In this video I will do my best to show you all how and why I use the Chevrolet Chevy S10, GMC S15, S10 Blazer, or GMC Jimmy for all my chassis swaps. The main reason I choose these is because the tire width (track width) is almost identical for all makes and models of classic cars & trucks from the 1930's all the way to the late 1950's when cars and trucks started to get big and wide.
The 1st gen chevy s10's are not all the same though, as they come in 2 varieties, the two-wheel drive and the four-wheel drive and as I show here, they are completely different. But as you can see in this video the 2wd S10 chassis was a bad choice for my 1950 Ford Wyoming State Cop Car, better known as the Shoebox Ford, because the width of the tires on the 2 wheel drive S10 chassis is just too narrow for that particular car but is the perfect width for the 1950 F series Pickup because they are much narrower than the cars.
But all in all this makes a nice quick and easy way get a Budget Build hot rod off the ground and ready for the #NoNameNationals or any Budget friendly project because of its vast versatility depending on the car or truck you are setting on top of these little frames.

00:00 Intro on the differences of the S10 2wd and 4wd chassis
03:22 The short comings of the 2wd chassis
05:39 Why you don't want to use excessive wheel spacers
07:53 A look at the Triangulated 2wd S10 Front Suspension
09:43 What makes the 4wd parallel control arms a better choice
11:41 Wheelbase? The Longer the Better!

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