Ok so I bought my first 2000 gp gtp in September and instantly fell inlove, mechanically it's perfect but has body issues, rust under gas door, rotting rockers, rusting strut towers, bent front apron from an accident by the previous owner, and new to the list is a huge dent between the driver door and rear tire from being hit by a guy who ran a red (he then asked me to pay out of pocket for his damages lol)
But being that I'm already a lot of money into it I decided to fix everything and make it mint again. Then my buddy told me "you're a stupid dumb idiot, you didn't put money into the car, you put it into the motor. Just swap that s#!t!!" So my question is; if I buy this 2002 4 door gt with a 3800 n/a that has a mint body and interior but has a rod knock and bad trans for $450, could I just swap the entire front cradles? I have access to tow trucks and wreckers which make me think full cradle swap would be easier. But can I just swap? Is it plug and play? What should I look out for? What else should I consider? Could I do the swap into an impala? Or any other wbody? Any suggestions? And before anyone says just drive it until I dies an buy another, I can't, I don't have it in me to drive a Beaten car lol I've done multiple searches but can't find any direct answers so any help would be awesome!
Thanks in advanced guys!
Here's pics before the accident if anyone wanted to see.
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