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Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis #481792 09/27/09 07:35 PM 09/27/09 07:35 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 375 NE Oklahoma 7 71valiant OP enthusiast
71valiant OP enthusiast 7 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 375 NE Oklahoma	I have a very nice complete 1951 ford coupe that the motor is shot. I also have a 1971 4 door valiant. I put a 8 3/4, 360, 727 combo in the valiant all rebuilt. Now I know this is a Mopar sight. I'm not trying to start any wars here. But the 51 ford coupe is a way cooler car than a 4 door valiant. I mean a 2 door valiant scamp. Hell yeah. The 4 door just doesn't do it for me. They are within an inch or so of being the same wheel base. How hard does one think this operation to be. I have the equipment to do it. Please fill me in on the details if you have an experience in body swapping. Thanks, Paul

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481793 09/27/09 07:41 PM 09/27/09 07:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,728 Eagle, Idaho Neil The Doctor is in.
Neil The Doctor is in. Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,728 Eagle, Idaho	The mopar is a unibody so if you cut away large portions of the car you loose the structural strength of the car. You would have to weld the ford body to the mopar floorpan all the way around. I doubt the end result would be safe or roadworthy. The simplest route to take would be to put a mustang II front suspension on the ford frame and then use the mopar engine, trans, and rear axle.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481794 09/27/09 07:44 PM 09/27/09 07:44 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness gamagoat6x6 super street
gamagoat6x6 super street Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness	Hate to burst your bubble but the valiant doesn`t have a chassis. Do the ford right or sell it to someone who will before two good cars end up at the crusher. `02 RAM2500 SPORT V10 4x4 `06 GMC sierra NO cars

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: gamagoat6x6] #481795 09/27/09 08:01 PM 09/27/09 08:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa 340SHORTY Truck Nut
340SHORTY Truck Nut Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa	Id pay to see this done... I am truckless..

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: gamagoat6x6] #481796 09/27/09 08:04 PM 09/27/09 08:04 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 182 NW of Indy T Thackdaddy member
Thackdaddy member T Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 182 NW of Indy	All right guys, quit jerking the guy's chain. There are 4-2" bolt that hold the body to the frame, just lift it off and fit your ford to the frame.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481797 09/27/09 08:45 PM 09/27/09 08:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,511 Tampa , Fl MoparJoe super gas
MoparJoe super gas Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,511 Tampa , Fl	Why not sell the valiant and put that towards rebuilding the flathead? It won't run like a pro stock or anything but a 51 Ford with a warmed up flathead would be a cool cruiser.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: MoparJoe] #481798 09/27/09 09:10 PM 09/27/09 09:10 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 375 NE Oklahoma 7 71valiant OP enthusiast
71valiant OP enthusiast 7 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 375 NE Oklahoma	Everyone's dying to get there hands on a 4 door valiant.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481799 09/27/09 09:37 PM 09/27/09 09:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,072 The Sunny Shuswap D dodgefarmer super stock
dodgefarmer super stock D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,072 The Sunny Shuswap	A swap that I've seen done on several trucks of that era (don't know how it will work on your coupe), is to weld 4 brackets to the frame and mount a Volare K frame with the transverse torsion bars. Has motor mounts steering and suspension all in one unit. Randy

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: Thackdaddy] #481800 09/27/09 09:41 PM 09/27/09 09:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,204 Park Forest, IL slantzilla Too Many Posts
slantzilla Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,204 Park Forest, IL	Quote: All right guys, quit jerking the guy's chain. There are 4-2" bolt that hold the body to the frame, just lift it off and fit your ford to the frame. You are kidding, right? "Everybody funny, now you funny too."

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: Thackdaddy] #481801 09/27/09 10:18 PM 09/27/09 10:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,972 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,972 Grand Prairie,Texas	Quote: All right guys, quit jerking the guy's chain. There are 4-2" bolt that hold the body to the frame, just lift it off and fit your ford to the frame. You do realize that is a very wrong statement don't you? A bodies don't have a frame to unbolt.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: stumpy] #481802 09/27/09 10:23 PM 09/27/09 10:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,656 Hamtramck, PA A Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer
Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,656 Hamtramck, PA	The K-member is commonly known as the "frame" on unibody cars (check a broadcast sheet) so the guy is technically right, four bolts. That said, the proposed swap would ruin two cars.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: Alaskan_TA] #481803 09/27/09 11:04 PM 09/27/09 11:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,972 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,972 Grand Prairie,Texas	The term frame normally means a complete frame for the body not an engine cradle. So he is still wrong.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: stumpy] #481804 09/27/09 11:24 PM 09/27/09 11:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,656 Hamtramck, PA A Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer
Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,656 Hamtramck, PA	I'll agree to disagree. Chrysler called the k-member the frame. In the frame box pictured are the last two digits of the part number for the k-member. This example is from line 4 of a 1970 broadcast sheet. So, to me, the guy that mentioned the four bolts is just more in tune with how Chrysler did things than most. The frame is not the same as the chassis on these cars. 5510061-frame.jpg (88 downloads)

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481805 09/28/09 12:43 AM 09/28/09 12:43 AM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,314 Carstairs, Alberta, Canada dave571 master
dave571 master Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,314 Carstairs, Alberta, Canada	As said, the valiant stuff won't work Old school trick was to use a volare clip on one of these old rigs to make them work, but there are much better options these days. These days, using 07 and newer crown vic stuff is very popular. I have installed a crown vic clip on my 49 fargo. It cost me very little before install Mocked up with some blocks It's bolted in here, with some channel. bolted together BB for mockup as well Another From inside the cab The rig Excuse the blurrrr

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: Thackdaddy] #481806 09/28/09 06:55 AM 09/28/09 06:55 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,139 West Tennessee R rbstroker super stock
rbstroker super stock R Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,139 West Tennessee	Quote: All right guys, quit jerking the guy's chain. There are 4-2" bolt that hold the body to the frame, just lift it off and fit your ford to the frame. You can use those same 4 bolts to attach the Ford body. This is the land of the free because of the brave

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: rbstroker] #481807 09/28/09 07:52 AM 09/28/09 07:52 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,083 Niles , Ohio T therocks oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
therocks oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah. T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,083 Niles , Ohio	A friend had a 50 Merc.He pulled the body and stuck it on an Olds Cutlass frame.Was almost a drop on.Rocky Chrysler Firepower

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481808 09/28/09 09:59 AM 09/28/09 09:59 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea B5 Bee master
B5 Bee master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea	FIX THE FLATHEAD V8! I love the '49-'51 Fords when they still have a flathead in them. Build it with some aluminum heads and double or tripple 97s. I got hooked on them when I saw Robert Mitchem in 'Thunder Road' when I was a kid.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: 71valiant] #481809 09/28/09 10:27 AM 09/28/09 10:27 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	Your best bet would be to fab up some motor mounts and X-member and then drop the mopar stuff in. [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: Mr.Yuck] #481810 09/28/09 02:36 PM 09/28/09 02:36 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 125 D duals member
duals member D Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 125	Sell me the 51, that was my first car in 1965.

Re: Puting a 1951 ford coupe body on 1971 valiant chassis [Re: B5 Bee] #481811 09/28/09 08:05 PM 09/28/09 08:05 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 375 NE Oklahoma 7 71valiant OP enthusiast
71valiant OP enthusiast 7 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 375 NE Oklahoma	Quote: FIX THE FLATHEAD V8! I love the '49-'51 Fords when they still have a flathead in them. Build it with some aluminum heads and double or tripple 97s. I got hooked on them when I saw Robert Mitchem in 'Thunder Road' when I was a kid. Its a buisness coupe with a flat head six and 3 on the tree. Its a family heirloom really. My great uncle bought it new. I guess I gota restore it the right way, but thats a long way off $$$$$$$

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