Dash swap
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From: Michigan
I'm with you on this,
The only way I could figure the gages were to one find a company that prints a faceplate bezel of your year in a bigger sheet (Which I couldn’t find) that you can put on one plate and mount it into the 08 or the other idea I had was (see picture) these go around your existing gages, order or make your own and then use that as a stencil and make a blank 08 faceplate and trace it on the 08 and hopefully you get all the idiot lights on there but with what I have going on with my truck, I don’t have the time to try it so it's on the back burner for now.
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From: Tewksbury, MA
Ford_1999 I would buy the truck then throw headers on it the manifolds on the 5.4s always leak mine does, my expedition just started and my coworkers does don't replace it with a manifold swap in something better and never worry about it again. It's a pain in the rear to repair but doable, I'm having the expedition done it's even harder because he engine bay is smaller.
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From: Hotchkiss, Colorado
Well all I want to say is... some one has put a modern interior, dash included into a 1978 cab... so it's definately possible.... If you want to do it, get in there and figure it out, be a pioneer, do a great write up on it... All these great fabricators, Like Jesse James, Indiean Larry, Chip Foose and others that slip my mind at the moment, werent born fabricating, they were just like you, starting with a dream. The difference, courage to act. It will not be easy, if you need that truck daily to drive, it will be neer impossible, but as to the question... Yes it can be done!
chukker
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Its been done, but how hard it really is, I have no idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEFKU7BuY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEFKU7BuY0
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It's not very hard most parts can be reused, most difficult part is mounting the fuse panel. It's the only thing I have to finish on mine, door panels and all are basically plug and play some minor wiring needs to be done. My thread in my sig covers most of it.
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Wowie.
Bummer that the picture links are broken....
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If you don't have time to DIY, I saw that their is a guy in Florida that can do the build. But he has not completed the steering colum, or the dash eather and I personally don't have 6K to drop, but if you do it looks kick ***.
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From: Tewksbury, MA
Originally Posted by Lex2002
Wowie.
Bummer that the picture links are broken....
Bummer that the picture links are broken....