Ok so a good friend has a clean rust free 65 roller. No drive train. I can pick it up for 350$. My FIL has a 90 f250 7.3 truck that runs great but it's beat to death! I can have the truck for free.
I guess I'm wondering the pheasability of swap like this. I'd like to put the 10.5 sterling rear in the 65, but I also am wondering about an 8 lug disc conversion for the front.
Am I outta my mind here, or looking at something pretty doable?
The 90's frame is wider than the '65. Not saying it wouldn't work, at the very least you would have to relocate spring perches. Disc's from an early 70's F250 would swap onto the 65. It's doable and it would definitely be different.
Ok so a good friend has a clean rust free 65 roller. No drive train. I can pick it up for 350$. My FIL has a 90 f250 7.3 truck that runs great but it's beat to death! I can have the truck for free.
I guess I'm wondering the pheasability of swap like this. I'd like to put the 10.5 sterling rear in the 65, but I also am wondering about an 8 lug disc conversion for the front.
Am I outta my mind here, or looking at something pretty doable?
TIA
Putting the 65 body on the 90 chassis is the only way to go with this merger. The chassis while different is still very similar in layout.
You will need a overhead lift and a place to work. I'd keep the cab & front clip together and sit it on the new chassis and start the up fitting.
John
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Only bad part is the 90 is a 8ft bed extended cab truck, so putting the 65 sheetmetal on the 90 would require 1 of 2 things, shortening a frame, or one extremely long flat bed LOL
Any idea how much wider the 90 rails are compared to the 65?
The motor and tranny could be made to fit. A good 9 in rear should handle it just fine. Of course there will be some extra weight from that motor. Go For It! I would love to have a diesel in my 65!
The motor and tranny could be made to fit. A good 9 in rear should handle it just fine. Of course there will be some extra weight from that motor. Go For It! I would love to have a diesel in my 65!
I respectfully disagree, the F100 can't handle the weight of that engine/tranny.
A 4cyl. diesel could work in a F100.
John
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As I recall, a 7.3L diesel engine weighs in at over 1,000lbs alone.
Then add on the required heavy duty transmission, that's alot of weight up front for a F100.
Yeah, it would likely physically fit and I'm sure there have been a few folks that have shoe-horned a 7.3L diesel in between the fenders of a '65 F100.
However, without major changes, the extra weight would kill the stock front suspension.
Yeah probably to much weight. unless you could put a later suspension in that would handle it. what later years had larger diesels in them? just out of curiousity.
Yeah probably to much weight. unless you could put a later suspension in that would handle it. what later years had larger diesels in them? just out of curiousity.
Thats kinda what I was thinking after looking over all the options.
The truck is straight, in good shape. For 350 maybe I just need to buy it and sit on it till a decent drivetrain shows up for it.
a 4.9 should be an easy swap in a 65 no?
I dropped mine on a 79 f-150 4x4 and it was a breeze. Very little motification, the only real mismatch was at the rear of the frame to fit the bed, if your going for a flatbed you wouldn't have to alter anything.
i personally think if you beefed the front suspension up a little bit... you could toss the 7.3 in it... as there are more then a couple 460s floating around in f100s.... but add the weight of the trans too i guess... and it could be more....
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A good 9 in rear should handle it just fine. Of course there will be some extra weight from that motor. 
Go For It! I would love to have a diesel in my 65!
