1984 Square body

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pnkayser

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I am sure it has been done but will ask anyway. Has anyone ever installed a 1984 body on a 2004 Frame? What's the challenges?
 

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Welcome from Missouri.

@77Dmax has done it, his end result came out quite nice.
 

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Thanks for the compliment.

Its not that hard. You'll be making mounts and twisting a few wires together!

Whats the driveline?
 

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Its a complete LS drivetrain from a 2004 4x4. I have the complete 1984, did you use the 04 radiator support? Can I just use th mounts off the 84 and fab too the 2004?
 

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The duramax and allison made the swap much harder I think. The motor and trans are both huge, plus the intercooler and giant radiator. I have a thread here from awhile back. I'll post the link if i can find it.
 

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