At 01:02 AM 10/28/2002, Brian D Butler wrote: >I'm considering switching bodies between a 7 passenger syncro and a 2wd >weekender camper, that way, the camper gets mounted on a syncro chassis. > Anyone out there have experience with this? Is there any difference > between a 2wd and a syncro body? >Is this easily done by a backyard mechanic? AFAIK these are unit-body vehicles with no separate chassis. However I believe it's been done to take all the running gear off a Syncro and put it on a 2WD vehicle. You might try the Syncro list for this...I don't think it's an entirely trivial exercise. david
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