66 Body on a 68 Pan

jpcurro51 · Post by **jpcurro51** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:24 am

Will a 66 body, front end, transaxle, etc. fit directly on a 68 pan? The front seems to match, but I am not sure of the transaxle and the swing axles.

Post by **jmartini** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:39 am

YIKES - I know I can't answer that question. I would think it would work though. Hope someone else jumps in on this one.

SeeBlauKafer · Post by **SeeBlauKafer** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:16 pm

Hi guys, If I'm not mistaken 1968 was the final year for the swingaxle transmission in the US? If your '68 pan is a true '68 pan then it should already be set up for a swingaxle transmission.

empiracer1966 · Post by **empiracer1966** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:08 pm

You shouldnt have any trouble bolting them together. Ive seen and swapped all years together...the only difference that we've ran into is the seat tracks on the later years. We just welded in the earlier pan halves.

The hardest part is to change over the 5 lug drums for the earlier look.

The only body mods that we ran into was using a very early body on a not so early pan ('50s body to '60s or even an IRS pan) is the mount right above the rear shock where the body mounts to the pan, finding that the height on the mounts are different...not hard to modify at all.

Brian