Hello everyone so i thought I'd share some of my project with you all

Just cut the factory weld rivits and removed the rear frame rails

 

I got a extended cab long bed frame from the salvage and cut the front clip section of frame off

 

Then icut the top rail of the frame off so i could set the truck frame inside this frame

 

Then i plated the whole length of the frame then bolted it every 16 inches with 2 . 9/16 bolts then i welded it 2 inch welds every 8 inches

 

This is what it looks like together as long as it don't rain next weekend ill finish it and get the bed on it. After that's all done ill move on to the suspension changes and then the engine swap

 

Im also working on my wifes 2007 f150 extended cab 4x4 its a 2 valve 4.6 truck that had catastrophic engine failure and i decided i wasnt going to put the same problem child engine back in so i went and got a dohc 5.4 navigator engine and im just about ready to swap it in

 

My long bed supercrew is Getting Dana 60 in the front and Dana 70 in the rear 37 inch military tires and a diesel swap



So i got a really good deal on a first gen 12valve cummins truck with lower miles truck itself was junk but drive train was awesome and i got my supercrew for 400 with no bed no engine or trans and it was rubbed on the drivers side so i decided to build my own truck

 

Very interesting.
Waiting to see what the final truck looks like. Good luck with it.

 

I can't wait to see it as well ...
I got it all for less then 2k so i couldn't help it and the up side is i thought id have a truck that was different then everyone else's ...so i felt i was going to have a little fun building something since The only truck ive ever done before was a 94 ranger 351w I've always built cars

 

interesting

 

Are you adding the skid plate and ranchos?

 

Not sure about what shocks yet ..and i haven't even been thinking about skid plates yet ....once the frame is done and the bed is mounted my next step will be to do the solid axle swap and engine swap ...i do know all my crossmembers will be made from 1 5/8 roll cage tube courtesy of hotrod underground ..the chassis shop that did the work on my race car ....
After i get the axles and engine and trans mounted ill deal with stuff like drive shafts, stearing, brakes, skid plates and the last thing ill deal with will be wiring

But yes i do plan on some sort of skid plates and i want some really strong step bars ...i think they're called nerf bars but i don't want to call them the wrong thing

 

So this is where i work we keep 2000 vehicles in stock for part

 

Nice looking project, keep up the good work.

 

Thank you ......the forecast shows that im going to get another beautiful weekend so i should get the frame finished and the bed and back bumper on and definitely more pics