buying a new cab
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buying a new cab
I think many of you saw my pictures where the roof and a pillar are eaten up bad with rust. i can buy a cab from the local junk yard for 100 bucks. my question is other than seat belts and interior issues will a cab of later years match the body lines i found a really nice 92-96 cab at the junk yard today.
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Yes it will fit and the body lines will line up. You will have major changes to make inside, like the whole dash, but it probably will be worth it if you want to save this truck. You will have to fiddle with the bracket where the bottom of the fender mounts, but it must not be that hard to change it around.
You are going to have to decide how you are going to handle the vin number on the newer cab, but there have been plenty of threads in here on that. There are several ways you can, could, and should handle it, it's your choice and a lot depends on where you are going to register the truck. You might ask the junkyard if they have the title to the cab when you go get it.
You are going to have to decide how you are going to handle the vin number on the newer cab, but there have been plenty of threads in here on that. There are several ways you can, could, and should handle it, it's your choice and a lot depends on where you are going to register the truck. You might ask the junkyard if they have the title to the cab when you go get it.
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the tittle form the junkyard has been posted as a salvage title so that is a no go, they did tell me i can move my vin plate but it must be done in with leo present? im checking with the dmv for more info but i am leaning more and more in this direction
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Even having whomever "leo" is present to do the VIN swap will be much better, and significantly cheaper, than having a cab shipped in like we'd discussed. However, if you could find something in the 80-86 series it would make it even better.
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its going to be august before i buy the cab there were some 80-86 cabs there but they did not look a whole lot better than what i have i was kinda wanting to go with a later model interior anyhow. i want bucket seats and a center console. i know a couple of officers so i dont think that will cost me anything. ill post more as i find out more info
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Please keep us apprised of the requirements to do a cab swap. I'm hoping to get my father's '81 F150 4x4 soon and it has rust in the cab corners. I have a solid, no rust cab sitting on a frame in my back yard and have been thinking it'd be lots easier to swap than to fix the rust.
And, I'll do some research for what it takes in Okiehoma. My neighbors are all Tulsa policemen, so maybe they can point me in the right direction.
And, I'll do some research for what it takes in Okiehoma. My neighbors are all Tulsa policemen, so maybe they can point me in the right direction.
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Leo stands for Law Enforcement Officer. I'm assuming they mean somebody from the DOT.
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The theory with the vin is very simple no matter where you live. It's not "the government getting into your business" or the "government trying to make money on fees". People have caused all this, namely crooks, by stealing vehicles, and chop shops "rebuilding" vehicles by swapping vin tags. Ford guys who legitimately buy a used cab or another truck for parts to rebuild a older one get trapped by laws made to deal with this.
The problem with the local governing agencies is they all have their different ways of handling it. They may figure out someday that people would be more willing to obey the law, if the rules to obey it were simpler.
The problem with the local governing agencies is they all have their different ways of handling it. They may figure out someday that people would be more willing to obey the law, if the rules to obey it were simpler.
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