I heard of people doing this just wondering if anyone could tell me anything about it. How it is im sure its difficult but ya. I have a buddy who bought a s10 with out a title for 200 dollars and all he wanted was the motor and trany. He told me i could have the frame. And my brother has a teacher at school who said he could have a 350 and my bro knows how to build engines and that. So i was thinking of doing this and putting the body of my sunfire on it. What do you all think let me know.
Tony

Yes, you can put a cavalier body on an s10 chassis. I've sen pics of it done before. It looks very odd without it lowered, though.


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"Youth in Asia"...I don't see anything wrong with that.

Brian Whalen wrote:Yes, you can put a cavalier body on an s10 chassis. I've sen pics of it done before. It looks very odd without it lowered, though.

pics please.

ive seen a cav body on a toyota frame before, but i dont think ive seen it on an s10. either way, it not my cup of tea

how the hell do you put a uni-body car on a truck frame?


i cant see it looking anything less than very redneck

Ya i don't know how that will work eather ive heard it done and ive seen a 2 gen cavy with this done. So ya anyone with pics it will help

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Brian Whalen wrote:Yes, you can put a cavalier body on an s10 chassis. I've sen pics of it done before. It looks very odd without it lowered, though.

pics please.

ive seen a cav body on a toyota frame before, but i dont think ive seen it on an s10. either way, it not my cup of tea

perhaps that's what it was. All I really remember was is it was a third gen on a truck frame.


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"Youth in Asia"...I don't see anything wrong with that.

Both the pikes peaks sunfires are on s10 frames.....at least I remeber reading something to that effect.




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those two dont look anything like the cav on the tacoma frame. the truck body was jacked up and it sat really high. looked like good old redneck engineering to me. i wish i still had a picture of it, but my HD crashed...

Yeah, those aren't the pics I was talking about either...they still look funny, but no where near as odd as the one I'm thinking of.


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"Youth in Asia"...I don't see anything wrong with that.

I know this can be done i swear i heard about it well i think im going to attempt it ill let you know how it works

Was this the picture everybody was thinking of?






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nope, thats a new pic to me. the one im thinking of was a blue cav with a dented up side and a for sale sign in the window.

but yeah, thats a pretty ugly monstrosity too^^

Nice pic. that´s the suspension I need for the roads in Caracas...

are there instructions somwhere on who to put a cav on a s10 frame, i would love a 5psd rwd drive cav,

No offense, but if you need instructions for a project like that, you shouldn't be attempting it.

bro, just cause I have never done something before and I ask if anyone has, that does not mean I cant do it, like all you out here like to point out, do a search do your research, well I am. Hence me asking if anyone has spec or tips or write-ups on what they did, so offence but chill out bro,

PAKIPOWER wrote:bro, just cause I have never done something before and I ask if anyone has, that does not mean I cant do it, like all you out here like to point out, do a search do your research, well I am. Hence me asking if anyone has spec or tips or write-ups on what they did, so offence but chill out bro,

The concept is fairly straight forward...Execution, however, might not be. You simply have to get the body removed from the J frame (cut where it might be welded and unbolt where it might be bolted). Take the body and line it up on the s-10 frame. Bolt/weld into place. Of course though, there would most likely be more cutting and welding to just the body itself to ensure that it would sit flush on the frame.

Quiklilcav wrote:No offense, but if you need instructions for a project like that, you shouldn't be attempting it.

...but I pretty much would have to agree with Quicklilcav. No offense, but if what I wrote wasn't obvious enough, then I highly doubt your abilities.


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"Youth in Asia"...I don't see anything wrong with that.

PAKIPOWER wrote:bro, just cause I have never done something before and I ask if anyone has, that does not mean I cant do it, like all you out here like to point out, do a search do your research, well I am. Hence me asking if anyone has spec or tips or write-ups on what they did, so offence but chill out bro,

You didn't ask for tips, you asked for instructions. No need to tell me to 'chill out bro' lol. I'm plenty chilled out. Just pointing out that if you need instructions for a project like this, you shouldn't be attempting it. I didn't say that you couldn't do it, because I don't know your abilities. However, if you have the skills, you won't need any instructions. If you do it, all the more power to you, and post up your progress. If I were to bet, it would be that you won't do it. Prove me wrong. It woudn't bother me a bit. I enjoy seeing projects that people are doing, especially if they are somewhat of a challenge.

uni body on a S10 chaise..best break out the torch and start cutting

should just bolt right up. pretty straight forward swap

Yeah... I agree with everyone and your only limiting factor is your abilites and your imagination. If you go through with it please keep us up to date, I would love to see it come together.

Personally if it was I, I would find a Turbo 400 automatic transmission to put behind the 383 and stick that assembly in the S-10 pickup as is. Advanced Adapters and a few other companies make bolt/weld in kits WITH INSTRUCTIONS for such a project.

Meckster wrote:i cant see it looking anything less than very redneck

+1

i've seen first gens with it done before, however most of them were on ebay, and the pictures are long gone


and if you thought monster cav was redneck, i once saw a 1980 camaro lifted up so much that i could possibly drive underneath it

get the gravana tuning rwd setup too. direct bolt in.

Yea, Show 2 thing if you have enough money to do it? It can be done!
Or If your a farm kid with a weldier and lots of metal you can make anything!