Converting '01 5 speed to '01.5 6 speed

[darkhorse]

I dropped my beautiful ETH DEE on it's head & pretty much totaled the body. :{ The cab is crunched but the chasse & running gear are fine. I didn't break a light any where on the truck. The best I could do for a replacement is an earlier "01 ETC with a 5 speed. Is it feasible to up date the older one with my good parts from the wreck? How about transplanting the the good body parts to the chasse of the wreck?

 

[Scrappy]

since you have the parts from your old truck just transplant them into you new truck. Either way you are going to have to transplant wiring with the parts.

 

[darkhorse]

I'm just doing a feasibility study here. We're talking a lot of parts. Springs, shocks. rear axel, drive line, engine & transmission. Then the little stuff like my 5th wheel hitch.

 

[sogo]

swaping parts

I dismantle 2nd gen dodge (Part time) I'm tooled at aprox $46,000,mostly basic stuff,if your tooled with just the very basic tools & manuals (3 ton engine picker,trany jack,4ton floor jack--wont take you to long to swap. if you change bodys please take the wreck to frame shop to make damm sure it"s correct.

 

[darkhorse]

Thanks for the input, HannaS. The frame checks out good on visual inspection. I was nearly stopped by the time I had slid to far over the embankment. Basically, I had no forward speed left & I just rolled 180* & landed wedged between a tree & the hill. I didn't break a light on the truck. the right side was crumpled from the roll & the cab took the force from the tree. There was no distortion below the centerline of the vehicle but the top was munched bad.