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Does a '68 lemans convertible frame suit a '68 Beaumont convertible?

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Welcome here.

We can wait for an A body expert to confirm but I'm pretty sure it's a match.

Tough to find a good one. If you found one, grab it. You'd have no trouble selling a good 68 GTO convert frame if it was wrong for your Beaumont.

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1968 Beau wrote:

Does a '68 lemans convertible frame suit a '68 Beaumont convertible?


Yes. The frame will interchange.

 



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One of the things that will need changed (if they are still on there) is the engine mounts on the frame.

Also, if it has a diff, it will be different.

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

One of the things that will need changed (if they are still on there) is the engine mounts on the frame.

Also, if it has a diff, it will be different.


Good info Carl
 I wrote the same two things in my reply but deleted them. 
 The transmission crossmember will likely be different as well.

1968Beau
  The front crossmember on all of the frames has provisions for mounting different motor mounts.
 The same for the transmission crossmember location holes.

 



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Yes, I wonder why the different crossmember if the trans mount is in the same place? (And I believe it is)

I can't see why you couldn't put a Chevy drivetrain in a Lemans frame and keep the same trans crossmember.

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

Yes, I wonder why the different crossmember if the trans mount is in the same place? (And I believe it is)

I can't see why you couldn't put a Chevy drivetrain in a Lemans frame and keep the same trans crossmember.


The crossmember may work but it looks different.

 



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