TL
I put a 50 Ford coupe on a 76 Cutlass chassis the way Bob described it after reading the magazine article about Dick Dean doing it to a 50 Merc. I took a bunch of pictures. The date on the back of them is June 91 so the Dick Dean story was around that time.

Since the nose was off the Ford when I set it on the chassis I measured the distance from the front edge of the door to the centerline of the front wheel on the Ford. I made sure that distance was the same when I dropped it onto the Olds chassis to keep the wheels in the center of the fender opening. I Lowered the body over the floorboards till it looked right and put blocks under the doors to level it off. The doors were clamped shut with two hose clamps on each side. I crawled in through the window and welded the doorposts to the Olds floor and rocker panels. The trunk floor was about a foot too long and had to be cut down to fit.

It worked out pretty good and things went so smoothly up to that point that I decided to chop six inches off the top. That's when the S#!t hit the fan and I learned that chopping a top isn't easy.

I didn't weld braces across the rear window opening even though I knew better and it streched out of shape during the welding. It still sits in a back corner of the garage unfinished.

just recently I got some new quarters for it and another rear window section to weld in. I also picked up a mint original grille and a 53 Chevy grille. Can't decide wich one to use. Also got some 54 Merc headlight rims to mold in. It's got power steering, disc brakes, A/C and a tilt column. Maybe some day I'll get her finished. The Olds 350 only had 60,000 miles on it so it should still run good.