my sons friend has a 59 bellaire sectioned onto a 96 police caprice----first on the police unit they cut off the entire body leaving the rolling pan with the firewall---next they cut off the floor pan of the 59 bellaire---in 5 days they had a running car---the friend--dan of bitchin stitchin of lakewood colorado spent a couple years putting together the interior---- well because that is what he does----seated in the car it looks brand new----outside the car its original red/orange paint---but the lt1 motor is capable of 150 mph...we have talked of doing that with a 50 hudson/2006 300c........
Makes more sense being a
59' Bel Air and not a
70' Challenger when we're talking about frame-off body swaps. Chevrolet Caprice (police cars) were a dime-a-dozen, they were practically liquidated, so there was no drawback sawzalling it in half like a $10,000(+) high-mileage donor SRT etc. I know a lot of guys in the Ford world transplant the Crown Vic' frame/driveline with IFS into early F-series trucks, same idea, liquidated donor pricing being ex-police cars. There are better ways with the aftermarket support to increase the performance of our cars, especially the popular e-body Mopars.
