I have a 2000 dodge ram 1500 van. I'm wondering if the body could be placed on the frame of a 3500 pickup. I originally wanted to convert van as it currently sits to 4wheel drive, then later down the road do a motor swap to accommodate the 5.9cummins, but figured it would b cheaper to pick up what I want from junk yard and just switch bodies. Any thought?

 

May wanna post this in the 2nd gen section of the forum. This is for 1st gens (1989-1993).

 

My first thought is:
Vans have small and cramped engine bays and Cummins motors are big, as is the radiator and intercooler on a 2nd gen.
I see that being your biggest problem with just "dropping on" a van body over a Cummins 2nd gen.

 

A 4BT would probably slide in quite nicely though.

Edwin

 

if its any thing like the mid 80's 350 dodge van I had its uni-body no frame ken

 

my'79 B200 was unibody. You could feel the twisting