The swap has been done before, but its not quite as easy as unbolting the old one and bolting the new one in. First the ebrake handles are a little different, your 97 comes straight out while the 99+ are angled slightly to the right. Second they moved the rear window switch to the dash in 99, yours is on the center console, so you will either need to build the switch somewhere in the new console or put it somewhere else.