Gene (Poorboy), you were pretty good at talking me down a couple of years ago when I wanted to swap a Dakota frame under my F-body Volare. Good info. Thanks for that. However, you may need to talk me down again.

I’ll be picking up an aftermarket Dakota crossmember originally for a 53/56 Ford F100 pickup. It comes from Elpolacko over at Industrial Chassis. Anyway, this was the older version (there is an updated version available now I think). I understand I’ll have to “wrap” the Volare frame for strength in order to use it. Dimensions look pretty good too. It’s only .25”wider than the Volare frame rails. Should slide in pretty good. I’ve only got $350 into this. Any thoughts or ideas?

Greg