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    buick frame ??

    hello i took my 40 series special off the frame last night ,it needs alot of body work floor pans rockers and etc.. but i was wondering has any one used the stock frame and just upgrade the motor/trans mounts and replace tube and put in drive shaft and upgrade rear end ? i am at a cross road with upgrade the stock frame or save agood chunk of money and by a new frame .i am trying to stay on budject any helpp works thanks keith

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    open drive shaft

    Doing a rear axle and trans change on my 1956 Special. Putting in a 700r4 with 10 bolt gm rear axle. 4 link suspension which I purchased of ebay, got the trans for $100.00 and added $100.00 for speedo change and all new seals plus lockup kit. Rear axle $100.00 plus $200.00 for disc brakes $ 600.00 for the eng to trans adaptor. There is about another $200.00 to spend to complete project. It is about a cheap as you can get. I hope this helps

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    i have the original 264 in it right now ,i dont know f i wanna keep it in ,its does run tho... so i might was it hard to run the drive shaft threw the x member ...

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    yea thanks for the info is the 200 left to spend for the fab work?u never said what motor u are using ?

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    If you're going through the trouble of removing the body and updating the rear end why not just stick the body on something newer? Buick wagon or something? There are some frames with the same wheel base that with a little fab work would give you an entirely updated front and rear end. Just a thought. Nothing like mudding up the waters a bit... ha!

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