone ever done one?

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    A comon swap is to use a 70's Chevrolet Impala but if I was swapping frames on a 56 I would use a 1965 or 66 Buick then install the disc brake set up. The frames before 65 were mostly center spine units and they can be used but you need to cut the front and back off then weld them to your existing center section.

    All 66 Buicks nailheads were 425 and you can find them real cheap sometimes.
    Jim Carmichael 55 Buick Special & 65 Buick Riviera GS

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    well im doing a sbc setup fuel injected already have the motor and trans just rebuilt,

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    also whats this i hear about fatman dropped uprights unreliable??

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